March 20, 2008
OREOS VS. BREAD
If you leave a package of Oreo cookies sitting out, they will get stale and soft.
If you leave a slice of bread sitting out, it will get stale and hard.
Why?
I would think that both of these baked goods would end up with moisture contents related to the household's internal humidity, and thus end up with similar degrees of pliability.
Scientists and/or bakers, please explain.
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The Staleness Gnomes are whimsical and capricious, and should never be challenged! Their wrath is fearsome and terrible to behold!
If I had to venture a guess, I'd say it has to do with the specific densities of each item causing the discrepancy. Oreo cookies are a denser bread than bread, so, absorbs more water vapor, while bread, being less dense, actually
loses moisture. But, that's about two steps below a WAG.
Posted by: the Humble Devildog at March 20, 2008 07:28 PM (TL8Kz)
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I think it probably has something to do with the amount of fat, specifically saturated fat (which stays liquid at room temperature) in each. With the Oreos, the just get soggy with their fat.
but they are still good.
This is all just a guess.
:-D
Posted by: tommy at March 21, 2008 06:08 AM (Ffmbd)
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It's the sugar. Sugar is hygroscopic. It absorbs water. Starch (bread) is not. Starch in bread causes it to lose moisture, the sugar in Oreos causes them to absorb moisture.
Posted by: Phelps at March 21, 2008 11:11 AM (F1XeB)
Posted by: vw bug at March 23, 2008 07:32 AM (FPOeI)
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March 01, 2008
WHAT A HORRIBLE THOUGHT
Not only are Hanson still together, they're
coming to Milwaukee, so I'm hearing commercials for their concert on the radio.
That's not the horrible thought, though.
Consider Hanson's hit MMMBop.
Here's the chorus:
MMMbop tick a ta ba do ba
dubi da ba do ba
tick a ta ba doo
yeah eh yeah
Here's the horrible thought:
That's what they recorded.
At some point, there was a first draft, and it was so mind-bogglingly horrible that it was rejected in favor of the wretched demon-flatulence listed above because - by comparison - said sickly ear-barf actually sounded GOOD.
Just pray that no copy of that first draft ever falls into the wrong hands, or we're all doomed.
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So are you still going to the show?
Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 01, 2008 05:59 PM (F8ULw)
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Oh, for the good old days, eh Harvey? Back when Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine, never understood a single word he said, but he always drank a mighty fine wine.
Ahhh...
When lyrics
made sense!
(FYI: Yes, I
am mocking you.)
Posted by: Roses at March 01, 2008 08:00 PM (I/pU7)
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I'm not sure whether that'd be better or worse than the obama commercials
Posted by: ChrisA at March 02, 2008 12:46 PM (TnrKn)
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someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, 'cuz it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again.
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at March 02, 2008 05:29 PM (0Pi1o)
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Roses - as a Blue Oyster Cult fan, I guess I'm just throwing stones from my glass house, huh? :-)
Posted by: Harvey at March 02, 2008 05:54 PM (VSEpa)
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I have only one thing to say! "mmmmbop!"
Posted by: oddybobo at March 04, 2008 11:04 AM (mZfwW)
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I am going to take you up on your offer. I'll drive and you give me one of the tickets you already bought. (is that supposed to be a secret?)
Posted by: Bruce at March 08, 2008 04:09 PM (j8iYO)
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