Glue?

[TGIF]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:03pm

How come when you mix water and flour together ...



you get glue...





but then you add eggs...




and flour



and you get...cake?


Where did the glue go?

[Justice]

Posted: 3/11/05 at 11:09pm

So, then the teacher's telling me that glue was bad for me when they caught me eating it were wrong! Goes to show that the education system lies about everything - not just History!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 12:01am

The glue got stuck up & walked away

Seriously, where the glue went is a mystery. I never thought of it but where did it go ?

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 3/12/05 at 4:04pm

some clarification: i think flour and water actually make paste, which is a bit different than glue. Most glue has other ingredients, chemical or natural. And the paste made from flour and water is not very good for adhesion---it only works on very light very thin materials that are porous. Most cakes from scratch do not use water, but some other liquid ingredient, like milk. Cake mixes use water and/or milk to reconstitute chemicals dried out in the flour at the factory---so it's not pure flour. Bear in mind that eggs can also make tempura-like paints (back in the day). There are basic recipes, but the combination of specific things in specific quantities make a "batter" which can have several applications, depending on the specific nature of the ingredients used. Reminds me of SNL's "it's a floor wax, it's a dessert topping"