On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:03:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>
>No idea what rosin is, but that won't stop me from thinking this
>concept sounds absolutely terrible. How do you bake an item when it
>is being boiled? Seeing that a "Cracker Barrel" recipe is #2 on the
>Google hit list doesn't make it any better.

rosin is what violinists rub on the bow hairs to make the bow grab the
strings. It's what ballet dancers put on the toes of their shoes.
What weight lifters put on their hands. Gymnasts put it on their
hands, etc., etc., etc. It's that white powdered stuff, used for its
sticky properties.
Janet US

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:10:57 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:03:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
> snip
> >
> >No idea what rosin is, but that won't stop me from thinking this
> >concept sounds absolutely terrible. How do you bake an item when it
> >is being boiled? Seeing that a "Cracker Barrel" recipe is #2 on the
> >Google hit list doesn't make it any better.
>
> rosin is what violinists rub on the bow hairs to make the bow grab the
> strings. It's what ballet dancers put on the toes of their shoes.
> What weight lifters put on their hands. Gymnasts put it on their
> hands, etc., etc., etc. It's that white powdered stuff, used for its
> sticky properties.
>
That's what I thought, then I looked it up and confirmed - which makes
the recipe even worse - stomach turning in fact.


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On 9/19/2013 4:10 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:03:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
> snip
>>
>> No idea what rosin is, but that won't stop me from thinking this
>> concept sounds absolutely terrible. How do you bake an item when it
>> is being boiled? Seeing that a "Cracker Barrel" recipe is #2 on the
>> Google hit list doesn't make it any better.
>
> rosin is what violinists rub on the bow hairs to make the bow grab the
> strings. It's what ballet dancers put on the toes of their shoes.
> What weight lifters put on their hands. Gymnasts put it on their
> hands, etc., etc., etc. It's that white powdered stuff, used for its
> sticky properties.
> Janet US
>
Rosin is also used in electronics as a soldering flux. For the last 25
years, every time I use the soldering iron, I get a whiff of rosin
vapor. I think that a potato cooked in the stuff would make me barf.
Violently.