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It's “terrifying” because hot honey is hot.
by wizzwizz4 5y ago
It's “terrifying” because hot honey is hot.
- rob74 5y agoNot only that, but apparently it tends to boil "volcano-style", and if you have ever burnt (or "caramelized", to use the more elegant term) sugar, you know how sticky it is - now imagine a burning-hot drop of that sticking to your skin...
- onorton 5y agoIt's so known for its stickiness that a mixture of sugar and boiling water is used by inmates against others. It's known as "prison napalm".
- Arrath 5y agoWell that is decidedly unpleasant knowledge.
- bastiantower 5y agoIt also has a high specific heat value
- bigie35 5y agoIt's also terrifying because the honey mix can expand 3-4x, quickly expanding beyond the container you're using.
- MrLeap 5y agoI got some molten sugar on my hand once. For how innocuous "hot honey" sounds, making this stuff really would be pretty white knuckle for me (ha ha). It sticks to you. It stays hot enough to burn you, while burning you, for an unintuitively long time. I've burned myself blacksmithing a few times and accidentally brushed red metal with a finger. None of those burns have ever came close to the brilliant white hot, long lasting agony of molten sugar.
- hinkley 5y agoHigh starch foods have a crazy heat capacity. I’ve burned the shit out of myself making or eating mash potatoes before. Now I just take my time. No hurry to go from stove to bowl.