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Why wheat? The point of using water is that it can store alot of heat.
by NikolaeVarius 5y ago
Why wheat? The point of using water is that it can store alot of heat.
- ip26 5y agoI think they are usually husks of some type. Cheap, smell nice, conform to body, doesn't transfer heat fast enough to hurt you, and for some reason heats up in microwaves.
- GordonS 5y agoYou can get ones with some lavender inside too - my kids love them!
- QuercusMax 5y agoNot husks - those don't have enough heat capacity. I've used ones made of corn and rice too. It's heating up the actual grain seeds, which I guess have a fair amount of water locked in the starch matrix. It always is a little steamy coming out of the microwave.
- jonnycomputer 5y agoRice works. Can just put in a sock and heat in microwave.
- tempest_ 5y agoWe made these as gifts for our parents when I was in elementary school. You can pop a clove or two in as well to mask the rice scent.
- jonnycomputer 5y agonice idea!
- PeterisP 5y agoIf it's not dry husks but full grain, they're mostly water by weight anyway, so you get almost the same heat storage but different other properties (no leaks, slower dispersal of heat).