Re: Boiling gelatin

Addendum for clarification:

Katharine Thayer wrote:
>

> And if my speculation has any merit, then it would make sense that I
> would see the effect in Arches paper, since it is factory-sized with
gelatin

and according to what an Arches technical representative told me, the
gelatin size is unhardened,

so there's no reason that hot water wouldn't dissolve it, as far as I
can see.

>and that Chris wouldn't see the effect in Fabriano Extra-White,
> since it is not factory-sized with gelatin but with some other substance
> which is most likely not subject to the same disruption. What do you
> think? It makes a whole lot of sense to me,
>
> Katharine
>
> Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
> >
> > One last post for the day (yeah, right).
> >
> > In the middle of thesis (re)writing the Jewelia hoopla was a happenin'.
> >
> > Mind you, on MY side of the fence, I was having a surprise (understatement)
> > appearance of a daughter of my husband's from 30 some years ago suddenly
> > appear in our lives--**quite** the surprise for me, and our kids, the
> > latter who were not in the know. I feel part of the "who's your daddy"
> > group now. All's well; she looks just like him and is grumpy in the
> > mornings just like he is. Will wonders never cease. His 88 year old mother
> > told him he's written out of the will and the newfound granddaughter is in
> > :).
> >
> > Now I know that is an overshare, but I'm not one to hold back, as y'all well
> > know. And I bring it up because I have been on this list for 6 years now,
> > and I do consider each and every one of you "family", even though we have
> > our off moments. And there are far more important things in life to bitch
> > about than Jewelia (Now, Gordon, "bitch" is tamer a word than "cunt" and
> > it's even on TV).
> >
> > NOW, I thought I'd come out of the closet with something FAR more important
> > that I swore I'd never talk about on this list (I lied): I BOILED MY
> > GELATIN AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE!!!
> >
> > Yes, folks, all 30 sheets printed smooth as a baby's butt, with no
> > speckling. They better have--they'll all be in my thesis show in a month.
> >
> > This proves ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about speckling except I, for one, will no
> > longer worry about whether or not I accidentally overheat my jello ever
> > again while attending to the soap opera called my life.
> >
> > Now THAT'S something to argue about. Open the floodgates...
> > Chris
Received on Fri Mar 11 19:25:00 2005