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Author: BearBear Date: Sep 9, 2008 08:06
In article , Larry Green says...
> Bear wrote:
>> I'm thinking back a few years ... someone discovered that molasses and
>> treacle tins, if opened, then wrongly re-sealed, then left for a couple
>> of years, could explode ... now I'm thinking about Snowy's kitchen
>> antics ... and it doesn't look good :)
Good grief!
The things one learns on UseNet.
> But I doubt Snowy's kitchen is large enough to hold that amount of molasses so
> the resulting bang and subsequent death toll *should* be lower! ;-)
>
> However, just about anything that contains a lot of sugar, has the ability to
> ferment and is contained in a closed vessel could possibly go BOOM at any time,
> just think about homemade ginger beer! It is interesting to note that both
> molasses and peanut butter have been used to make explosives in the past.
Flour (and by implication wheat storage areas) is notorious for going
boom when you don't want it to ... I clearly recall seeing the US news
when I was on the farm in Ca., about 25 years ago, and seeing a report
of a huge grain storage silo having gone up in the most spectacular way.
While it looked entertaining, it killed a couple of folk, which rather
took the shine off the amusing sight of a tidal wave of tens of
thousands of tons of grain making its way down the road.
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