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Homeowner Forum / Construction / January 2007Dome of Green Split Peas
I took a cup of dry green split peas, rinsed them under fairly hard-running cold water from the kitchen sink faucet, in an ordinary wire-strainer, and dumped the peas in a pot of lukewarm distilled water to cook. The moment I dumped them in the pot they retained the hemi-spherical shape of the strainer. I could even pick the whole dome - carefully - out of the pot, and it held together pretty well. This seems remarkable. I assume the split peas have such a natural geometry that they all adhere or conglomerate to one another mechanically. I don't suppose they had time to excrete some kind of green pea glue. Have we accidentally discovered a new habitat for humanity - one for when we've run out of affordable rocks? Maybe your new green pea glue is a cheap organic adhesive. > I took a cup of dry green split peas, rinsed them under fairly > hard-running cold water from the kitchen sink faucet, in an ordinary > wire-strainer, and dumped the peas in a pot of lukewarm distilled water > to cook. > The moment I dumped them in the pot they retained the hemi-spherical > shape of the strainer. -[snip]- > I don't suppose they had time to excrete SOME KIND OF GREEN PEA GLUE. -[EMPHASIS ADDED]- > Have we accidentally discovered a new habitat for humanity - one for > when we've run out of affordable rocks? > Maybe your new green pea glue is a cheap organic adhesive. <snip> It's called starch.  SignatureNotan > > Maybe your new green pea glue is a cheap organic adhesive. > > <snip> > > It's called starch. Maybe it's starch, but I don't think so. I put a cup of green split peas into a 2.5" deep and 4.75" inside diameter wire strainer, wash them with hard cold running water, and drop them into a pot of distilled water. So why don't I think so? Because it doesn't work for green lentils. And, upon examination, the geometry of lentils and green split peas are different. Lentils are convex on both sides, but split peas are convex on one side and flat on the other side, each pea like a little dome. My hypothesis is that the running water conpacts the split peas into a mass, and there is something about their geometrical structure that causes them to become wedged together and form a rigid hemispherical structure. If so, I wonder if this could be applied to building in stone(s)? But, as you say, maybe it's starch. >> > Maybe your new green pea glue is a cheap organic adhesive. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >hard cold running water, and drop them into a pot of distilled water. So why >don't I think so? Can we add some bacon to that? Yummy. > Because it doesn't work for green lentils. And, upon examination, the >geometry of lentils and green split peas are different. Lentils are convex >on both sides, but split peas are convex on one side and flat on the other >side, each pea like a little dome. Have you tried eggplant? Just a thought. > My hypothesis is that the running water conpacts the split peas into a >mass, and there is something about their geometrical structure that causes >them to become wedged together and form a rigid hemispherical structure. Just add gravy, Gravy is good on everything. > If so, I wonder if this could be applied to building in stone(s)? That would make it crunchy. < cringes at the sound of teeth grinding > > But, as you say, maybe it's starch. Maybe, You could try Top Ramon. |
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