{"id":277,"date":"2011-04-21T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T17:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/2011\/04\/peep-nests\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:50:06","slug":"peepscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desertwind.us\/blog\/2011\/04\/peepscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Peep Nests and Peep Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This use of Peeps is not so exciting nor so entertaining as the Dueling Peep Microwave Battle<\/a>, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s probably more socially acceptable .<\/p>\n

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Tips:<\/p>\n

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You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t possibly use too much butter. Butter your hands, spoons, everything (EVERYTHING). This is going to be messy.<\/li>\n
While it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to work quickly, you can let the Treats cool to a warm but comfortable temperature before working with them. Then be fast.<\/li>\n
The Kellogg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rice Crispy recipe<\/a> seems to work really well for this. It calls for a higher Crispy-to-Mallow ratio than does the Marshmallow-Bag recipe\u00c2\u00a0 and that seems to work really well for shape retention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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DO save a few extra Peeps and DO have a Peep Battle. One of my son\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classmates came over and they had a (supervised) blast.\u00c2\u00a0 Unless you like cleaning plates with melted marshmallows cemented to them, I highly recommend staging the battle on graham cracker halves, and placing the Peeps on a bed of Peep Poop* before the battle begins. Upon removal from the microwave, top with another graham cracker half and enjoy.<\/p>\n
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Science Lesson Of the Week <\/strong><\/p>\n
(How to Transform Peep Dueling into a Socially Acceptable\u00c2\u00a0Pastime)<\/strong><\/p>\n
When a marshmallow is heated (in the “heat of battle” as it were), it’s not the sugar that’s visibly expanding. It’s the air that has been whipped into the candy.<\/p>\n
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Air is made up of gas molecules<\/a>.<\/li>\n
The molecules are heated (with the microwave).<\/li>\n
Heat is a form of energy.\n
$\"Heated$ <\/a>
Image courtesy of britannica.com <\/p><\/div><\/li>\n
If you give a child more energy (like sugar, which is stored energy), said child will bounce off the walls and make the most of his enclosure. Er, space.<\/li>\n
If you give gas molecules (such as the air that’s been whipped into a Peep) more energy, they will do the same thing a child will: \u00c2\u00a0bounce off the “walls” and make the most of their (in the case of the Peeps, stretchy)\u00c2\u00a0enclosure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Follow \u00c2\u00a0up question: \u00c2\u00a0The air-filled spaces inside of a peep are stretchy and sealed. What would happen if you heat up air inside of a sealed, rigid container? **<\/p>\n
Duel the Peeps. After all, it’s for science.<\/p>\n
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*Chocolate chips, for those of you who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have 8 year old boys in the house.<\/em><\/p>\n
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** Answer: Pressure will build up. If the pressure exceeds the strength of the container, the container will burst. Boom.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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