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Date:         Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:07:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
Comments: To: Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <5359a193.0ba7e00a.3f46.2ccb@mx.google.com>
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Well, if it's a Real Thing then I will be (a) hornswoggled, and (b) pleased.

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore.

On 04/24/2014 04:42 PM, Rob wrote: > At 4/24/2014 05:55 PM,Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> Please forgive -- this is best suited for Friday but I won't be able to >> post on Friday and I have a burnin' desire. >> >> Unless you've been living on Mars this past week, you've heard about >> "Palcohol" <http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/21/palcohol/> purported to >> be "Powdered Alcohol." > > > > > A 10 second search with google turned this up. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder > > >>According to food chemist Udo Pollmer of the European Institute of > Food and Nutrition Sciences in Munich, alcohol can be absorbed in > cyclodextrins, a sugar derivate. In this way, encapsuled in small > capsules, the fluid can be handled as a powder. The cyclodextrins can > absorb an estimated 60 percent of their own weight in alcohol.[1] A US > patent was registered for the process as early as 1974.[2]<< > > > > Rob > vwrobb@gmail.com > Volkswagen Enthusiast ....


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