Apparently, the hydrophilic nature of the corn syrup in the marshmallow will cause it to absorb the water being evaporated from the bread in the bag.
My mother keeps a slice of bread in her brown sugar for pretty much the same reason, so I was fairly sure the experiment would work. In fact, it worked too well. By this morning, our marshmallow was not only re-moisturized, it was sticky.
Lucky for us Leavitt includes a follow up experiment for unstickying a marshmallow, on the very next page.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
6 comments:
I didn't know that trick. Cool.
I didn't know about that either (or about a trick with brown sugar). Very interesting!
I have never heard about this author before- I will most definitely have to check her out!
I guess I need to be putting a piece of bread in my brown sugar.
That book looks fun!
My mother always put a piece of bread in with fresh baked cookies to keep them soft.
So glad you liked the experiment! I don't think I tried it with an old, dried up marshmallow, but I should have. Glad to know it worked.
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