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Re: Candy issue requires physics :-)

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On 7/12/2016 3:28 PM, ClutterFreak wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 22:26:39 -0500, Sergio wrote:
>
>> On 7/10/2016 8:40 PM, Sergio wrote:
>>> On 7/10/2016 7:37 PM, ClutterFreak wrote:
>>>> I bought a couple of pounds of large good quality
>>>> candy last year in an airtight glass container. Then a
>>>> bit later I needed the glass container for something
>>>> else so placed the candies inside another non-airtight
>>>> container. A couple of weeks later I realized they had
>>>> begun to absorb moisture from air and had started to
>>>> become sticky (almost). So to keep them separate I
>>>> wrapped them individually with aluminum foil. Then
>>>> last week at last I got a chance to go to them and
>>>> have a few with hot tea, etc. I found that the
>>>> aluminum foil are badly stuck with the candies and I
>>>> have to remove them piece by piece in tiny sizes,
>>>> requiring 100 to 15 minutes of work for each. Do you
>>>> know how I could expedite the removal of the foils?
>>>>
>>>
>>> freeze one,
>>> then brake it apart with something to see if it flakes off the foil.
>>>
>>
>> Let us know which solution works
>
> Ok. Smashing it didn't help cause only the powdery
> part comes off. The rest mostly are still stuck with
> aluminum. But breaking it into four parts helped
> reduce removal to about three minutes for each candy.
> Still rather messy. Amazing how fast it absorbs
> moisture.
>


hmm..

how about hard freezing, then put warm water on alu foil,  idea is the 
foil expansion from cold to warm would help seaperate it from still cold 
candy ?

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Candy issue requires physics :-) ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-10 19:37 -0500
  Candy issue requires physics :-) john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 17:42 -0700
  Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-07-10 20:40 -0500
    Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-07-10 22:26 -0500
      Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-12 15:28 -0500
        Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-07-13 10:11 -0500
          Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-16 15:17 -0500
    Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-12 15:13 -0500
  Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2016-07-10 22:36 -0400
  Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) Mike Duffy <mqduffy001@bell.net> - 2016-07-10 23:22 -0400
    Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-12 15:40 -0500
  Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-07-11 03:03 +0000
    Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-12 15:45 -0500
      Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-13 20:46 -0700
        Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-07-14 09:06 -0500
          Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-14 08:03 -0700
  Re: Use the edge of a spoon to scrape off the foil. ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-07-12 15:42 -0500
  Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" <burkesgurlz@t-girls.com> - 2016-07-14 07:59 -0700
    Re: Candy issue requires physics :-) "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-07-14 08:24 -0700

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