Ooh - cupcake in a sealed bottle sounds like an awesome idea too...cuz then we can label it "In case of snack attack, break glass".<br><br>Sean<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Patrick Keys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">About the cupcake itself... what will it be made from?<br>
For keeping it fresh during shipping, it would seem like there should be<br>
some sort of preservative in the mix.<br>
<br>
Also, for holding its shape, maybe we could customize some sort of<br>
gelatin mold. Like a giant cupcake-shaped pill capsule. Crunchy Jell-O<br>
is an option. Another option is chocolate-based "Magic Shell":<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Shell" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Shell</a><br>
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"Ship in a bottle" approach might be worth considering. Start with a<br>
crunchy see-thru cupcake shell that holds it shape and somehow injection<br>
mold or craft the cupcake inside the shell.<br>
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On 1/6/2011 4:14 PM, Jonathan Foote wrote:<br>
> Aren't there all kinds of crazy exothermic reactions -- like NaOH +<br>
> H2O -- that the military uses to heat prepackaged food and such?<br>
> Likely too reactive to ship without hazmat status, but...?<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Sean Cusack<<a href="mailto:sean.p.cusack@gmail.com">sean.p.cusack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I was actually just talking over this idea with the other chemists at lunch,<br>
>> and I think it would be unlikely that we'll be able to generate enough heat<br>
>> out of these without using a retarded amount - like about 100 or so (damn<br>
>> you thermodynamics!). We could maybe build a super-insulated box with a<br>
>> thermocouple in it to see how hot one of them gets, and then try to scale<br>
>> it...<br>
>><br>
>> Sean<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Lilia Markham<<a href="mailto:liliakai@gmail.com">liliakai@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have a surplus of hand warming packets that i can bring if anyone wants<br>
>>> to experiment with them...<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Sean Cusack<<a href="mailto:sean.p.cusack@gmail.com">sean.p.cusack@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I'm down with doing the freezing stuff on the 15th. I can arrange to get<br>
>>>> the cold shit over to noisebridge.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Sean<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:16 PM, meredith scheff<<a href="mailto:satiredun@gmail.com">satiredun@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Now we're getting into Shipyard style packing :)<br>
>>>>> Seems we have a battle of Hot Ideas and Cold Ideas.<br>
>>>>> I like the handwarmer idea on principle, but two things:<br>
>>>>> They never get anywhere near 350<br>
>>>>> icing is important!<br>
>>>>> I really like the freeze the fuck out of it solution.<br>
>>>>> When is the day? the 15th? I vote we make as many ideas as possible.<br>
>>>>> mer<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Michael Shiloh<br>
>>>>> <<a href="mailto:michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com">michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Is it possible to cook rapidly by using some sort of explosion? Can<br>
>>>>>> this<br>
>>>>>> be controlled sufficiently for cooking?<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> On 01/06/2011 12:03 PM, Lilia Markham wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> If we can just prevent the receiving hackerspace from ever opening<br>
>>>>>>> the<br>
>>>>>>> package, our cupcake would occupy a superposition of all possible<br>
>>>>>>> cupcake states. We can decorate it with a little icing cat face.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Sean Cusack<<a href="mailto:sean.p.cusack@gmail.com">sean.p.cusack@gmail.com</a><br>
>>>>>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sean.p.cusack@gmail.com">sean.p.cusack@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> The handwarmers thing could totally work, right? We don't need it<br>
>>>>>>> to<br>
>>>>>>> stay hot for hours, just 350 - 400 for like 30 minutes! If we do<br>
>>>>>>> a<br>
>>>>>>> good enough job with the insulation, the UPS guy shouldn't even<br>
>>>>>>> know<br>
>>>>>>> anything happened. Worst case, if DHS confiscates out<br>
>>>>>>> cupcake...I'd<br>
>>>>>>> laugh my ass off. The terrorcake strikes again!!!!!<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> I think the kicker would be activating the handwarmers at the<br>
>>>>>>> right<br>
>>>>>>> time, and only the right time. I think the handwarmers activate<br>
>>>>>>> upon<br>
>>>>>>> touching air, right? I wonder if we could open a bunch of them in<br>
>>>>>>> a<br>
>>>>>>> glovebox and put them into an inert box with the ready to bake<br>
>>>>>>> cupcake. The inert box would have a little door on it that could<br>
>>>>>>> open when an Arduino uses some craaazy GPS wizardry thingy to<br>
>>>>>>> determine when the UPS guy is almost at the destination.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> What do people think? Is this reasonable? We don't do anything<br>
>>>>>>> air<br>
>>>>>>> sensitive enough in my lab to warrant a glovebox though. Anyone<br>
>>>>>>> have<br>
>>>>>>> access to something like that?<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> Sean<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Lilia Markham<<a href="mailto:liliakai@gmail.com">liliakai@gmail.com</a><br>
>>>>>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:liliakai@gmail.com">liliakai@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> If we deliberately make the package look like a bomb, will it<br>
>>>>>>> receive more delicate handling??<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> public archive disclaimer: the above question is intended to<br>
>>>>>>> be<br>
>>>>>>> farcical and humorous. I do not in any way condone sending<br>
>>>>>>> suspicious looking things through the us postal service. also<br>
>>>>>>> i<br>
>>>>>>> love my country and all the federal agents reading my email<br>
>>>>>>> and<br>
>>>>>>> their families.<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Patrick Keys<br>
>>>>>>> <<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:citizenkeys@gmail.com">citizenkeys@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> Is this a cupcake or a bomb? Our cupcake "package" is<br>
>>>>>>> going<br>
>>>>>>> to get<br>
>>>>>>> confiscated by Homeland Security and never arrive at its<br>
>>>>>>> destination.<br>
>>>>>>> The unabomber of cupcakes.<br>
>>>>>>> :-)<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> Patrick<br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>><br>
>>>>>>> On 1/5/2011 6:18 PM, Liz Henry wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> > On 1/5/11 5:42 PM, Lilia Markham wrote:<br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> >> I liked the idea of a self-baking cupcake. In fact I<br>
>>>>>>> have had multiple<br>
>>>>>>> >> conversations theorizing portable, self-baking cakes<br>
>>>>>>> and<br>
>>>>>>> cookies in the<br>
>>>>>>> >> past. They would be great for camping, picnics...car<br>
>>>>>>> eaters? (We're gonna be<br>
>>>>>>> >> so rich!) Sadly, I fear that the only way to generate<br>
>>>>>>> the necessary heat is<br>
>>>>>>> >> to include some form of auto-igniting flammable<br>
>>>>>>> materials or questionable<br>
>>>>>>> >> chemicals. The post office just loves when you send<br>
>>>>>>> that<br>
>>>>>>> kind of stuff<br>
>>>>>>> >> through the mail. :-\<br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> > I wonder if a cupcake could bake very very slowly<br>
>>>>>>> using those<br>
>>>>>>> > handwarmers you can buy in a drugstore? Or for skiing?<br>
>>>>>>> They don't get<br>
>>>>>>> > very hot. But maybe they could be rigged up to break<br>
>>>>>>> when<br>
>>>>>>> a box is<br>
>>>>>>> > opened, and then the cooking device would open up<br>
>>>>>>> based<br>
>>>>>>> on a timer.<br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> > Or, ship a cupcake positioned inside an EZ-bake oven,<br>
>>>>>>> maybe just by<br>
>>>>>>> > being completely encased in foil, with a power source<br>
>>>>>>> connected to the<br>
>>>>>>> > EZ Bake Oven, with a switch that is turned on by<br>
>>>>>>> opening<br>
>>>>>>> the box. The<br>
>>>>>>> > sugary topping could be ... uh that is where I lose<br>
>>>>>>> it.<br>
>>>>>>> Sugary topping.<br>
>>>>>>> > Hmmm.<br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> > - Liz<br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
>>>>>>> ><br>
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