While I was doing some Thanksgiving baking, the boys thought they would do some cookin' of their own. A recent episode of Mythbusters piqued their curiosity, and they have been nagging asking me to get extra cornstarch for them, so they can experiment with it. It seems the Mythbusters guys were able to walk/run on the top of a mixture of cornstarch and water. The mixture solidifies when it is struck quickly, so if you keep your feet moving, you can actually walk/run on it! Then it "melts" sort of and turns into a liquid again. It is really neat and also a bit weird. I've never seen anything act this way. Unfortunately, they decided to add food coloring to make it even more neat and the food coloring stained their hands blue!! They're gonna look like Pilgrims with frostbitten hands tomorrow.
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