Sweet explanation for exploding crockpots
News nostalgia: In May 1978 Random House issued a recall of a cookbook Woman's Day Crockery Cuisine after realising that one of the recipes "could cause a serious explosion". This from the Chicago Tribune: "The recipe in question was for Silky Caramel Slices and called for heating a can of sweetened condensed milk in a crockpot. Because of an unfortunately elusive line that should have instructed folks to fill the pot with water, following the recipe appears to have resulted in some unintentional pop-top cans and badly damaged crockpots ... By being heated in boiling water, the temperature of the can and milk do not exceed the boiling point. After a few hours the sugared milk turns to a caramel pudding. In the crockpot, however, especially without water, the temperature can build up rather like a pressure cooker. That was the most immediate cause of the problem."
Sex Dust a lusty price
Gwyneth Paltrow has set up a retail outlet for over-priced clean living products. Goop Lab is selling Sex Dust "a lusty edible formula alchemised to ignite and excite sexy energy in and out of the bedroom" and Psychic Vampire Repellent, described as comprising "sonically tuned gem elixirs". There's also Portuguese napkin rings with images of sky blue swallows for $75, a champagne flute for $244, a silk blouse at $932 and the "prettiest compost bin ever" for $237. Paltrow says the vampire repellent was "meant to be a tongue-in-cheek product".
