On 9/19/2013 4:10 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:03:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
> snip
>>
>> No idea what rosin is, but that won't stop me from thinking this
>> concept sounds absolutely terrible. How do you bake an item when it
>> is being boiled? Seeing that a "Cracker Barrel" recipe is #2 on the
>> Google hit list doesn't make it any better.
>
> rosin is what violinists rub on the bow hairs to make the bow grab the
> strings. It's what ballet dancers put on the toes of their shoes.
> What weight lifters put on their hands. Gymnasts put it on their
> hands, etc., etc., etc. It's that white powdered stuff, used for its
> sticky properties.
> Janet US
>
Rosin is also used in electronics as a soldering flux. For the last 25
years, every time I use the soldering iron, I get a whiff of rosin
vapor. I think that a potato cooked in the stuff would make me barf.
Violently.