Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Trivia Pur$uit

The distinctive smell that you get when opening a box or packet of crayons comes from stearic acid - which is the formal name for processed beef fat.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmmm... yummy!
I'll be thinking of beef fat every time I color with the kids.

david mcmahon said...

Hi Darlene,

I was actually thinking of you when I posted that!

Keep smiling

David

B.T.Bear (esq.) said...

Bleagh......... Mummy says she used to chew these....

david mcmahon said...

Hi BTBear,

Bully beef!!!

Cheers

David

Deborah Gamble said...

Oh, yuck! And I like that smell. Or should I say, liked, now that I know what it is.