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Now I love those chocolate assortment boxes which appear every Christmas, with all the different flavours wrapped up in different coloured shiny foil, all ready to be unwrapped and popped into the mouth. Only problem is, we all have our definite favourites. I'm an orange creme person, myself, which puts
me in a minority (and makes me some sort of freak of nature, or so I'm told. By toffee-lovers). So I end up spending half the movie digging through the tin, looking for orange creams, when I should be watching the exciting swordfighty bit. And then it's left to my fellow watchers to explain the plot to me when I finally re-emerge from the chocolate tin, mouth full, saying "Ah' 'appn?"
But these chocolates are all different shapes and sizes, and are probably different weights, too. So...
Introducing the Quality Street Centrifuge! Simply pour the contents of the entire tin into the hopper, and the contents will be shaken and spun, shaken and spun, rinsed, and finally ejected slowly so that each different type emerges , one after another, neatly sorted, and they can all be put in separate bowls. Handy universal clamps on the underside will securely attach the centrifuge to the arm of your sofa.
(I know they now sell separate cartons of the individual flavours, but that's so much less fun, and besides, people never buy those for you. And they don't do an orange cream one, anyway.)
the Brazil Nut Effect
http://www.google.c...fect%22&btnG=Search
[hippo, Feb 12 2006]
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moomintroll - you have just prompted me to put up an
idea I have had sitting for a while - You'll recognise it
when you see it, but meanwhile have a croissant to chew
on + |
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Er.. okay. Can I have my croissant first, please? |
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Oi! [xenzag]! <bounces pastry off [xenzag]'s head> Croissant needed! |
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He's off somewhere. I still haven't seen this idea of his (hers? We really need an Internet Pronoun). |
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rinsed, what are you thinking? |
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Well, after talking about spin cycles, it just seemed a natural progression ;) |
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wet chocolate nearly deprived you of a + |
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I'm with you [moom], the orange cream ones are the best. (toffees are alright I guess, but the nut ones are a bunch of poo) |
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The Green Triangle Praline Experience |
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Careful not to turn it on too high. Mine sorted the chocolate from the nuts, and even pulled the liquor out of the cherries. |
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I can deal with all the nuts that you can throw at me ;) |
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Excellent idea. The other way to
separate out different types of Quality
Street is to use the "Brazil Nut Effect"
(see link). High frequency, low
amplitude vibration of the container
(i.e. jiggling it for a while) will grade the
chocolates, leaving the largest, lowest
density ones at the top. |
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I'll raise you three Srawberry Cremes |
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IT, re: maltesers. try sucking 'em. an altogether different experience. |
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oops! I forgot your croissant - I still prefer the fishbone
logo - that croissant always looks like a little turd to me.
The idea will surface, all in good time - don't want to be
perceived as trying to usurp your excellent offering. |
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Brilliant notion [+] and, like Ian says, could be co-opted for other sorting operations too - and to realign with the washing-machine thread, mightn't socks have densities such that pairs could be automatically found using a centrifugal process? |
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Ah. now. that would be wonderful... |
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get your smelly socks out of my dark choco-amaretto |
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**hey moom, how goes it?** |
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Could this be developed into some sort of Ferrero Rocher
trebuchet? |
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[hippo] Just to be picky, the brazil nut effect refers to larger objects' moving to the top with no favourable density difference. |
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[spidermother] you're right
[Ian] yes - although maybe "Object-oriented chocolates" should be posted as a new idea |
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Hmm, I think there's a social commodoties idea in
here somewhere. A local swap shop where people
meet for coffee and bring their unwanted chocolate
varieties to exchange. |
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