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genie
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 Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:41 Post subject: News flash: Peeps in research!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:49 Post subject:
Hey...did you hear they are going to start making them for other holidays too? I heard stars for the 4th of July. 
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ShannonG
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:51 Post subject:
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Cappy
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:53 Post subject:
| ShannonG wrote: | Words fail me.
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Peeps should be illlegal.
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omega lambda
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:55 Post subject:
Just for the record, a package of Peeps, poked with holes then stored in a cool, dark place will become sufficiently (read perfectly) stale in 1 1/2 weeks.
Cheeky and I completed this experiment 3 days ago and have been enjoying the peeps as our after-school snack.
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jrjo
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:58 Post subject:
...must...get...peeps 
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genie
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 16:59 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | Just for the record, a package of Peeps, poked with holes then stored in a cool, dark place will become sufficiently (read perfectly) stale in 1 1/2 weeks.
Cheeky and I completed this experiment 3 days ago and have been enjoying the peeps as our after-school snack. |
I thought of you two as soon as Joe sent me this and I had to post it for ya....
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cherylpf
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 17:15 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | Just for the record, a package of Peeps, poked with holes then stored in a cool, dark place will become sufficiently (read perfectly) stale in 1 1/2 weeks.
Cheeky and I completed this experiment 3 days ago and have been enjoying the peeps as our after-school snack. |
ooh...must try....
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omega lambda
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 17:23 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | omega lambda wrote: | Just for the record, a package of Peeps, poked with holes then stored in a cool, dark place will become sufficiently (read perfectly) stale in 1 1/2 weeks.
Cheeky and I completed this experiment 3 days ago and have been enjoying the peeps as our after-school snack. |
ooh...must try.... |
Thought you might be interested in our soon-to-be published in Nature article:
The OL and SC Official Peeps Experiment
Materials and Methods:
2 packages of Peeps; 1 yellow bunnies (16/pkg) and 1 purple chicks (15/pkg)
Pair of scissors
Index finger
One lab drawer
Peeps were received in the early AM by another scientist attempting to bribe the authors to continue an ongoing research project. The peeps, as received, were unsuitable for eating, as they were not sufficiently stale. Omega Lambda pierced the purple chicks 1 time in each sub-package, and the yellow bunnies were pierced three times in the entire package. Sandy Cheeks' prior experience prompted her to enlarge the scissor-pierced holes with her index finger. The peeps were then placed in a drawer to incubate. The peeps were left alone for 4 days, then checked daily by probing them with an index finger. Any recovery of the peep tissue was considered "fresh" and unsuitable for eating. After 1 1/2 weeks of drawer incubation, the peep's tissue no longer recovered from probing.
Results
The package of purple chicks was opened and the peeps were tested by various methods including a tensile strength test, a digital force vs. opposing force test, a hardness (impact) test, and an oral texture test. An appropriate amount of staleness was achieved with 1 1/2 weeks of drawer incubation.
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jrjo
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 17:35 Post subject:
I knew it! The oral texture test... you caught Cheeky licking the project again?
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kattzoo
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 19:17 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Hey...did you hear they are going to start making them for other holidays too? I heard stars for the 4th of July. |
There's a peeps quiz in our paper today...they say peeps are already made year round, but I never see them. 
We went camping a few weeks ago...roasted peeps....very, very, very good.
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TreKay
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 19:34 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | ...must...get...peeps |
   
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Posted: 04/17/03 - 23:31 Post subject:
I suddenly find myself frightened in this forum....
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omega lambda
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Posted: 04/18/03 - 12:45 Post subject:
| thegman wrote: | | I suddenly find myself frightened in this forum.... |
You only have to worry if you start dreaming about peeps and/or riff raffers. 
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genie
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Posted: 04/18/03 - 13:18 Post subject:
| thegman wrote: | | I suddenly find myself frightened in this forum.... |
Don't worry, the mad scientistas have experimented on several of us already...and we're all just fine.....
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