lvc@cbscc.UUCP (Larry Cipriani) (01/19/84)
Last night I cooked spaghetti for dinner and noticed something interesting that I don't understand. I let the spaghetti cook unattended for several minutes while I was watching television. When I went to see if it was done, I noticed that the spaghetti was arranged in more or less a doughnut shape. Most of it was away from the sides and there was very little in the center of the pan either. It seemed be concentrated over the points where the heat from the stove (gas) touched the pan. I would guess that the two are related somehow but I'm not sure why. Does anyone know why this happens? a puzzled spaghetti lover, Larry Cipriani cbscc!lvc
jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) (01/20/84)
I'll hazard a guess that the spaghetti is drawn to the area over the
flame by convection currents causes by the heat. But since spaghetti
is sticky, it clumps there instead of following the currents around
to the outside or center of the pan.
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Jon Biggar
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