Well, if it's a Real Thing then I will be (a) hornswoggled, and (b)
pleased.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 04/24/2014 04:42 PM, Rob wrote:
> At  4/24/2014 05:55 PM,Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> Please forgive -- this is best suited for Friday but I won't be able to
>> post on Friday and I have a burnin' desire.
>>
>> Unless you've been living on Mars this past week, you've heard about
>> "Palcohol" <http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/21/palcohol/> purported to
>> be "Powdered Alcohol."
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> A 10 second search with google turned this up.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
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>  >>According to food chemist Udo Pollmer of the European Institute of
> Food and Nutrition Sciences in Munich, alcohol can be absorbed in
> cyclodextrins, a sugar derivate. In this way, encapsuled in small
> capsules, the fluid can be handled as a powder. The cyclodextrins can
> absorb an estimated 60 percent of their own weight in alcohol.[1] A US
> patent was registered for the process as early as 1974.[2]<<
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> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
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