Years ago the Felder Enterprises Consumables Division put some nice Cab on
the stove and simmered it to almost a solid, figuring I could backpack with
the gel and some PGA and reconstitute it into wine with local water
filtered along the trail. Turned out that endeavor, like so many Vanagon
projects, was way more complex than originally thought. I hope these
Palcohol guys can nail it.

Jim

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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."
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A 10 second search with google turned this up.
>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
>>
>>  >>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]<<
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>> Volkswagen Enthusiast ....
>>
>