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Hi,

I'd like to start my second project please. Details are:


Name: Moonglum Clampflower

Researcher number:U182207

Page Number A680654

The Adhesive Properties of Food.

You'll find that in certain conditions food will stick spoons to plates, Knives and forks together and in some rare case may hold buildings together. This is a study in to what foods constitute good or bad adhesives and how they can be used.

Topics:

The role of Adhesive
Food Groups
Fats
Carbohydrates
Protein
Fibre
Sugars
Making food glue for you

Proposed start date: 13th January 2002

Proposed finish date. 24th January 2002


Thanks

Hi Moonglum,

Weetabix is the worst! Sounds like it could be an interesting entry, but I'm not sure that there will be enough factual material in there to make a whole project. Mmmm, it's a hard one...

Anna

Is that a 'no' then?

Not really... Sort of... Why don't you write one entry on the adhesive properties of food and submit it to Peer Review?

... because I felt that a project gave much better structure to articles, especially when the are multipart. It also means that you get one sub-ed for the whole lot and I found that it worked well for me when I completed my first project.

If I write the first chunk, submit it for peer review and it gets accepted then it becomes an edited article and can no longer be included in a project. That would make the whole thing a much harder slog and it wouldn't be so integrated.

I get the impression that you don't feel this sort of article is suitable for the guide. I can say that it will be entirely factual and can be usefull if you are in a scrape which I thought the guide was all about.

Don't worry, I'll scrap it and think of something else.

DON'T scrap it please! I like the stuff and it *is* Guide worthy.

I think Anna's concern is that perhaps there won't be so much to say to warrant a whole project of, say, 6 or 10 entries. You can prove that assumption wrong!

You like food or adhesive?

You'd be suprised. There will probably be extra sections to add on like the history of glue (fish glue thought to be used to hold Viking shields together etc etc). After reading the project, you should be able to look at any food substance and decide whether or not it's going to stick stuff together, at least that's the plan.

The only hitch might be time to get info but I can always extend the project if needs be.

Thanks

I like all three of them (food, adhesive, and the combination).

Just had difficulties to get my hands off the water glass after having eaten an orange

Hi Moonglum,

Can I echo what Bossel has said? Please don't scrap the project - he's right, I did wonder whether the adhesive properties of food would warrant a whole project. Also, it's difficult to tell the direction entries will take before they've been written! Now that I have a few more details, this project sounds very worthy

Anna

Thanks Anna,

I'll not dissappoint.

Lovely. I've put you in the faculty of Social Sciences http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A612299

whv scrap it

Hi Dave,

It's not being scrapped! Check out A680654 for progress so far. Been so busy that had not much time to go much further but it's a start.

read it thanks

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'The University Admissions Office' to 'Faculty of Social Sciences'.

Researcher: U182207 - Moonglum Clampflower

Project Page: A680654 - The Adhesive Properties of Food

Entries:
A771653 - The Role of Adhesive
A10072559 - The Adhesive Properties of Food (CAC Edition)

No Edited Entries

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