Reminds me of having cheap cookware in college.  We would make large
quantities of spaghetti sauce.  We'd throw in all the ingredients and simmer
for a few hours, then eat.  The leftovers were allowed to cool in the pot
before freezing.  Eventually we found that small holes had been eaten in the
side of the pot at the most common fluid level.
Mike McMaster
RF Product Engineer
Merix Corporation
503-992-4263



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> From:         Ryan Grant[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject:      [TN] NTC aluminum foil eating barbecue sauce
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> Hi Technetters,
>
> I have a question for the chemist gurus out there.  My wife and I were
> surprised to find the aluminum foil that was covering our spare ribs had
> holes eaten away wherever the foil had sagged and touched the barbecue
> sauce.  Now I'm wondering what chemical reacted with the aluminum foil
> to dissolve it?  It took about 24 hours to get 7 mm diameter holes all
> over the foil.  The ingredients of the sauce are as follows:
>
> High fructose corn syrup, water, concentrated tomato juice, vinegar,
> food starch-modified, salt, honey, contains less than 2% of paprika,
> molasses, hickory smoke flavor, spice, mustard flour, guar gum, natural
> flavor, red 40.
>
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