(id_020) edible chunky slime

by Philomena Theuretzbacher

Recipe Distributed under a CC-BY license: feel free to use and modify while citing the original source.

Recipe

Ingredients 1.5L water, 100g tapioka starch, 5g agar agar powder, 3g baking soda, ½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp spirulina powder, 1 tbsp beet juice

Preparation

  1. bring 500ml of water to a boil
  2. dissolve baking soda, stirr in agar agar powder and cook for one more minute
  3. seperate the argar mixture into three portions and mix one with beet juice, one with turmeric and one with spirulina, set all of them aside to let cool completely
  4. stirr the tapioka starch into 250ml of cold water
  5. bring 750mlwater to a boil
  6. whisk the tapioka-water into the boiling water
  7. cook while constantly stirring until translucent, take of the heat immediately so it does not burn and set aside to cool
  8. once the colors have set into a gel, break them into crumbles and stirr them into the tapioka
  • if you want it to look a bit uglyer mix a pinch of turmeric powder into the the whole slimy mess

Disposal

cleaning stains can be removed with water, stubborn patches may need help from a brush

disposal since it is foodgrade, it can be disposed of as you would, food scraps

Comments

vomit

     **viscosity**
 
     liquid soap
 
     **elasticity**
 
     rubber band
 
     **brillance**
 
      reflective
 
    **fluorescence**
 
          no
 
    **transparency**
 
     frosted glas
 
    **flammability**
 
    non-flammable
 
     **hazardous**
 
          NA
 
      **toxicity**
 
        edible
 
    **ecotoxicity**
 
   safe for compost
 
       **smell**
 
         none
 
     **stickyness**
 
         jam
 
      **wetness**
 
         wet
 
   **Monetary-input**
 between 0 and 1 € /liter 
     **complexity**
 need to stir, need to cook, need to rest 
     **durability**
 
         days
 
    **slipperyness**
 
      icy street
 
  **cleaning-clothes**
 
       laundry
 
 **comment_on_laundry**
 
          NA
 
  **cleaning-surface**
 
       collect
 
   **transformation**
 
        water
comment_on_reversability chunks dissolve with heat, the slime is water soluble 
   **body_toxicity**
 
         none
 
     **Time-input**
 
       >1 hour
comment-on-laundry-treatment washing machine should suffice