EXPERIMENT I

There is an old wives’ tale that seems to be passed around within the BF mummies circle – that if you boil EBM, it will turn into blood. Other versions of the dubious story is that it’ll turn pinkish, not bloody – even if it is exposed to direct sunlight for some time.

Due to the much hype and curiosity garnered from Hana’s blog, of the dynamic duo izadnhana fame (now trio) and fuelled by my own sick fascination for the macabre world, I conducted an experiment involving non-scientific methodology devoid of any chemical or biological hypotheses.

The mad scientist has no test tubes, so this empty jam jar is suffice to accommodate the meager amount of the aforementioned substance.


Note the colour of the white creamy substance.


Place the jar in a pot of boiling water with a pair of sterilized tongs.


Fiuh, fiuh – careful of the steam.

After an hour, the mad scientist had very little patience and decided to fire up the Bunsen burner to the max, and the RESULT:


White creamy substance has turned into ugly semi-liquidified goo of unidentified color.

Before y’all freak out, the milk didn’t become bloody or pinkish. It was just simply burnt, and smelt like crème brulèè.

It is questionable whether the experiment was a failure, or the story is just a fabrication of a wild belief, a gruesome myth, a non-sensical horror story people like to spread around for their own self-gratification (in my case, the nurse who dared me “Kalau tak percaya, cubalah”.

If anyone comes up with the same experiment and the outcome is positive, I’m sure it’s a hoax.

But until next time, when the mad scientist acquires more of the precious, ‘limited edition’ substance in subject, she has no misgivings of undertaking other methodologies for this particular experiment. Perhaps the direct sunlight will do it.

Any volunteers to partake in this experiment? Some BM samples, maybe?