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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| + | {{incomplete|Created by a MICHELIN-RATED BROWN DWARF. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
| − | + | {{w|Fusion cuisine}} is a style of cuisine based on combining aspects of the cuisines of two or more cultures, such as a combination of French and Chinese food, or Mexican and Korean food. | |
| − | The recipe is described as the initiation of {{w|deuterium}} fusion in a kilogram ("four cups") of {{w|heavy water}} and allowing the reaction to continue to its endpoint, {{w|iron}}. The "very high heat" specified in the recipe would | + | [[Cueball]] conflates the reference to fusion in "fusion cuisine", combining cooking styles to create exciting new forms of food, with {{w|nuclear fusion}}, combining atomic nuclei to create new kinds of atoms. The recipe is described as the initiation of {{w|deuterium}} fusion in a kilogram ("four cups") of {{w|heavy water}} and allowing the reaction to continue to its endpoint, {{w|iron}}. The "very high heat" specified in the recipe would be the four million-plus Kelvin at which {{w|deuterium fusion}} is initiated in stars, to the billions Kelvin at which {{w|supernova}}s synthesized all atoms heavier than iron, such as copper, zinc, selenium, and iodine. |
| − | + | The title text refers to {{w|stellar fusion}} as responsible for at least one atom in each molecule of every living thing (excepting a tiny proportion of {{w|lithium hydride}}[https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/476/2/1826/4848311][https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0371.pdf?id=10.26616/NIOSHPUB81123]), all our food and water, and indeed everything but primordial [[2719: Hydrogen Isotopes|hydrogen isotopes]], and the tiny proportions of helium and lithium that were synthesized at the end of the {{w|radiation-dominated era}}; thus Cueball's personal interest in "fusion" cuisine. People often say that an interest of theirs goes back to their "early days", referencing their childhood, but in this case it appears that Cueball's interest goes back to several billions of years before when he was born, which is unusual.{{fact}} | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[White Hat stands behind Cueball, who is cooking on a stove seen from the side. Cueball has his left hand on the handle of a pot which is on one of the stove's burners. In Cueball's right hand is a small cup.] | :[White Hat stands behind Cueball, who is cooking on a stove seen from the side. Cueball has his left hand on the handle of a pot which is on one of the stove's burners. In Cueball's right hand is a small cup.] | ||
| − | :Cueball: Next, we heat four cups of heavy water over | + | :Cueball: Next, we heat four cups of heavy water over ''very'' high heat until it thickens and becomes rich in iron. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
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[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
[[Category:Food]] | [[Category:Food]] | ||
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