poliphilo: (corinium)
poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2013-10-04 08:56 am

Sour Milk

My mother keeps a little jug of milk in her bedroom so she can have a cup of tea in the morning. Last night it curdled- something I've not known happen before. She blames the thunderstorm.

[identity profile] ooxc.livejournal.com 2013-10-04 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's quite an old idea, isn't it? There might be something in it - the close atmosphere before a storm?

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2013-10-04 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd have said it was an old wives tale- but then those old wives knew a thing or two.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2013-10-04 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She's absolutely right- thunderstorms can curdle milk, although I don't understand the physics of it.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2013-10-04 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Strange. I can't see how it works, but after last night I'm a believer.