Strange ingredient ????

[tigga]

Im not a cooking person so i have no idea but would like to know :

A friend of mine showed me some strange ingredient from his kitchen, he tipped it from hand to hand it appeared to be a liquid, but when you prod it, its not liquid but more of a plasticine type texture, it was white. i dont know to this day what it was and or how to make it - does anybody know what im talking about ?

Thanks in advance

[gary baldy]

is it glycerine?

[Jules001]

a cornflour mixture ? maybe your friend has been watching Brainiacs science abuse as they did an experiment with custard made from cornflour which has this consistency.

[woofgang]

yup its cornflour mixed with water, can also do it with custard powder but then its yellow

[qapmoc]

Yes it is cornflour, but it takes a bit of work to get the consistency just right, keep adding cornflour to water and stirring it until it gets really difficult to stir and keep adding small amounts and you will feel that it starting to behave as the stuff you saw.

[tigga]

thanks all, cornflour rings a bell - will have to give it a go !.