Re: [math-fun] Spooning cold quince soup from a tall, thin jar,

Quince has a high pectin content, so your soup went non-Newtonian. You could have run warm water over the jar. Hilarie

From: Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:29:18 -0800

I was perplexed when the spoon suddenly jammed in the neck and refused to move up or down. After minutes of flopping it back and forth, I finally realized what was happening, and finished my soup. How? --Bill