In all the excitement of the fireworks watching we managed to forget a loaf of bread in the oven for several hours.

It looks like it's pretty carbonized (all the H₂0 have been driven off from the carbohydrates, leaving mostly carbon (and various minerals) behind, just like ye old-time charcoal burners used to do).

It isn't totally converted though, as you can see from the bottom.

Ideas:

• we might use this for making powdered carbon
• we could dissect it to see if it tels us anything about heat flow inside baking bread
• we could try talking someone into eating some
• we could try using it as a water filter
• we could just keep it around to show people because we can't afford a stuffed alligator