Sugar glass
Sugar glass (also called candy glass, edible glass, and breakaway glass) is a brittle transparent form of
flat glass
or an object, such as a bottle or drinking glass.
Description
Sugar glass is made by dissolving sugar in water and heating it to at least the "
Because sugar glass is
hygroscopic
, it must be used soon after preparation, or it will soften and lose its brittle quality.
Sugar glass has been used to simulate glass in movies, photographs, plays[3] and professional wrestling.[4]
Other uses
Sugar glass is also used to make sugar sculptures or other forms of edible art.[5]
Sugar glass with blue dye was used to represent the methamphetamine in the AMC TV series Breaking Bad.[6] Actor Aaron Paul would eat it on set.[7]
References
- ISBN 9781118674208.
- ^ Try this: Sugar glass - the shattering truth Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Shattering Sugar: Make Movie-Ready Sugar Glass". Scientific American. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ Moorehouse, John (May 12, 2017). "Shane McMahon: Vince Nearly Stopped KOTR Street Fight Vs. Kurt Angle". Fightful. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-231-15344-7. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ Trinh, Jean (2017-04-11). "Don't Meth with Albuquerque's 'Breaking Bad' Candy Lady". Vice. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Snierson, Dan (June 12, 2011). "'Breaking Bad': Aaron Paul confesses his 'blue meth' addiction". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
