Re: paraffin survey - GulfWax Recipe

From:Lee & Peggy Wenk

Mix "ALL" ingredients together? Including the
chocolate chips and the square of gulfwax paraffin?

Where does the extra wax and paraffin come in that
you dip in?

And how big is a "square"?

Couldn't resist this either. You know histotechs
and our NCCLS procedure manuals!

;-)

Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monson, Frederick C." 
To: "HistoNet Server (E-mail)" 
Cc: "'Rose Richardson'" 
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: RE: paraffin survey - GulfWax Recipe


> Could not resist this!
>
> REF:  http://www.tuckerpecan.com/recipes/content.html
>
> COCONUT PECAN BONBONS
>
> 1/2 Cup of Butter or Margarine
> 2 Boxes XXXX Sugar
>
> 11/2 Cups Tucker Chopped Pecans
> 1 6-oz. Bag of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
>
> 1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
> 1 Square Gulfwax Paraffin
>
> 1 Large bag of Coconut
>
>     Mix all ingredients together in large bowl.   Shape into balls.
> Refrigerate 15-20 minutes.  Using double boiler, melt paraffin, then melt
> chocolate chips in paraffin.  Using toothpicks, dip refrigerated balls
into
> chocolate.  Place on wax paper.
>
>
> Frederick C. Monson, PhD
> Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging(CASI)
> West Chester University of Pennsylvania
> Schmucker Science Center II
> South Church Street
> West Chester, PA, 19383
> eMail:  fmonson@wcupa.edu
> http://darwin.wcupa.edu/casi/
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Rose Richardson
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:14 AM
> > To: RSRICHMOND@aol.com; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > Subject: Re: paraffin survey
> >
> > Brings to mind a paraffin mixture that I had to use for an experiment
with
> > a
> > collaborator a few years ago.  They used one ounce of beeswax to a pound
> > of
> > Gulfwax for rabbit brains.  (and yes, you can still buy Gulfwax in some
> > stores during jelly making season!)
> > Rose
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: paraffin survey
> >
> >
> > > Gulfwax?
> > >
> > > I've been a pathologist since - gack - 1964 - and, while there've been
> > many
> > > ups and downs, in general the slides are a great deal better than they
> > were
> > > when I was a resident. I have the abiding suspicion that improved
> > embedding
> > > media are the biggest single reason for this improvement.
> > >
> > > In 1964 tissue was embedded in paraffin - a complex and ill defined
> > mixture
> > > of natural aliphatic hydrocarbons (the word "paraffin" is a blend of
two
> > > Latin words "parum affinis" literally meaning 'little related' -
doesn't
> > > combine with anything). You could actually go to the grocery store and
> > buy
> > > the wax that home canners used, and some labs did this.
> > >
> > > Today's embedding media are complex mixtures of organic molecules that
> > may
> > > have been mentioned in my 1957 organic chemistry course some spring
day
> > when
> > > I cut class to drink beer on the banks of the Charles. Their
composition
> > is
> > > entirely trade secret, and even if it were revealed it wouldn't tell
> > most
> > of
> > > it very much. This evolution occurred with little if any documentation
> > in
> > the
> > > literature - for example, a review of embedding media in the J
> > Histotechnol a
> > > few years ago barely mentioned it.
> > >
> > > What happened? I've always wondered.
> > >
> > > Bob Richmond
> > > Samurai Pathologist
> > > Knoxville TN
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>





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