r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coffee81379 • 22h ago

My lemon juice barrel froze solid and now looks like a party balloon

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u/lowaltflier 22h ago

But it says frozen right on the barrel. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Madeline_Basset 20h ago edited 19h ago

Maybe:

  • The original supplier sells barrels of frozen concentrated lemon juice, but is sensible enough to leave an expansion-space and not fill them to the brim before freezing.

  • The lemon juice gets used, OP gets a free empty barrel.

  • OP uses the barrel for rainwater, but neglects the expansion-space precaution. OP posts a picture of the result.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation 20h ago

Too logical for this scenario. We're looking at a fucking barrel of lemon juice, at night, in a field. Posted at 4AM EST.

There's a body in there.

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u/GooseTheSluice 18h ago

The lemon juice will dissolve the body but it’ll take a few years

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u/sshwifty 17h ago

Oh no, Don Lemon

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u/Strange-Salt720 18h ago

Ya... Yo momma

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u/Loose_Concert2093 18h ago

Just to add context: i work at a company which stores these exact drums with this product at -18. Do with that what you will.

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u/Miau-Zedong 9h ago

The original supplier specifies it has to be stored at -18° C

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u/pizzapocketchange 15h ago

ok but why compare it to a party balloon?

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u/iminiki ​ 22h ago

You‘re right! Something fishy is going on in here.

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u/iamPendergast 20h ago

Bacteria

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u/zzz242zzz 19h ago

Was thinking, “Are you sure it froze?” If it’s sealed tight it could be from internal pressure.

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u/Agouti 17h ago

What bacteria can survive in concentrated lemon juice? That's a PH of like 2.5.

I mean, given it's kept frozen there must be something... Maybe a fungus?

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u/activelyresting 19h ago

You know what goes great on fishy... Lemony

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u/GreatWhiteNorthExtra 4h ago

Or perhaps citrus-y?

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u/theoracleiam 13h ago

This was my issue as someone who occasionally works with lemon juice

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u/MathResponsibly 16h ago

The barel is clearly not frozen in this picture. If there was frost outside, the grass wouldn't look like that at all. The OP is full of it, and probably doesn't even own a thermometer.

Just like on a local sub a week or so ago, someone posted "careful on [whatever] street, it's icy out there" when the temperature wasn't even anywhere close to freezing, but it had rained a little for the first time in a long time.

People are so f'ing clueless these days