M42-075 · Soft matter

Crème caramel

It trembles when you knock the table.
The caramel is already leaving.
Every cut lets out a little more.

MASS0g

VOLUME100%

KINETIC0µJ

PIECES1

CARAMEL ON PLATE0%

illustrative scale · 1 unit = 1 cm
custard 1.06 g/cm³ · volume is the surface you see

fig. 75 · a crème caramel 7.6 cm across, on a 22 cm plate, lit from a window behind

Pull the custard. It follows, and trembles.