Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by gumby on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:32AM (#18767583)

I believe frosting is mostly fat by weight. Nevertheless butter beats it, pretty much by definition.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by x43b on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:02AM (#18768182)

Looks like a >4:1 carb:fat ratio by weight.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by fiblye on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:01AM (#18769190)

But eating cake frosting by the spoonful is far easier and more pleasing than downing pure butter or olive oil.

(speaking from experience)

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by DanBC on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:21AM (#18769262)

And climbers already have an equivalent of cake frosting: kendal mint cake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_Mint_Cake

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by gumby on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:26PM (#18770901)

Thanks for looking this up!

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