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A gravestone in Goldfield, NV. (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What's library paste?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I had to look it up:

“A thick, white, water soluble, sweet-tasting adhesive that was commonly used in libraries and schools for paper and cardboard**. Library paste is usually made from Dextrin, a water-soluble modified starch. Some formulations may contain Starch, Gum arabic and Bone glue.”

E: of course now I want to know Bone Glue is…

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When they talk of making glue from horses’ hooves, that’s what they’re talking about. Similar to gelatin.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

The fact that it being sweet-tasting is one of the first line items of its definition is interesting. I’ve heard of “eating paste” being something stupid characters do in older media, and I never thought about why one would eat paste. I thought they were eating modern PVA/white glue or maybe wood glue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

mmm bone glue

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's what they bind The Darwin Awards Book with.