Once again, it is that time of year where myself and fellow accomplices take various items to depth to see how water pressure effects the object. It's a way to keep entertained as well as make for some fun discussion.
Would like to hear others experiences as well. This past holiday weekend yielded the following:
1. Chocolate cream filled cupcakes totally collapse/compress at 70ft., but continued to taste awesome during surface intervals. (cupcakes were in factory plastic wrap.)
2. Fruit filled snack pies collapse at 12 ft and are too mushy to eat once opened.
3. Nothing happens to poptarts down to 90ft.
4. Slim jims can be enjoyed at any depth with no ill effects.
5. Steaks marinade much quicker and are very tender after a 20 minutes dive at 65ft. _ Put in plastic freezer bags with marinade and it was shrinked wrapped at depth.
6. Boneless chicken breasts marinade just as well as the steaks.
7. If you fill an empty plastic soda bottle with air at 60ft, cap it and let it go to surface, you can actually hear it pop at around 20ft on way to surface.
8. Soda doesnt fizz at 55ft. It just stays in bottle no matter how hard you shook it before opening.
9. Playdough significantly compresses at 50ft. A Playdough ball the size of a Baseball shrinks down to size of a large marble. (Oh no Mr. Bill!!!)
10. You can apply water proof mascara at a depth of 45ft, it took skill, but actually worked. Why you would want to do this ...I have no idea.... but female team member thought it would be cool. Same with lipstick, which only compressed slightly, but was still useable.
11. Chocolate covered oreos were good at any depth. the chocolate coating kept the cookie dry and tasty. Nice treat when doing a deco stop.
12. Eating underwater should be a skill added to all scuba course work.
