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edible fluorescents

Bernard Murray bernard at elsie.nci.nih.gov
Wed Feb 5 09:47:18 EST 1997


In article <E53HnF.95A at freenet.victoria.bc.ca>, wc826 at freenet.victoria.bc.ca 
says...
>
>A friend and I were just curious about what kinds of fluorescent 
>materials are available that are edible, preferably in liquid form. We 
>just thought it would be fun if we could get our water to glow under black 
>lights and still be able to drink it, any suggestions?
>Thanks for any help. 
>

The favourite has to be indian tonic water which contains quinine and
gives a strong blue fluorescence.
	Now don't go mixing gin with that....

		Bernard




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