MLM Home Experiments | Oh no this isn't science | Anti-MLM

[@sjaak9568]

Can't wait for products to start saying "Dermatologically toasted".

[@carriepinkduck]

OMG Emma, pin this 🤣 winning comment!

[@SjofnBM1989]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ifartmagic]

✌🤣

[@Naptosis]

I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Thank you 🤍

[@anij80]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gimpybrad]

"Hair is not bread" is right up there with Professor Dave's quote, "oceans don't have wings." The things you have to say when you debate/disprove nonsense.

[@ms.frizzle.explains]

As a chemistry teacher, I love experiments with fire. But I know what I'm doing, and I would have my hair UP and wear safety glasses! I know she's showing flammability of hair care products, but how awkward would it be if she set her own hair on fire in the process!? Also, I wouldn't be setting these things off with my hand (because fire and pressure, and I'd like to keep my fingers thank you very much), I would have a controlled device that would shoot the spray at the same angle and the same amount each time. These experiments are what we call confirmation bias, they are doing things that they think confirm that their products are the best and they'll ignore data like "hair is not bread" and even manipulate the experiment to make their data look better (as seen with the cotton swab "experiment"). This is why scientific literacy is so important! Thank you for making videos that point out the flaws in MLMs, I appreciate it!

[@charliewhitehead5600]

I can't imagine being a housemate of an MLMer using that toaster thinking "hey why do my pop-tarts taste like Pantene?"

[@tessatalmi4252]

Why do you know how Pantene tastes like ?

[@shadowmoon1982]

@@tessatalmi4252 how do you not lol?

[@DJThatPlush]

@@tessatalmi4252 if you had a roommate who was an mlmer there’s no way you wouldn’t know what pantene tastes like, that and ‘oregino essential oil’ being used instead of _real_ oregino, the horrible taste would be forever burned into your mind.

[@ExvangelicalJess]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kc_lee_ann]

Not to be too scientific... but hair is not bread. 😂☠️😂☠️

[@jessyhannah9576]

she needs to make a shirt with this on it😂

[@damaricorra9935]

I was literally ready for full on science. 😂

[@jessyhannah9576]

@@damaricorra9935 Same!😅

[@georginaFTSK]

Hahahaha I literally laughed so hard

[@melmel376]

“Women aren’t locks... hair isn’t bread” 😂😂 I’m so glad I found your channel!

[@foofzilla]

Women are puzzles, not locks.

[@tuffy135ify]

Wait...hold on...I need to find my notebook. So hair ISNT bread?

[@SharienGaming]

and while womens locks are locks they still arent bread XD

[@katelyndunn5399]

Hello! Scientist here! I have a B.S. Biological Sciences and I work in a research laboratory. I cringed at all the uncontrolled experiments. Also when you go into an experiment you want to know the reason of why you are doing the experiments and what the results will tell you. Most of these experiments tell you almost nothing about how the products will work in/on the human body.

[@loddydobbs3023]

i dropped out of college as a chem major after a semester and a half and even i was rolling my eyes at these experiments!

[@cloud1973]

Sorry but i basically have a quarter brain or something, Whats B.S mean? Also, cool comment.

[@katelyndunn5399]

@@cloud1973 bachelor of science. It’s a fancy way of saying I went to college to study biology.

[@cloud1973]

@@katelyndunn5399 Ooh i see, Thank you for telling me!

[@phillyphakename1255]

I love that people go around saying they have a BS degree when the whole point of that course of study it to identify and prevent bullshit from making it's way into science.

[@seraphonica]

As long as you asked... medical professional here. Several things my patients put on their skin are flammable and/or corrosive, and yet still help their skin. A fun example is cantharidin. It sounds like a Tolkien character you forgot about, but it is something a species of beetle makes naturally and uses as a weapon. It causes blistering, and chemical burns. However, properly prepared and in the right context, it has medical applications. Removal of warts, specifically.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

Concentrated salicylic acid does the same.

[@WitchesandWords]

Ohmygoodness. In the dry shampoo one, you can tell someone off-camera blew out the candle. Like, any aerosolized chemical is going to turn a candle into a flame thrower. Why do these huns always do this nonsense, my goodness. It's like watching really crappy infomercials from the 90s. But like, make it deadly for some reason.

[@SjofnBM1989]

You'd think if they were Sooo confident about how good these products were they wouldn't have to lie and mislead and yet.... here we are because the product is actually crap and they know it.

[@KuLaydMahn]

I thought something about looked awfully funny. At first I thought it was a cut

[@hatasanity]

Right you are. If you watch the can instead of the fire, she doesn't actually even spray the final product. The others are noticeably visible when sprayed for comparison.

[@Picklesbunny]

I worked in a microbiology lab so the bacterial growth one really got me. Just growing them could have been danderous if they didn't dispose of them correctly!! And the essential oils might kill bacteria in hight concentration but I doubt that is how they are being advised to use them. If essential oils were better than regular cleaning products we would have been using them in a lab, but the best way to clean a surface (for sterillity not general home cleaning) is bleach.

[@glenecollins]

Essential oils tend to be powerful solvents and some are extremely nasty and will definitely kill off pretty much everything even at

[@SharienGaming]

@@glenecollins on that last point - extremophile bacteria are incredibly interesting arent they? its amazing what some highly specialized bacteria can survive

[@glenecollins]

@@SharienGaming I agree they are pretty amazing and show a vast range of metabolic pathways, proteins etc compared with all other known life. there are a surprising amount of what we would have described as extremophiles running around in everyday environments, they get out competed by the much faster reproducing better adapted species but from what I have read they are in many cases so tough they don’t get eaten by the other bacteria so whenever something slowly kills off all the normal ones there is a decent chance there will still be some extremophiles still around. Of course we can just boil everything away or attack it with concentrated powerful acids the bacteria which can survive those conditions are actually pretty specialised and require those extreme conditions in order to metabolise their energy sources.

[@SharienGaming]

@@glenecollins oooh didnt know that they have a tendency to resist being completely devoured by another type of bacteria that outcompetes them - fascinating stuff, thanks =)

[@Dwonis]

(Re: Dry Shampoo Fire Experiment) ALSO, flame-retardant chemicals are sorta known for having health effects that are...uh... not good. Like, they're better than being burned to a crisp, if there's a risk of that, but I wouldn't be putting them on my skin.

[@PollRobots]

The monat hairspray uses tetraflouropropene[1] as its propellant, which isn't flammable. It is however a greenhouse gas... we stopped using CFCs in aerosol applications for a reason, and increasingly HFCs are being banned and/or phased out. I mean if you like applying hairspray around open flames and don't give a fuck about the climate then go ahead? [1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene

[@symbungee]

Thankyou. From Tasssie... where we have to live under the hole in the ozone layer.

[@madelinecrichton1330]

I did an experiment in my microbiology class testing lysol on surfaces and seeing if bacteria could grow and they didn't...I'm suspicious lol

[@Will-en6zj]

Fun fact: In Canada, Hazard symbols are required to be put on the front of containers. If you switch your region to Canada on the Monday site, the amp at shampoo has the same warnings as your average aerosol product: Contents flammable, contents under pressure. So like, “Monat is inflammable and therefore better” is both pseudoscientific and a blatant lie. Edit: Yeah, you know what? Sure I meant Monday.

[@neoaeonmusick]

Many essential oils to indiscriminately kill microorganisms but of course there's many microorganisms on our skin and within our body that are beneficial and actually needed

[@emilylarae3265]

I mean I don’t know what you guys are talking about, I put my hair in the toaster every morning before going to work!

[@music42380]

with the dry shampoo, it's showing that the accelerant is flammable. there's even a warning on the packaging

[@logan5818]

MLMs: Preservatives are unnatural chemicals and bad for you! Also MLMs: Looks how this skin care product can preserve this apple!

[@destructokat]

I took a little bit of microbiology in university, and I often see professors/students use a little filter/patch to soak their solution in, and put that on the agar, that way you can see where the product was actually placed and you can measure the growth/inhibition of growth around it because you can visually see where your antimicrobal solution is. And the biggest issue about all of this is just the bias. Of course you want your product to look superior. YOU ARE SELLING IT. Scientists do their best to try and eliminate bias and if you can't manager that, you go to somebody else who can. Like.

[@LizzieBelina]

The theives one already was proven a lie on like tiktok. A dude who actually does science did the exact same experiment and they had so much bacteria growth.

[@Theelderscrolls52]

I need to watch that! I was just thinking I know people who use Theievs. I also have a friend who is getting her Masters in Chemistry and she could probably do that experiment and document it as well.

[@Sparkle__Punk]

Yay! Perfect timing for my (socially distanced and masked) walk! I see you've leveled up from the froggy jumper to the froggy jumper AND froggy earrings. Respect.

[@MorriganSlayde]

"sugar cane alcohol".....wait, rum?

[@l.c.8475]

My conclusion from the fire test with the essential oils on cotton swabs would be that the MLM one is way more diluted with water and therefore worse quality (assuming this person did it under lab conditions 😉) Essential oils are extremely volatile (easily evaporate and turn into gas) which makes them so flammable, because flammable things tend to be most flammable in their gaseous state. If you dilute the oil less of it will evaporate and the fire won't have enough fuel, it's the same reason why you can set fire to brandy and not to wine.

[@toriidawdy8456]

Thank you ! I love it when your future leaders show a preference for objective truths . I think a future without a process for truth results in me standing next to wall , with or without blindfolds.

[@ShannySells]

“You need carbs in your diet” thank you emma i am eating raviolis right now lol

[@kellyspryszak80]

Just found you! Can we get a shirt that has "Hair Isn't Bread" on it? 😂😂😂

[@carriepinkduck]

I'd buy that! 😆

[@LMurphy]

Yesss!!!! I need this.

[@TheBlarggle]

"Women aren't locks. Hair isn't bread." - Emma Thorne 2021

[@mindylee2591]

Results: Monat is safer if you are going to set your hair on fire. 😂

[@leeprice133]

And it's not even actually going to be any safer, because what burns in these aerosol tests is the liquified gas propellant - basically the stuff that boils off when you press the button and forces the product out of the container. That will pretty much instantly dissipate into the air, and won't be lingering around on your hair anyway.

[@tuffy135ify]

And yet it doesn't include a label claiming to be fire retardant....

[@chelsikay13]

"I hate to be too scientific but hair isn't bread" is my new favorite quote.

[@Oleah89]

I only found you the other day, and every time I come back to watch more I see you are jumping up in subscribers, which makes me very happy because you are fantastic.

[@sydneyagnew8748]

But I need to know more about the choco-cherry coffee 🥺 For now, hun "science" will do!

[@Sarakatbee]

I went on a low/no carb diet once, I was an exhausted, hangry, jittery, zombie mess. Love your commentary, you are hilarious and factual 😁

[@missmansfield6306]

I don't get the no carb diet either. It makes my blood sugar dangerously low (and no, eating protein does not help). Scary!

[@jennifergeorge7280]

It can be useful for a while to help against insulin resistance. My friend's doctor out her on it for that as she has PCOS and it was fantastic for her. It was supervised by her doctor. For random people going on it, I don't really get it.

[@Sarakatbee]

@@jennifergeorge7280 fad diet peddlers take something meant for a specific group of people (and under a doctor’s supervision) and claim it’s the best thing for everyone and will fix anything (like beachbody and their “coaches” endless health claims). I’m sure the “supplements” I was taking when I was on the no carb diet were from an MLM, but I was 17, didn’t know what an MLM was and my agent was the one pushing the supplements to help me lose weight.

[@jennifergeorge7280]

@@Sarakatbee yahhhh these BB "coaches" smh

[@foofzilla]

My doctor put me on high fat/low carb diet to get my a1c under control. It has worked for over 3 years. YMMV

[@meghanworkman6449]

You are so intelligent, and I love your sense of humor while at the same time you're compassionate and respectful. Your channel is gonna blow up!

[@TheTrappedinahouse]

Honestly if something prevents something from catching on fire I'm worried what ingredients are being used to prevent what should happen naturally

[@crazyduckie6418]

that was my thought as well... cotton buds are supposed to burn if exposed to a flame!

[@gemdropped]

just gonna throw this out there: i'm glad to have found someone who does anti-MLM content and is ALSO a froggy ally!! instant subscribe!

[@IzayaV]

I love your vibe! It's such fun, chill ,cottagey, swamp gremlin princess and it's just amazing! My girlfriend and I don't have our ears pierced (our mom's obviously failed doing that 'female ritual' when we were kids) BUT IM TEMPTED TOO JUST FOR THOSE EARRINGS! Sooo lovely!!

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

Swamp gremlin princess is the best description for my aesthetic that I have ever heard thank you ❤ And there are always cute clip ons if you don't fancy piercings!

[@vilhelmiinasalminen8671]

The candle is sprayed with two different powders before the monat one, would love to know how it acts if sprayed first :))) if it contains some sort of propene it's going to set on fire when heated

[@taytaysinger]

The Apple one just proves that the skincare product is highly acidic, which isn’t always good for skin. Especially sensitive skin. So they basically proved with that one that the product isn’t suitable for everyone lol

[@RykerJones28]

The bread thing is because one side is wet so it won't toast... 😂😂😂

[@jrose1012]

Why are anti mlm vids so addictive! This is great 🤣

[@SadisticSenpai61]

I went back and looked at the vid of her using Monat's dry shampoo. I think I figured out what the difference is - the other dry shampoo brands have a wide spray over a large area, but Monat's seems very focused and concentrated in a straight line - so it basically smothered the candle flame before it could flare up. And that's something that's going to vary based on the manufacturing batch - the spray nozzle's whatever you call it.

[@paperfishstudios3144]

it almost looks like they didnt even spray the monat one, u can see the spray from the other 2 but not that one. they coulda just had like. a guy offcamera blow it out at the right time lol

[@candicecrawford2996]

Seriously though, where did you get that sweater?

[@SergeantSarge]

Thank goodness you're only spotlighting these rather than (as I feared from your title) trying them yourself!

[@bexbrown8573]

I was low-key hoping you'd actually unprove some of these experiments by showing that any product would do these things Actually love your videos!!

[@blisterbaby]

We just gotta get Ann Reardon @howtocookthat on it

[@rjgaynor8]

The lock and key comment hit me hard. When I first met my wife she said that to me. I looked her straight in the face and asked her are you saying “your an item?” This comment took her aback and I pressed forward saying that I will never ever believe she is just an item that loses value because it’s used. We have 2 beautiful children and she hasn’t lost any value to me. If anything she gained value.

[@ridiculousspider]

I learned that the one dry shampoo would an okay fire extinguisher.

[@jessefriend4068]

"Hair isn't bread" Bold statement. Master Barber Bread would like a word.

[@Catstimesinfinity]

Adding in another comment, that face serum price reminds me of the face serum I'm using. I got it from work for christmas and it's so nice but I think it was a marketing ploy. I absolutely love it but it's $125! They're trying to get me hooked to spend more money there I think lol. Even with my 30% discount that's a lot. Since I found that out, I've been applying it with wet hands to make it go further lol

[@avro683lancaster7]

the petri dishes, taking the results at face value, reminds me of xkcd 1217, "when you see a claim that a common drug or vitamin "kills cancer cells in a petri dish," keep in mind: so does a handgun."

[@leeprice133]

Speaking as someone with practical experience of culturing human cell-lines, killing them in vitro is not much of an achievement - they are fussy little bastards 😂

[@abbyhope238]

I couldn’t even finish watching after you said hair is not bread.... idk it just feels like that’s a bold opinion that shouldn’t be on the internet :/

[@abbyhope238]

*this is sarcasm*

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

This is the price I pay for being too outspoken online

[@abbyhope238]

@@EmmaThorneVideos we all make mistakes

[@Magekind]

The flat delivery definitely knocked it outta the park. I laughed

[@Riot_Bird]

Honestly the thing with the candle makes me think that that dry shampoo doesn't actually work, it seems like it's just nice smelling air, 🤔 if there was actually the ingredients needed for a dry shampoo the particles would have caught on fire in the air like with the other two

[@Birdnerdtina]

Lesson here- put monat all over your hair and body, you’re fireproof!

[@torpidentree5722]

bless you, emma. going where we are too terrified to tread

[@Mezza]

Asbestos was used for fireproofing...... shall I rub asbestos my face?

[@BMTitus]

First of all, they should market these products to the fire department.

[@PunkWyrks]

Your beverage game is on point! Choco-cherry coffee in the fun mug? Epic.

[@crystalkayrickard9225]

Omg I’m so jealous you have chocolate 🍫 cherry 🍒 coffee!!!! Ugh no fair!! I wonder if we have it anywhere in the USA?? Also, adorable sweater!!!!!!

[@lukehenderson5097]

I want to see "Emma recreates MLM 'science.' Using actual science... "

[@katie.farmer5799]

As a chemistry grad student, I have no idea what these ladies are trying to accomplish here aside from peddle B.S. products. There's real thought that actual scientists have to put behind designing meaningful experiments, but these are actual jokes. Boss babes go back to school please.

[@greensheen8759]

First ingredients: isobutane, propane... you know, well known for being totally not flammable at all

[@ekat1]

omg, your frog jumper is incredible

[@RykerJones28]

Your voice and your froggy sweater is giving me life.

[@WilliamStoneContentZone]

I love that frog sweater

[@jadziadax1993]

"This just proves to you what kind of chemicals they're using in these products" No it doesn't lol. 😂

[@ugh_dad]

So I don't know for sure, but pretty sure both the fire experiments work bc of their use of Meadowfoam oil. That oil has a higher flashpoint than most oils and is really stable so it doesn't catch fire as easily. It is high on the ingredients for both of those products, and I think it is insulating the starch particles in the dry shampoo which is almost definitely the main thing going up, powdered starches (especially in air) are incredibly combustible and are a common cause of industrial explosions.

[@todrire2822]

i get some of these. like the bread make sense to show that it doesn’t get heat one side. but the issue is that a professional business would just show you hair. they would show you before and after hair not on toast or in a toaster lmao

[@420JRMan]

They'd have to have a controlled environment; you know, the one where variables are forbade entry into our equation. Heat, humidity, exposure to the environment, fun, sexual, or otherwise.

[@ryleexiii1252]

The bacteria growth experiment would be so cool if done properly and documented on video or something, but something tells me the results would not be nearly as positive for the MLM doing it.

[@uniqueLeo08]

Your sweater with happy frogs on it 😊😍 where did you get such a cute sweater?

[@johnsensebe3153]

I am *so* glad I didn't go through with putting that fireplace in my shower.

[@cathylavorante6871]

I’m new. Love your video but most of all I LOVE your frog sweater!!! Where did you get that beautiful sweater? Subbed.✌🏻🙂 The earrings too👍🏻👍🏻

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

Thank you! I snagged this jumper in a Cath Kidston sale ❤ I got an amazing froggy dress from the same place

[@jakalair]

I am 45 and don't remember ever hearing the "lock and key" thing. That is just severely messed up. 🤔Maybe she is trying to sell hair care products to time travelers? That way if they go back before electric lights they will be safe to use? Didn't you spend all of lockdown learning to make bread? I know a significant part of my friends did. So, is the burning thing is bad? I am very confused by that whole thing still because we have oil on our skin. A great video as always!

[@victoriarasmussen2496]

Damn the fire ones are really trying to win the Gold for the Darwin Awards. I remember learning about science safety in grade school SMH

[@whitneyr.846]

The bacteria cultures, how much do you wanna bet they used 100% essential oil? And if that was the case, who would dump multiple bottles into a spray bottle to clean their counters? It would be a 300 dollar bottle of counter spray!

[@paulmayer8782]

I'm so confused. But I definitely agree, it amazes me every time someone on their team does this! It's like mind blowing. We also got the worst shampoo spry thing in case of a zombie apocalypse. No use as flamethrower. Very disappointing. Then we got carb blockers that should literary do nothing different as no enzymes are in water. Really nice test. Then we got oil that burns. I really liked the since here. Breakthrough material really. Would recommand to write a paper or two about oil burning. Maybe we could use it to burn it in a turbine or something. Like it would be so useful! We also got another breakthrough. We can use Vitamin C as a preservative. And now you can do it do for $95! You can also have it for like $40 in the nice 2,5 kg package, but it will be powder, so you can't use it on your skin...

[@kpxoda1]

One of the funniest things I have heard spoken aloud "hair isn't bread"

[@keithlevkoff8579]

It's worth mentioning that this sort of bad science is not at all limited to MLM products. My favorite is where one of our popular brands of hair conditioner "proves it works" by dipping a rose in it and then blasting the rose with a hair dryer. Amazingly, the rose which is dripping in goopy hair conditioner totally avoids being dried out.

[@katyr2382]

Living my best birthday evening watching anti MLM vidoes, thank you!

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

Happy birthday! I'm on my last day on holiday watching videos in my PJs 🙌

[@AdventuRyn_]

By any chance is that a Strange Planet mug? Because it's adorable, as is the fabulous froggy sweater.

[@somethingelse4424]

Butter half a slice of bread. It will toast slower... But at least half the bread is delicious.

[@keithlevkoff8579]

I can tell you what the Monat one is about... and it's mostly not about the alcohol in the other products. Many aerosols use flammable propellants like propane or butane... However some aerosols use non-flammable propellants like carbon dioxide or pressurized air... which are not at all flammable... Presumably they're showing that their product is non-flammable and uses a non-flammable propellant. (So theirs would be safer if you insist on using both near an open flame - like a candle.)

[@corilewis]

On an unrelated note I love your strange planet mug 👽

[@SharienGaming]

on the carb blocker one - the "holding bread in your mouth" would actually have more of an effect than bread in water... because our saliva already contains a buncha stuff that will breat down starch into sugar...which is why (non-sugared) bread starts tasting sweet when you hold it in your mouth for a while

[@mrsuspicious1743]

No no, let me mansplain, hair is actually bread, because something something, something, science!

[@annabeinglazy5580]

Funny thing is if the product ACTUALLY worked like that it would be pretty creepy. Your skin absorbs oxygen, it's Part of the normal biological process. You the Serum stopped oxygen from entering the skin barrier, then that would actually be terrifying. I guess what they actually mean is it stops oxidisation in the cells but... That is not whats shown here, how cells convert oxygen into Energy is way too complex to Show in a neat Experiment, and to explain how a skin product is supposed to Help would Take a chemistry degree. It still cracks me Up though that they went with sth that dumb instead

[@music42380]

an actual biologist did a controlled test with bleach and oils compared. in a single petri dish, so it's a controlled environment

[@Dwonis]

Drinking coffee like, "I sense it is a deception"

[@beckiehubley5798]

Lemon juice also keeps apples from turning brown. Could I just put lemon juice on my face? That's the logic right?

[@Gaston-Melchiori]

I am from Argentina, A friend of a friend made a demostration for Amway and they invited me. They showed some products like a tooth paste that did not damaged a sticker like a "normal" one would. Or a soap that took off some dirt from a sock that a "normal one" would. I did not enter because i was fine with my economi at that time, later i discovered it was a scam and run to tell my friend, he never got in the "business" because he was struggling too much to buy the starter pack (he has a good job now).

[@saladiniv7968]

9:50 my best guess would be that the mlm one doesn't contain what's written on the label. ethanol (no matter what source, cane sugar or otherwise) and isoptopanol will always be flamable (given there is a high enougth concentration of them)

[@ReclusiveGAMRs]

Too technical, got confused, toasted hair

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

I was afraid this would happen ):

[@cliveadams7629]

I suspect the sprays where the propellant is butane give the most spectacular flame thrower effect. Alcohol is a solvent and can cause fire as it evaporates off after application.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

Oregano oil actually is antimicrobial but don't ingest too much or ingest it for too long, in large doses or with extended use it can cause liver damage. For disinfecting surfaces just use alcohol or vinegar instead of coating it with oil.

[@hmgreen7472]

Omg I keep getting mlm ads on your anti-mlm videos 😂

[@Rxsan-l3f]

I literally laughed the whole video😂

[@julzbehr6696]

Ok but I’m not made of fiery apples

[@TheZademann]

Isobutane (or any butane) and propane are much more flammable than alcohol. Maybe not more flammable, but they exist as a gas at normal temperatures and pressures. Meaning that the increased flammability of the first two dry shampoos probably comes from the pressurized flammable gasses. (Gasses that people typically use for cooking or heating because of their flammable characteristics.)

[@JONQPiD]

03:32 ….then 03:44 … “Thieves oil”. I’m dead. 😂

[@AlexiaEsque]

The hair isn't bread cracked me up

[@cainen6355]

Because when bread is wet and you put it in the toaster it will not turn brown, aka burn but rather cook, until the water has evaperated - then it burns like normal bread. Therefor the side of the bread that was made wet by whatever substance was put on there protected the bread from getting burned - but water would have probably had the same effect.