It does a better job than a fork on fruits or vegetables in a small saucepan or bowl, can help mash ingredients through a sieve, is good for softening cold butter and can even be used as a pastry blender.
And according to lore, it also "gets the blood flowing" and softens cold hearts, metaphorically, at least.
A good tip for extending the message of acceptance is by posting quotes about acceptance around the house as well as little love hearts; this should soften cold, hostile resolve.
Finally, a significant proportion of the proteins identified had not been associated with softening, cold storage or chilling injury-altered fruit before; thus, comparative proteomics has proven to be a valuable tool for understanding fruit softening and postharvest.
If kept too warm, they will start to decay and soften; too cold, and their starches turn to sugar, giving them an unpleasantly sweet taste.
Juppé, who has been in politics since the 70s and is working to soften his cold, aloof image, told supporters in Strasbourg that he would fight "a joyous campaign, full of hope".
Some observers, however, say that it might never have got this far had Rousseff made more effort to soften her cold and unapproachable image at odds with the glad-handing and schmoozing that pervades Brazilian politics.
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Our aim was to identify proteins that could be differentially accumulated in soften and/or cold injured peaches.
The postharvest shelf life of bruised fruits were shorter, and they softened rapidly under cold storage compared with non-bruised samples.
Finite-element analysis (FEA) combined with experimental observation was conducted on preheated Cu particles deposited on Cu substrate to clarify the deposition behavior of thermally softened particles in cold spraying.
