...And fire

Celebrating the spring swing in weather, we bid winter a cool farewell with Menthol.

Today, we'll greet the heat with another NOMecule... Capsaicin!

Capsaicin

Name: Capsaicin
Other names: (E)-N-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-8-methylnon-6-enamide, 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide
Chemical formula: C₁₈H₂₇NO₃
Found in: Peppers, hot sauce, pepper spray, topical analgesics, fiery Dornish peppers
Key: Red=C, Orange=H, Maroon=N, Dark Green=O

The largest Dollecule to date (I guess there is one upside to the travel times between the Midwest and Pacific Coast) and also one of my favorites. I love spicy food, and I had some fun with how the Capsaicin molecule is shaped almost like a chili pepper.

Not Pictured: Pepto-Bismol

#CannotKillADragon

I love me some Taco Bell. The go-to spot for all cravings cheesy, grilled, melty, or crunchy (and every combination thereof), not to mention the home of the second best fast food sauce out there. You know who the king is:

No shame in second place here.

I set fire to the range

Thanks for stopping by at Chemigurumi where We Do Not Sew. Enjoy the warm weather and dust off those grills!

A song of ice...

Springtime! The season marked by the time-honored traditions of allergies, marshmallow Peeps (though I'm more of a Cadbury Creme Egg guy myself), and new episodes of Game of Thrones. As we stow our snow shovels and re-acquaint our lower legs with sunlight, I have two new Nomecules to help celebrate the seasonal swing. We'll start by bidding farewell to winter with one cool customer... Menthol!

Menthol

Name: l-Menthol
Other names: (1R,2S,5R)-5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylcyclohexan-1-ol, menthomenthol, peppermint camphor
Chemical formula: C₁₀H₂₀O
Found in: Mint, peppermint oil, oral hygiene products, topical analgesics, cigarettes
Key: Mint Green=C, Dark Green=H, Lime Green=O

Let's hold off on that orange juice...

We can't have a post about mint without discussing Thin Mints. We're talking about an all-time top five cookie (for the curious: Thin Mints, homemade chocolate chip cookies, Nilla Wafers, snickerdoodles, and Mother's Taffy cookies, in some order). If you are in the 0.1% of people that don't like Thin Mints, I think Ygritte put it best:

Please join my petition asking the Girl Scouts to start selling Thick Mints. Every signature counts, people.

So fresh and so clean clean

Winter is coming gone. Tune in next time when we turn up the heat...

Smoke on the horizon

To Be Continued...