The starchy noodle water in my pot left behind an interesting pattern when it dried up

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berryshortcakekitten on July 8th, 2020 at 10:57 UTC »

Do you know why there are Xs?

n00bsnip3r on July 8th, 2020 at 12:28 UTC »

These are called dendrites. It occurs when a liquid saturated with other ingredients begins to solidify. The x pattern occurs because the equilibrium composition of the solid is different than the liquid and the liquid has to eject solutes in order to solidify. This results in dark and light areas and little arms that are as far away from each other as possible.

Coitus_Supreme on July 8th, 2020 at 12:50 UTC »

Bottom left pattern had me like

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