Onion Science

While cleaning out the refrigerator this afternoon

to prepare for new groceries,

we found a bag of diced onions that had been in there way too long.

The "use by" date was 2/14/10--almost a month ago! Oops!

On top of that we accidentally left the bag on the counter

while we put all the new food away and made dinner.

As we cleaned up later,

we discovered the now-warm bag

of decomposing matter.

It was expanding so much

that the bag was about to explode.

Not to miss such a fun opportunity,

we took the bag out back to "do the deed."

We even filmed it for you...