Cream, Custard and Sugar Syrup: Solidifying Bakery Waste That Ferments by Morning

Open a bakery bin at 7 a.m. that was closed at 4 p.m. the previous afternoon and there is often a hiss, a sweet-sour smell, and a layer of pale foam on top of the gel. Nothing is wrong with the polymer. What has happened is that the waste inside it kept working overnight, and the solidifier was aske…