It is served without a spoon and traditionally drunk unstirred, i . e . in three tiers : In the beginning one predominantly tastes the cream, then the tea and finally the sweet taste of kluntje at the bottom of the cup.
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Thomasina examines this scientifically, remarking that while Newtonian equations work both backwards and forwards, things in reality like her rice pudding cannot be " unstirred . " Heat, too, she notes, flows in only one direction ( the second law of thermodynamics ).
