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Goat curry

if it aint bulging, and there is no rust on the inside when you open it, smells and looks ok it is probably safe if it aint meat or fish (botulism not fun).

battybird wrote: Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I have successfully grown raspbs in a 10 L pot to fruition. You just need to divide every year or two.

Yep alcohol kills most bugs. Personally, I would use ethanol for any use where it enters any orifice!

If it's not Ethyl Alcohol (ie methyl or isopropol) don't consume it in any form tincture or otherwise. Liver failure, blindness and death will be likely results. Use it as fuel. If it is everclear - Ethyl alcohol such as you would find in vodka, don't drink it at 100% (it will actually only be azeot...

3 feet of heavy gauge steel piping for $2 - using a piece as a socket to weld bits of (free) circular saw blade onto to make a medieval flanged mace

http://www.grouprecipes.com/56520/green-tomato-chocolate-cake.html mum makes one similar to this, no pecans and grate, don't blend the toms. Green tomato chocolate cake is the best! Word of warning; it molds fast in the tin, another word of warning it is unlikely to remain in the tin long enough to ...

MKG wrote:You were one of the easy ones, Jed - your signature on here is a little bit of a clue
It's certainly full of nutters - just my kind of place .
Mike

I does my best

Well done for tracking me down Mike

Interestingly,here in the UK,Chickenpox vaccine is (if I remember rightly)not available on the NHS precisely BECAUSE of the danger of it leading to the occurrence of Shingles in the elderly. I beg your pardon - in this case it relates to chicken pox not measles. Childhood exposure and out breaks he...

oldjerry wrote: Uk death rate of kids from measles? 20?, 25?per annum?

Any idea what those rates would be if no-one was vaccinated?

Enjoy the idea of shingles as an adult?
Don't get vaccinated and make sure your kids can endure the agony.
Doesn''t have to be fatal to be sensible.

[quote="Thurston Garden"]Oddly enough, I don't find the pipe addictive. Perhaps this is beacuse I have never smoked cigs. quote] From what i've read on my tobacco growers forum - preparing the baccy for pipe smoking can tend to lower the niccotine a bit, even more so in the fermentation fo...

to help them dry, dip each bunch into BOILING water for a few/10 seconds it splits the skins and helps to allow the moisture to evaporate

spray them with vodka and then let it evaporate a few times- it helps to reduce the tannins

Conventional curtains benefit from pelmets to help reduce thermo-syphoning