>>>LOL! You would think of that, wouldn’t you?<<<
Well, of course....
Actually, the elephant dung, cow paddies, or horse manure would all work well for paper making. Let the animals prepare the fiber for you. Now, I wonder if that is what the Chinese do to make cardboard so much cheaper than we do??? I better be careful, or someone will be saying that they are (and I will have created an international incident)...
Hey, CB - glad you got your pressure canner! I think you said earlier that you had gotten the Ball book... It is excellent!
I have been playing with my latest toys (doesn’t take much to entertain me - Thought I better say that before you do)- Jar sealers for regular and wide-mouth jars to vacuum seal with my Food-Saver that BIL and SIL got us for Christmas. I have been vacuum sealing everything in sight! Opened a jar of Bread & Butter pickles for some potato salad, and sucked that lid down tight before putting it in the fridge.
Have been doing nuts, raisins (that I had gotten on sale at the bulk store) , even supply of tea bags. I plan to use it on the dried foods this summer. I still think I will use the oven method for rice and beans though, as any eggs will be killed that way.
I have used it for storing extra garden seeds (as I always have about twice what I need and then some)
Nice thing is that if you open the lids carefully, you can reseal them over and over. (Just don’t try to use it for canning though)
Actually, the elephant dung, cow paddies, or horse manure would all work well for paper making. Let the animals prepare the fiber for you. Now, I wonder if that is what the Chinese do to make cardboard so much cheaper than we do??? I better be careful, or someone will be saying that they are (and I will have created an international incident)...<<<
Why not, would not surprise me, as there was a dumpling seller there caught adding cardboard to the dumplings a couple years ago....
It is only today that the cow patty is considered a bio-hazard.
They were always added to the soil and have been used many years for fuel, once they are dry they burn well, my parents did during the depression and many journals of the covered wagon travelers talk of using the buffalo patties to cook with, when there was no wood.
If we knew the truth about what we are eating, we would stop eating.
You’re a good teacher, DW. Now that I got my canner and have jumped over that hurdle, you’re gently prodding me onto the next step. ;)