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Default Nitrogen gas for preserving...

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:16:54 GMT, dank wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where to get small cylinders of nitrogen
>> or argon gas to use in food preserving? Jars of dried
>> herbs can have the air displaced and replaced with inert
>> nitrogen which protects the material from oxidation.
>>
>> But I can only find huge cylinders on the Internet, and
>> those companies are only interested in corporate clients.
>> I also saw liquid nitrogen used to kill insects inside
>> walls; it either suffocates them or they can be killed as
>> they exit the wall while fleeing.


Nah, you're thinking of the old saw about ridding yourself of pubic
lice: A can of lighter fluid and an icepick...

Dave