Dave Balderstone wrote:
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> Interesting thread.

i've been reading a lot of "old time" and what if
kinds of things recently _When Technology Fails_ is
a great spring board for many other references.

also, the foxfire books (articles taken from a
magazine written by high school kids interviewing
mountain and other folks with various skills).

one fun food preserving example from this weeks
reading:

"bleaching", while i've always been familiar with
sulfides on foods (i'm reactive to them so i gotta
watch out), i'd never heard of it being done by folks
in the past (obviously it was, i'd just never read
about it before).

i always read up on any method to check it for
safety and other considerations, but i am interested
in about anything so it's all interesting and fair
game.

(alt.survival exists, seems ok, but i'm not much
into talk about guns or weapons... *sigh*)


songbird