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by birds&bees
Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:17 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Sutures
Replies: 14
Views: 5512

Re: Sutures

As a possibility run a culture test in them for a few weeks and see what grows. If they don't grow anything too dangerous try a litmus test to test for hazardous material If they are all clean sonic bath them and use them. So long as packages area sealed with heat then they should remain sterile. S...
by birds&bees
Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:04 am
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Sutures
Replies: 14
Views: 5512

Re: Sutures

Self explanatory really, they don't meet the criteria for use on a human. Perhaps they are not sufficiently sterilised (if at all). Perhaps they are out of date or damaged. Perhaps they are sterilised in a substance which is known or potentially harmful (or carcinogenic most often) Perhaps the sourc...
by birds&bees
Sun Aug 02, 2015 3:12 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Escargo by Monday!
Replies: 17
Views: 4064

Re: Escargo by Monday!

Sorry for the delay fellow preppers! Indeed it ended up being Escargot (or there abouts by Friday) instead. Here's the final product: http://i.imgur.com/YpReeOD.jpg and an album of along the way shots: http://imgur.com/a/vCROB Process is simple, purge them a few days, feed them carrots to show the p...
by birds&bees
Sun Jul 26, 2015 10:12 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Escargo by Monday!
Replies: 17
Views: 4064

Re: Escargo by Monday!

Will let you know how they turn out! The humble garden variety snail is in deed the edible kind there are some protected species in the uk tho so just be careful of that. My rule is if they survive three days they are good to eat! You can Google how to identify ones that are not protected under UK l...
by birds&bees
Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: using what food comes your way.
Replies: 9
Views: 2555

Re: using what food comes your way.

They wont even eat bananas?
by birds&bees
Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Delete Account Please.
Replies: 9
Views: 13833

Re: Delete Account Please.

Why the drama, you could always just never log back in?
by birds&bees
Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:28 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Preparing for dental issues
Replies: 10
Views: 5192

Re: Preparing for dental issues

Just stock up on ibuprofen? I mean before we had easy access to buckets of simple sugars did we even have dental issues? I've never had a filling and barely make it to the dentist once every 5 years. Stay off the candy and eat plenty of fibrious veg and you teeth will clean themselves! Only thing I ...
by birds&bees
Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:25 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Escargo by Monday!
Replies: 17
Views: 4064

Escargo by Monday!

Hope you all are taking advantage of this perfect gathers weather! We produce far more greens for the compost than we could use so we have a heap near the composter container. Snails of course love the stuff especially in wet weather, nothing can get my tummy rumbling like realise it's going to be j...
by birds&bees
Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Things that can be sown now for winter.
Replies: 6
Views: 2413

Re: Things that can be sown now for winter.

http://www.territorialseed.com/product/ ... pring_2015

save your self some soil and time with this marvel of science.
by birds&bees
Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:03 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Anti-Biotics
Replies: 28
Views: 8096

Re: Anti-Biotics

Semi-related, I think acetic acid ear drops or spray are a must if you're going in unpleasant waters.

Basically vinegar to make your ears less hospitable.