Since we're lapsing into nostalgia, my late father used to drive a steam roller (i.e. real steam - none of your diesel rubbish!) back in the 1920's. He told me how the workmen would keep the most recent new coal shovel for cooking and - using a little lard oil (supplied for some part or other of the steam engine) - would cook a breakfast of bacon and eggs over a roadside brazier.
My dad did that in the 1940s when he worked at a steel forge.
Mary
Standard railway practice, but the powers that be weren't happy, and began drilling a few holes in each shovel.
Chris
The shovels provided to steam locomotive crew by GWR reputedly had holes drilled in them to prevent them being used to cook a fried breakfast in the firebox.
What a rotten trick.
.andy
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What's 'lard oil'?
Mary
(supplied for some part or other of
If you do a Google search on "lard oil", you'll get lots of hits - including
The impression I got from my father is that it's an animal-fat-derived oil which is used as a lubricant - but you can also cook in it without it poisoning you.
Oil made from lard. IIRC, you take lard, and press it (cold) into some muslim or other fine cloth. The oil that comes out is lard oil. A very good lubricant.
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I think you meant muslin ??
.andy
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Ah - right, thanks. I know what it is now.
The use in California is surprising, I'll have to look into that.
Mary
I'm sure you mean 'muslin' :-)
Any muslim would be horrified at having pig fat pressed into him/her!
Mary
Indeed, muslin is indeed the correct word.
Though you can get vegetable based 'lard' if you/they're into that sort of thing.
I read somewhere that the Israelis were putting quantities of lard on buses to deter suicide bombers.
.andy
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Secateurs for cutting up poultry.
and Medical/Cosmetic Pincers are good for removing hard skin and electrical side cutters make excellent naile clippers.
Oh?
And where are the Israelis getting lard?
Mary
YES!
I knew there was something else I use :-)
Not as good as the clippers sold for the purpose - if you use them after well soaking your feet. The side cutters can draw blood - I've seen it but not on my feet thank goodness.
Mary
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Have you heard the one about he camel and the two bricks?
And jews, probably.
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