Alternative uses for foodstuffs

[LaNiña]

The eggwhite thread lead me to think about what we might use food for instead of well, for food. I use egg whites on my face as a masque, egg yolks in my hair for conditioner, white vinegar when I boil linens, salt when I spill wine...

What else?

[Jinmyo]

Uh. Raw rice in an incense bowl, barley husks in cushions. That's it.

[LaNiña]

Oh yeah. An ex of mine, Indian Jew, told me about the practice of massaging a mixture of oil and chick pea flour into the skin of newborns. And then there's the turmeric skin rub, too.

[bigbear]

Has it really been 30 years since Last Tango in Paris?

[Charlene Leonard]

am I the only one who can see where this thread is going to end up?

[LaNiña]

am I the only one who can see where this thread is going to end up?

What's your point?

[tommy]

there's no way i'd be allowed back on this site if i say what i do with poodles and whipped cream.

[CathyL]

am I the only one who can see where this thread is going to end up?

What's your point?

I think Tommy just made it.

[LaNiña]

i was being Sar-cas-tic.

[CathyL]

i was being Sar-cas-tic.

Me too.

Avocado is also a good hair conditioner, and oatmeal/honey/egg white makes a nice facial masque.

[tommy]

wugmeister, did you leave you humor in your other pant suit today? jeesh!

[Fat Guy]

Is this topic broad enough to include a discussion of things we eat that aren't food?

[Suzanne F]

Bags of frozen peas or cut corn as an ice pack. Tommy, haven't you ever used them that way? Like, every other day?

BTW, Tommy, I'm honored you've changed your signature to quote me.

Edit: I see you removed it; guess you're still mad, eh?

[bigbear]

I think it was Hitchcock that used a frozen leg of lamb as a murder weapon in a TV show.

[researchgal]

Vinegar to clean copper

"Is this topic broad enough to include a discussion of things we eat that aren't food? "

You mean like kids that eat Elmer's glue?

[foodie52]

I used to be uncontrollably attracted to carnation blooms. Ate them whenever I saw them in an arrangement.

Or when I was given them.

Sheesh....just had a thought....hope they weren't sprayed

[Shiva]

Sheesh....just had a thought....hope they weren't sprayed

Oh, they were sprayed alright. There are no federal regulations for pesticide residues on cut flowers.

As for the O.P., how about buckwheat hull filled pillows? Jojoba oil as a lubricant?

Animal fats are widely used in industry. I should know, I used to live near a rendering plant.

Didn't they used to make insulin from pork pancreaseses?

[jaybee]

When I was a wee lad and just discovered myself, I found a good piece of fresh liver would work wonders. But I never told my mother.

Is this the sort of thing you had in mind with your question, Nina?

[jaybee]

Oh yeah. An ex of mine, Indian Jew, told me about the practice of massaging a mixture of oil and chick pea flour into the skin of newborns.  

I....can't.....help....myself........must.....say ...it......................

What temp.................aaaargghhhh

...I ..managed to resist.....phew....

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Place whole cloves across an ant trail. The ants are completely disoriented by the pungency, and return whence they came. (Once I called home from across country and my son described an horrific ant invasion. I told him to sprinkle cloves across the trails. He did. Powdered cloves, permanently staining the kitchen floor mahogany brown. WHOLE CLOVES. Whole cloves. God is in the details. Nevertheless, when we returned home, the ants were gone.)

[Jinmyo]

I....can't.....help....myself........must.....say ...it......................

What temp.................aaaargghhhh

...I ..managed to resist.....phew....

Start at 450 for the first twenty minutes. Then 375, ten minutes a pound.

[jaybee]

(jaybee @ Jul 25 2002, 10:18 PM)

I....can't.....help....myself........must.....say ...it......................

What temp.................aaaargghhhh

...I ..managed to resist.....phew....

Start at 450 for the first twenty minutes. Then 375, ten minutes a pound.

Baste?

[Jinmyo]

No need. In fact there's a lot of fat.

[jaybee]

Recipe courtesy of Swift

Clickety Swift

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.

[bushey]

You mean like kids that eat Elmer's glue?

No, not Elmer's glue, the thick paste that came in huge plastic jugs. You know, the kind where the art teacher would scoop out globs with a wooden ruler and put it on brown paper towels for each kid?

Elmer's glue was used for painting the palm of your hand so you could let it dry and then peel it off.