THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

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yes we are evolved to eat the food in the local region from which we came, that is the food on which out bodies do best, not so high in sugars like imported peaches. So it is back to cabbages, onions and parsnips and tbh I am only eating my own veg produce, hardly any fruit except berries and apples. I have been doing that for years and my body thrives on it


GQ you could do with making an os butterfly plaster, just a v on each side of a plain strip. I fixed a girls face with those in the 60s, when she was brought into the pharmacy, having fallen on glass. I was 15 but good at medic stuff. It will heal faster if the edges are held close. Keep an eye on it and watch for any spreading pink

GreyQueen

The paleo/ primal food & lifestyle movement posits that we are not evolved to eat a lot of fruit, only to gorge on it for its relatively short natural season, to put on fat for winter. Such as stuffing one's face with blackberries and a few other things for a few weeks in high summer and early autumn.


The argument is that the intense sugariness of the fruits which we have cultivated and engineered to be much sweeter than their wild cousins overwhelms our metabolic responses and is actually harmful.


I recall hearing my Magic Greengrocer (third generation of his family in the trade) remark that younger people are complaining that fruit isn't sweet enough. He was talking things like oranges and apples btw, not famously tart things like currants and some gooseberries. Some folks have had their palettes damaged by a constant bombardment of neat sugar and don't appreciate subtler flavours.

The great news is that you can get your tastebuds back again by going off sugar, and open yourself up to a world of delicate flavours.

ETA Thank you kittie. I have the plaster off atm to allow the cut to dry out, having carefully cleaned around the area with surgical spirit. The cut is actually a J shape and the edges are already closed, I think the seepage was due to it not being able to air dry. After the initial bleeding has stopped, should I be in a clean environment, I am a great believer in letting the air get to a cut. I shall cushion it with a padded dressing before bedtime to protect it from lumps and bumps, and a plaster tomorrow when at work. I am also using up the last of a packet of ferrous fumerate tablets and taking one a day, so that will help with the iron. Asll is looking wholesome, but I shall keep an eye out for heat/ swelling etc.


As a maker and doer I have a fair bit of experience in managing wounds, including the memorable time when I sliced the side off my left index finger with a Stanley knife when cutting out the mount for a picture!

ziggy2004

The cut sounds really inconvenient GreyQueen - I sliced my finger with a fancy rotary fabric cutter - should have just used my scissors, it took much longer to heal than I had anticipated.

Mardata and Kittie - hope you have both seen a physio for your shoulders, it can make such a huge difference.

We eat mainly seasonal fruit and veg but have only recently started growing more vegetables. Very happy that the school here also promotes knowledge of growing your own food and preparing it here so that ties in nicely with what I do with them at home.

GP has done blood tests so should know more tomorrow and have also been referred to gynea

It is the summer holidays here so with extra people to entertain I am involving them in baking and conserving. Next week they will also be quilting if I have my way.

GreyQueen

Yeah, I detest cuts and dings on my hands, they're such a nuisance. On the plus side, it doesn't really hurt, unlike a minor burn which hurts disproportionately.


Made me think of how potentially serious a cut hand would be in a dodgy situation; limited use of the paw, opening in the skin for infection......


I'm trying to regard life's random happenings as lessons. I have had a reminder that I need to be more careful when washing dishes etc and to use a brush when cleaning inside cans.


If one were to look very closely at my hands, you can see a few small scars where I have been lessoned....:)

mardatha

I'm a great believer in honey for cuts and wounds. Good quality honey, doesnt have to be manuka. Even sugar will do in an emergency.
Ziggy I got an appt for physio in the post this morning

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GreyQueen wrote: »

unlike a minor burn which hurts disproportionately.

By a strange quirk of nature, full thickness burns (previously called 3rd degree burns) are pretty much painless, due to the destruction of the nerves.

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mardatha wrote: »

Ziggy I got an appt for physio in the post this morning

They send physios through the mail?

ivyleaf

Glad you've got your appointment through mar.

Bedsit Bob We bought some of the batteries from Poundworld you mentioned the other day. Thanks for that

Karmacat

ivyleaf wrote: »

Glad you've got your appointment through mar.

Absolutely hope you don't have to wait too long.

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

Hello everyone I'm slowly reading through this thread, but thought I'd post now because of some news I read yesterday:


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6813899/theresa-may-tells-ministers-to-start-giving-out-no-deal-brexit-advice/


...particularly: "The PM pledged to visibly step up no deal preparations, starting next month with the release of 70 different technical notices to businesses and individuals."


and from The Metro: "about 70 'technical notices' will be published, advising companies and households on problems they could face if no compromise is reached with the EU"


So, with very little else to go on (ie no specific details, time scales, etc), what do you think these 'notices' will tell us? I can't see them telling us to stockpile because that will surely lead to panic buying, so what could they possibly be preparing to tell us in case there's a no-deal Brexit?


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