THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

ArthriticOldThing

All this talk of Irish citizenship is making me wonder if having an Irish Daughter-in-Law counts. Sorry!!!!

short_bird

mardatha wrote: »

How did we get onto Tribbles? Who has them?
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Hmmmm
I wonder what they taste like....

Also: useful for insulation in winter.

By the way, I have started a small cupboard in case of Brexit: not that it makes any difference as I'm stuffed if I can't get my daily meds. There may be some timely prescription ordering taking place over the next few months.

pennib

WeegieWumman wrote: »

This may interest you. Seemingly, you can puchase Isinglass in powder form.
http://www.askaprepper.com/keep-eggs-fresh-year-isinglass/

This is the one I was thinking of. And you store pointy end down not up!

http://prepared-housewives.com/preserve-eggs-with-mineral-oil/

thriftwizard

Hmm - I'd be a tad cautious of eating something that's been preserved in something you need gloves to handle! But I'm ok anyway, having backyard chickens... Surely, if this works, a good vegetable oil would work too? Though that may depend on molecule size...

pennib

thriftwizard wrote: »

Hmm - I'd be a tad cautious of eating something that's been preserved in something you need gloves to handle! But I'm ok anyway, having backyard chickens... Surely, if this works, a good vegetable oil would work too? Though that may depend on molecule size...

I think mineral oil might have different ingredients than veg oil. But I'm only guessing, just thought it was interesting. I didn't know you could keep eggs apart from in the freezer.

DawnW

thriftwizard wrote: »

Hmm - I'd be a tad cautious of eating something that's been preserved in something you need gloves to handle! But I'm ok anyway, having backyard chickens... Surely, if this works, a good vegetable oil would work too? Though that may depend on molecule size...

My aunt used to do them - I never have, because of being a bit nervous about it. Unfortunately I was too young to understand how aunt did it, but they did seem to last a long time. When I had hens (for 30+ years, but sadly no longer ) I just used to make things from the eggs (sponge cakes, quiches etc) and freeze them.

ivyleaf

maryb wrote: »

She would still be an Irish citizen, Ivyleaf. The forms we had to fill in said that baptism certificates were ok though there were some caveats I can't now remember. I was worried that they would pick up on the fact that my grandmothers name was spelled several different ways - but it looks as if that was fairly common in more rural parts - and it doesn't get much more rural than that part of Ireland

Thanks maryb - I meant that I have no idea whether she took out British citizenship, and she married a Brit. Though I suppose she'd still have counted as being an Irish citizen as well Unless one wasn't allowed to be both British and Irish at that time, for political reasons? Her father worked for the Coastguard in both countries.

AOT That made me giggle

maryb

Dual citizenship isn't a problem. And if she was born before 1921 she would have been a British citizen from birth as well as an Irish citizen after 1921. However the Irish have always had special rights in the rest of the UK like being allowed to vote and travel with no restrictions, long before the EU. So she may have been treated as if she had British citizenship for all practical purposes

ivyleaf

That's very interesting maryb, thank you She was born around 1891-1892.

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