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Aside from romantic meals, has the candle become obsolete, as a method of lighting?
Originally posted by Bedsit Bob
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Not round my way. In part as if the power goes, the young head like lemmings for their little "power banks" to maintain mobile comms (I have bought a second hand cranked radio for them to bicker over, which has phone charging capability) whereas my husband & I pick up projects we were going to get around to & then sort lighting to taste. Knitting, reading & embroidery usually mean a full five branch candlestick in play but centrally positioned so we can all read by it if we choose (and we lower & light the 8 candle chandelier if we have visitors who seem flummoxed by low light levels) but baths are rushlight jobs as that speeds things along & makes sharing a bathtub less open to bickering about people's dirty water. (Guests get a candle stub & privacy.)
I'm one of those swingeingly privileged few who has access to real raw beeswax though, as a godfather volunteers at a local park with hives & is getting a lot better at the beekeeping lark. Result, we are getting kilos of comb (with the honey centrifuged out) & also odd bits with dead bees in - all still usable but the filtering results are pretty odd. Think
Giger jam... Plus research historian husband who is dashed competent with a candle mould.
My blackberries are small & green at present, but if this wet forecast delivers, I forsee thick black tasty goodness and severely purple fingers. As for jars, if I absolutely must, I'll buy supermarket ultra cheap stuff for the jars & lids at 20 pence a time & donate the gloop. Not before I've tried my scouts though. A recycling challenge is always good for glass jars of all sorts & then a bit of scrubbing & sterilising & measuring for wax discs, cellophane & may even the pinking shears for the gingham tops and lo - gifts & (some) jars that reappear in the Christmas Hamper.