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I seem to recall that someone did a test to see just how short a Tinder Straw they could use to light a fire and it turned out to be an inch or less....vaseline-coated (not soaked all the way through, just a light coating) cotton or dryer lint stuffed into drinking straws. I made several of these and they work like a charm. Crush the ends of the straws with pliers and use a lighter to seal them together, and you have waterproof plastic tubes full of tinder. (BTW, don't use a full-length straw, cut them into 3-4 inch lengths.)
bruce said:Thomas Linton, no vegetable derived oils (the palm oil you indicated) have "any" cholesterol and, therefore, add "no" dietary cholesterol to your body.
Bruce Woodbury
bruce said:The impact of partially hydrogenated oils on low-density lipoproteins is still open to debate. If your "energy bars" identify vegetable oil as an ingredient, and doesn't indicate it is partially hydrogenated, you are probably being misled. Unhydrogenated vegetable oils are extremely short lived, liquid at room temperature, and would not be suitable ingredients for manufacturing use. They develop oxydized flavors very quickly. These are the rancid, cardboardy flavors of old food that are not very pleasant. Those of us with normal cholesterol levels are little affected by them.
Bruce Woodbury
thatmguy said:Any good ideas for those who are allergic to nuts???
bruce said:Thomas Linton, no vegetable derived oils (the palm oil you indicated) have "any" cholesterol and, therefore, add "no" dietary cholesterol to your body. The impact of partially hydrogenated oils on low-density lipoproteins is still open to debate. If your "energy bars" identify vegetable oil as an ingredient, and doesn't indicate it is partially hydrogenated, you are probably being misled. Unhydrogenated vegetable oils are extremely short lived, liquid at room temperature, and would not be suitable ingredients for manufacturing use. They develop oxydized flavors very quickly. These are the rancid, cardboardy flavors of old food that are not very pleasant. Those of us with normal cholesterol levels are little affected by them.
Bruce Woodbury
Here's the contact info for SOS Food Labs that make the lifeboat rations I get from EPS. You could give them a shout & ask if they use any nuts whatsoever in their products. Unfortunately, EPS only lists "main ingredients" for the lifeboat bars on their site.thatmguy said:I'd like to do the lifeboat rations, but can't find any answer on potential nut contaminations.
That's the point. It shouldn't be a temptation style goodie if you want it to be there when you really need it.Erasmus said:Survival rations? ....
One only eats freeze dried stuff if he has to. Never voluntarily.
bruce said:sodak, I checked the avocado, no naturally occuring cholesterol. Cholesterol is an animal derived compound, no use in a plant. Where did you get your info? If there is cholesterol in an avocado product, it comes from an added animal sourced ingredient. Avocado oil is used, like olive oil, to help treat high cholesterol.