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by hillingdonpete
Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Kilner Jars.
Replies: 11
Views: 4264

Re: Kilner Jars.

i tried buying from them direct, but they dont sell to the public even though i wanted to buy 12 dozen, they said to try makro i was in france earlier in the year, and there hypermarkets stock "le parfait" an equivalent they are a fraction of the price there dunelm are £2.99 for a 1 litre ...
by hillingdonpete
Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:31 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Listed buildings
Replies: 12
Views: 3209

Re: Listed buildings

its the local parish council you need to be worrying about,if you have one!!!
they are a breed apart.
they will cause you problems you never even new existed
those people object to the sun rising in the East.
by hillingdonpete
Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:01 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Store What You Eat, Eat What You Store, the reverse!
Replies: 12
Views: 1707

Re: Store What You Eat, Eat What You Store, the reverse!

i brought 6 of those fray bentos pies
a few weeks ago, i thought id try one, one mouthful and they and it went in the bin
by hillingdonpete
Sat Dec 15, 2012 6:30 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Long term egg storage
Replies: 13
Views: 1789

Re: Long term egg storage

when the yanks say mineral oil, our equivilent is liquid paraffin
you can still get it from chemists otherwise a good pet shop just get one that has "B.P" on the label, thats human and pharmaceutical grade
by hillingdonpete
Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:36 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: mylar bag vacum
Replies: 6
Views: 1834

Re: mylar bag vacum

Oxygen absorbers only absorb oxygen (and probably not all of it). Oxygen is only 21% of the air in the bag, so the other 79% of gases will not be absorbed, therefore you won't get the same kind of 'hard-packed' vacuum you might expect from an actual vacuum packed bag. A bit of 'puffiness' in the ba...
by hillingdonpete
Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:40 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello from Watford
Replies: 6
Views: 810

Re: Hello from Watford

Hello and welcome
by hillingdonpete
Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:14 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Top 10 Medicines
Replies: 30
Views: 5905

Re: Top 10 Medicines

iodine is still sold in the UK
i brought 8 X 25 ml bottles about 2 months ago
by hillingdonpete
Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:50 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Red petrol
Replies: 15
Views: 10687

Re: Red petrol

79. We have been extremely disappointed with the slow progress since the invitation to industry went out in 2009. HMRC told us the reason for the delay was due to the "very limited response" to the invitation and that none of the marker products evaluated by HMRC fully met HMRC's requireme...
by hillingdonpete
Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:55 pm
Forum: Logistics and Transport
Topic: Red petrol
Replies: 15
Views: 10687

Re: Red petrol

Filtering Red diesel through bread is an old and well used trick and does work if you want to sell the diesel on to some poor unsuspecting sod. The "cleaned" diesel still has a chemical marker in it that the bread does not remove and if you are stopped by HM Customs your tank will be test...