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They worry about food security a lot on this island.  It used to be the average urban center has 3 days of food for a population in the shops. Add to that three days in the homes, and it's a nice buffer of food to reduce panic buying.

I don't know what other cities are like, but they said recently, 3 weeks supply of food in our area for supermarket and warehouse, farms, etc, is what the expectation is, but emergencies like 2021 blocking all land based travel showed we have far more food than that.  

The current recommendation since 2020 is to have 2 weeks supply of food in the house.

But they stress to just have more, non perishable, regular food, not special emergencies food.  

Dealing with different levels of emergency, I find food is actually one of the lowest priorities in the first three days.  The body usually goes into fasting mode automatically, the same way a drowning man doesn't digest food because the body turns off non essential organs while the emergency is going on.

If it is a kind of emergancy where food prep is possible, then I find the most important thing is to have food as close to my everyday food as possible so I don't throw my body into shock.  If I suddenly started eating lentils, in large amounts, and I'm not used to eating lentils several times a week, then I'll be spending way too much time in agony on the toilet.  It's not much fun during an emergency.  If, on the other hand, I eat chickpeas, which I eat about four times a week, my gut is happy to eat these and knows what to do about it.  


Much better, I find, to stock up on the food we already eat and just have more of it to hand.  

250ml bottle of winsor and newton artist refined linseed oil finished this week.  I did a review upthread of a smaller bottle.  

The only thing that I can add is the bottle shape is brilliant for preventing spills.  But pay attention to the warnings, especially to wipe the mouth and threads of the jar before replacing the cap or it will glue shut.

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Bookbinding came to my mind first too.

In the video, they are taking an ink making workshop.  I enjoy the parts where they play with additives and modifiers.  The different ways of mark making is very interesting.

The second batch turned out very much like the first but looking at the nail i tossed in with the cones now, I suspect it didn't have much iron in it. Just enough to rust a bit.  Not enough to extract the iron.  For the future, a splash of vinegar at the start would have helped.

Speaking about chemical reaction, it's still interacting with the baking soda, so I will need to let off the gass each day until it's finished.

Anyway, it writes okay with a glass pen.  Not great, but that could be a reflection of my cheap glass pen with the chipped tip.

Ridcully told jokes like a bullfrog did accountancy. They never added up.

The OP hasn't been back in the last 7 years, so it's unlikely they are still doing this.  

Might be worth trying.  Something to try next time perhaps?  

I think I can get two dark batches of ink out of this with the cones whole, so I might be too lazy to try it.  I hope someone can try it and report back how it goes.