Pickles...
(note: Reddit story link...)
132 year old Riverboat Pickles !
It would be interesting to analyze the pickling brine used,
and potential genetic analysis
of the cucumber pickle variety.
The canning method could
give clues to optimal gaskets
and closures. After all, the
pickles lasted 132 years
underwater!
Perhaps the water helped
prevent oxidative breakdown
of the rubber gasket.
Good to know, for genetic
time capsules, and for
"home canning" on the
Aqueous moons of the
Outer Planets.
The Moon is currently said
to have water ice, as does
the poles of Mercury.
Who knows what supplies
might be squirreled away
by former cycles of
Earth inhabitants !
Pickling became very popular
after the Discovery of Aluminum
Metal in 1850 or so...
At first, everyone thought
Aluminum was a Noble Metal,
because it did not APPEAR
to Oxidize.
However, Aluminum is
EXTREMELY CHEMICALLY
REACTIVE!
So much so that it is used
to melt Structural Steel in
Controlled Demolitions.
This scientific fascination
with Aluminum has led to
its use in countless thousands
of Health and Beauty Aids.
Unfortunately, since the
Earth's Aluminum has been
bound up in Aluminum Oxide
and in Aluminum Silicates,
(Garnet Sandpaper)...
Our human biology was never
equipped to deal with free
Metallic Aluminum,
or OrganoMetallic Aluminum
Compounds.
They are extremely toxic
at the biochemical/genetic
level, leading to Organ and
Nerve Damage.
Alzheimer's Disease plaques,
which choke up nutritional
supply to Brain Neurons,
Contain Aluminum.
So: Avoid Aluminum in your
Antacids, and Deodorants, and
Cosmetics, if you want to
avoid Dementia !
Of course, Doctors once
referred to Cigarettes as
"Coffin Nails"
While never rising up
to correct Society's
blissful ignorance.
Organized Medicine
profits from the
TREATMENT of disease,
NOT in its CURE.
By the way, it is the
BURNED TOBACCO
that causes the damage...
Unburned Tobacco has
helpful antioxidants,
anti-inflammatories,
and ANTIVIRALS !!!
Our Founding Fathers
who wrote our
U.S. Constitution,
used Tobacco in
a finely powdered form,
inhaling it into their
nasal passages.
They were CERTAINLY
not DEMENTED.
Hmm...
Antiviral, huh...
Could that be useful
somehow..?
In a natural leaf,
not a Big-Pharma
Pyramid scheme.
Got that, American Tobacco ?
Referring to
Aunt Bea's pickles
tasting of Kerosine...
(Probably Canned on a
poorly vented Kerosine Stove)
You might enjoy
James Taylor's reminiscences
of Moonshine Recipies
and young love in his
Folk-rock song
of Wayback... When...
