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I lived there for a long time. Ozarks for now.

Thanks! Yeah, he’s funny!

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Could you please provide me with published scientific research papers to substantiate your hypothesis? Nixtamalization, or the process of preparing corn by soaking it in a lye solution made from wood ashes in water unlocks certain vitamins and minerals in the corn and kept Native Americans healthy. Not to mention the minerals contained in the wood ashes themselves. Other foods such as ludafisk and 1000 year eggs are made with wood ashes. And, bread products used to contain wood ashes. For thousands of years foods were cooked over camp fires and pick up traces of wood ashes each meal from the rising fires ashes or foods were dropped in the fires accidentally and the precious foods were picked up and ate instead of wasted. Smoked foods are coated in byproducts from burning wood. Thus the smoked flavors. And, certain diseases can only thrive and survive in an acidic environment. Wood ashes are alkaline and thus would alkalize your system and therefore could prevent or even rectify certain diseases (from a biochemistry standpoint). So, much like vinegar, which people consume safely, its dose dependent. You wouldn’t consume gallons of vinegar a day without becoming overly acidic, you wouldn’t consume pounds of wood ashes a day without becoming overly alkaline. Just as one aspirin is ok for you but a whole bottle is bad. If you think of it as a “medicine” or a spice and don’t overdo it it could potentially even have surprising health benefits. As a TOTALLY unrelated side note, the medical and pharmaceutical community ONLY makes money if you are sick or diseased. Period. Period. So, if you and everyone is 100% totally healthy, there is absolutely NO need for them or their drugs. And, they therefore don’t make ANY money. So, does it benefit them financially to tell people the truth and/or say things that will keep them healthy? No. Or does it benefit them financially to tell people the wrong information to make or keep them sick and diseased? Yes.

It’s actually pretty surprisingly good if you like smoke flavored things.

I really appreciate the info. Because of you, I know. Charcoal has just come on my radar for garden and animals. Didn't know humans too? Go. Fight. Win.

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Thank you and you’re welcome.

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Welcome!

Welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

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Yeah, I don’t have any hair, I shave mine 1/8th inch, so I had to use his comb ;)

You are welcome. Thanks for being here!

I couldn’t find a billows so I thought “hey, let’s try this!” ;)

I’m kinda more Fort lost-in-the-woods area ;) Love Ava, great fall colors there!

@@baldknobber I've read about a group who called themselves the baldknobers from the Ava area

Yeah, they started out around Branson area and other chapters popped up in other places later. They were originally kind of like a citizen police force protecting their areas from bushwhackers and Jayhawkers doing looting and robbing and the like. They met on treeless mountaintops (bald knobs) on nights when there was a full moon so they could see ambushers coming. It’s a nod to heritage and history, that and all the other cool channel names were taken ;)

@@baldknobber right on. I've worked in Douglas County and a customer gave me a book their cousin wrote about the County's history that mentioned the baldknobbers threw the Ava and Branson area.

True, but if it’s a life and death situation and my choice is either freeze to death or breathe a tiny bit of fumes in order to stay warm and alive, I’m going with fumes. Burning wood in an enclosed space also gives off carbon monoxide, which is deadly and actually what kills most people in house fires. If you are burning either out in the open or in a wood stove with a proper chimney/flue you’ll be fine. Don’t huff burning anything is the take away.

@@baldknobber My point was simply to inform, the vast majority likely will use this without being in a life or death situation, I too would use it in that type of need and would agree with you.

@lifebetweenraindrops Yeah, totally agree with you, not something I would do daily just for fun, but just another trick to have up your sleeve and possibly use to survive a bad situation.

Thank you! I appreciate you! Bacon grease, magical fairy dust….where does the list end ;)

Thank you!

Thank you, that means so much to me! I’ll catch you in the next one!

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Merry Christmas to you too! Thanks! I appreciate it !

@@baldknobber Hey dude many thanks for the reply. You have to be around here close, 9 out of 10 don't know what a Baldnobber is. Missouri or Arkansas.

Baldknobbers were originally a group that formed in Missouri during the civil war as sort of a civilian police force because there were other gangs of bandits and bushwhackers and jayhawkers that would come in and loot and pillage and rob and steal and kill etc. So they formed to protect the people in their area since there was no military or police force to speak of due to the war. They met in secret on mountain tops without trees (bald knobs) on nights with a full moon so they could see approaching ambushes. And they wore homemade masks (the one in my profile picture is an actual picture of a baldknobber). That and all the other cool channel names were taken ;)

Thank you! You too!

You too brother!

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Oh yeah! I actually just finished making it myself on like December 21st from a lightening struck tree on my property.

Thanks! Yeah, I adopted him not long ago and he’s a pretty good pup so far.

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So you’re coming by my cabin for Christmas!? Bring some no-bake cookies and moonshine with ya! lol

Might be, never thought of it. I’d think anything cotton or paper based would work. I might have to try a few different things someday and let you know.

I couldn’t. Most handcuffs I’ve been a part of had a round key with a small hole in the end making it like a mini cookie cutter. I’m sure SOMEONE could, but I’m not smart enough to figure that out ;)

That is so cool! I actually tried something similar about 10+ years ago, but I was trying to dye the pads black so I could use them with a magnifying lense as a solar tinder, but gave up because the wax didn’t let them catch fire despite being black. Not with a small lense anyway, maybe with a 3’ wide one or something!Great minds think alike!

@@baldknobber yeah one of the 12 Stones crew had been bringing these along on trips and they we're working great so I asked him about them and he had gotten the idea from another TH-camr. I've gotten away from using other sources since I started making these. You have to break them in the middle to form a wick with the internal fibers, once lighted they'll burn for about 3 minutes. Which is plenty of time to add your first small layers of material and get a good fire started. They work great give us a shout if you bring these up in a video it'd be much appreciated. I just happened to see your channel in my suggested videos and subscribed. Merry Christmas and God bless!

@12STONESADVENTURES right on! Thanks for being here, I appreciate you! Catch yall after Christmas!

You are welcome! Thank you for the thumbs up brother!

Yeah, sometimes you have to think outside the box. If I can help someone survive later on when they need it by teaching them to plan ahead of time or think outside the box when it’s needed, then I’ve done my job. I forgot to mention you can use a credit card as a template and carry them with you. I mean, you always have your wallet if you’re a dude right? And I carry a type of candle in my bugout box, but I don’t always have the box with me. As I call it, it’s my “Justin Case” ;)

@@baldknobber Campfire for Credit huh 😂👌

You know, they “charge” you for everything now! ;)

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Down in the Ozarks, you know, the proud hillbilly section ;)

I reckon so if it was tapered like that. I remember ‘em, but haven’t seen one in years. All the sardines I’ve ate recently have been pulled tab kind. If you find a brand let me know! Thanks!

Sometimes you just have to use what you have available. I’m just teaching people to think outside the box and use what you have. If you had something better available to you, yeah, definitely use it! If not, these would be possible alternative options. People have made it in real life survival situations using some interesting things in creative ways. And if I can save someone’s life by teaching them to think outside the box and use what they have available in an emergency situation, then I’m happy. As the military says “improvise, adapt, overcome” ;)

@@baldknobber I get it. The title is misleading and I was genuinely wondering if this was supposed to be some sort of joke.

That too!

I appreciate the critique. I have made alcohol stoves before. They work well other than the colder it gets the harder it is to make them work. They can be finicky, as I’m sure you know. Ps, the recipe idea sounds great! Thank you!

You’re welcome! Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it!

Thank you for the kind words of encouragement! That means a lot to me as well brother! I appreciate it.