Rock/Stones
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this rock boiling controversy we get into (every single time this question is asked, by the way) reminds me of a recipe i came across once. it was called Danger Pudding. you simply get a can of sweetened condensed milk, and throw the whole unopened can into a pot of boiling water for like 20 minutes or an hour or something. it might explode (Danger!) but if it doesn't, you end up with a nice can of pudding.
being the daredevil that i am, i just put some vinegar into a water bottle and heads out into the wilderness. if a rock fizzes, i leave it. if it looks rusty, i leave it. if it falls apart when i pick it up, i leave it. when i get home, i rinse them off in the sink and into the tanks they go.
being the daredevil that i am, i just put some vinegar into a water bottle and heads out into the wilderness. if a rock fizzes, i leave it. if it looks rusty, i leave it. if it falls apart when i pick it up, i leave it. when i get home, i rinse them off in the sink and into the tanks they go.
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I like watuagachickens idea.
Might have to try the pudding thing.
Also on the danger side i cook in metal in the microwave!!!!
I also try to steer clear of sedimentary rocks and try to stick with metamorphic or igneous. Less chance for dissolvable minerals.
Might have to try the pudding thing.
Also on the danger side i cook in metal in the microwave!!!!
I also try to steer clear of sedimentary rocks and try to stick with metamorphic or igneous. Less chance for dissolvable minerals.
I dunno about that; metamorphic rocks are generally just a deformed variety of a sedimentary rock, with still essentially the same composition. So, limestone is deformed into marble, which is equally soluble.
True....
I was speaking more of slate. Forgot that marble was in there too. Its actually really cool to watch them make marble.
Granite is a good one too, and gneiss.
The main thing with slate is to make sure it wasn't an oil bearing shale before as some have some nasty chemicals.
I was speaking more of slate. Forgot that marble was in there too. Its actually really cool to watch them make marble.
Granite is a good one too, and gneiss.
The main thing with slate is to make sure it wasn't an oil bearing shale before as some have some nasty chemicals.
