@Typo-MAGAshiv I don't think that can work. You can find videos of fire plough techniques but I think they need very dry warm conditions and they also seem to be done by cultures where the guys are huge and can bring a lot of force onto the wood.

@Typo-MAGAshiv I am a terrible sucker for doing it simple and trad.

I can make a killing bow and arrows with only from what I can find from nature. I can easily take a deer to bits if I can find a lump of flint and I can make a fire rubbing the sticks of over a dozen tree species. These technologies please me but I think the females in my house might prefer an air corn popper.

Work made me reluctantly get a mobile. I am currently being nagged for having a TV that I thought was big but apparently is tiny compared to those in hive mates houses. The heating did not come on last winter and probably won't this winter because I chop a lot of wood.

I studied the classics. Looking backwards has grounded me but I realise that it also tethers me sometimes.

@Typo-MAGAshiv Sounds like maybe I need to update my tech!

I agree, the microwave pop corn is is meant to be very unhealthy. I wonder if the bag has fire retardant in or something? One also isn't sure what fats they have used. The bag isn't too big either.

My kids like to make a decent amount up, so I end up buying a few lbs of corn at a time. Its much cheaper than the microwave bags. A big pan on the stove hardly takes any longer and you can make as much as you like with whatever fat you like.

@Typo-MAGAshiv She properly set the microwave on fire. I had to buy a new one. But it was funny and I wasn't upset because she was a good cook who liked experimenting (with usually great results) but this time it didn't come off.

One tends to pop corn by ear and just about every child has to be taught not to open the pot to look or you might get a nasty surprise. Having heard no pop, rather than checking, she just kept adding more time until she started screaming that the microwave was on fire.

I subsequently learned that popping corn is a special kind of corn -flint corn- with a very hard shell that lets the pressure build up inside.

@Typo-MAGAshiv This talk of microwaves, reminds me of another genius female hack. An ex of mine saw someone claim on Utube that you could pop corn in a microwave even if it was still on the cob, so she tried it. That had exciting results too.

@SwarmShawarma Judging by the portraits, I would suggest intra family be substituted for inter family when it came to the Hapsburgs!

@SwarmShawarma A daughter of mine once put an egg in the microwave in the shell...

@Wahmyn Yes dear