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From: phoenix@genat.UUCP (phoenix)
Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.religion,net.rec.nude
Subject: Re: use for goose grease?
Message-ID: <2566@genat.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 20:44:20 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 22 20:44:20 1986
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References: <147@lll-lcc.UUcp> <243@mtuni.UUCP>
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Keywords: duck fat, goose grease
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Summary: Goose Grease as Insulation

In article <243@mtuni.UUCP> mgh@mtuni.UUCP (Marcus Hand) writes:
>In article <147@lll-lcc.UUcp> bandy@lll-lcc.UUCP writes:
>>Well, I recently have cooked a duck and have lots of nice yellow fat/grease
>>left over. I know that there must be *some* use for it, and I was wondering
>>what all you Nice Net.Folks out there would do with it?
>>
>>I also have large amounts (1/2gal) of goose grease too...
>>
>>I just don't want to throw it away...
>>	andy
>>
>>{ihnp4,qantel,seismo}!lll-crg!bandy, bandy@lll-crg.arpa
>
>Well, swimmers used to coat themselves with a covering of goose fat
>before going for those record marathon swims in cold water, like
>crossing the English Channel (or La Manche).
>-- 
>			Marcus Hand	(mtuni!mgh)

Historically, as well, witches (at least the European ones) who used to
go naked to their rituals, rubbed a good amount of goose grease mixed with
something like belladonna or henbane,  partly for insulation as Marcus Hand
points out but also as a topical method of *safely* administering psycho-
active drugs.  I have no idea whether modern witches still do this or not.

-- 
					The Phoenix
					(Neither Bright, Dark, nor Young)


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