Chinese cactus syringe DIY - GIF

[thevillageinn]

Did not expect that but when I saw the cactus paddles after being hung for a bit (I wonder how much time elapsed) I immediately recognized cochineal - having worked where there was a large old cactus which was inhabited by the bugs or parasites or whatever they are.

[Jon]

Did not expect that but when I saw the cactus paddles after being hung for a bit (I wonder how much time elapsed) I immediately recognized cochineal - having worked where there was a large old cactus which was inhabited by the bugs or parasites or whatever they are.

Good call. I guess it's some sort of natural red cactus insect dye?

This guy is bizarre though, even for weird Chinese GIFs, and we have seen plenty of those around here. And he gets stranger:



Is this like Kopi luwak? But...kittens?

[Frank S]

Good call. I guess it's some sort of natural red cactus insect dye?

This guy is bizarre though, even for weird Chinese GIFs, and we have seen plenty of those around here. And he gets stranger:

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Is this like Kopi luwak? But...kittens?

Jon how can we call what he is doing weird? he has an amazing ability to not only recognize the hidden qualities in things we cannot see. Remember the most expensive coffee in the world is that from the undigested seeds found in the feces that particular species of cat. His knowing how to make his own steeping vessel out of discarded lightbulbs alone is almost tantamount of genius. Me I would have had to resorted to using components found in a chemistry lab to make something like that. And for sure would never have known about the die extract from the parasites which could be drawn out of a cactus paddle.
Another not completely related thing is in some cultures there are parts of elephant dung which is sometimes the only thing available for the tribes to eat since elephants have such a poor digestive system a lot of the plant matter, they eat passes straight through them undigested

[dbat74]

Oh boy, how handy is this homemade tool.

[Frank S]

You have to visualize and follow his whole process to fully appreciate what he is doing.
First he boils the old T shirt. this gets it clean free of contaminants. Then he cuts a swatch to use as a transfer medium and sealing the fibers by coating the swatch in cooking oil much the same way one would cure a cast iron skillet by burning the oil into it, allowing the oil to be baked into the swatch and onto the sphere effectively making it nonstick. The grinding of the boiled rice makes it have a consistent in texture about the viscosity of milk. He uses the oiled swatch to transfer the rice milk like substance to the sphere and cooks that into thin layers then piles several of those to make sort of a layered flat bread applies his filling of whatever he chooses and makes Barito like roll. I imagine it to be quite tasty as well. You just have to get around the stigma of the swatch once being a T shirt it could have been any cotton cloth.
Learning the ways and means of how things can be done in primitive ways could be very important for survival should the world be thrown back into a less technological era.

[hemmjo]

snip... Learning the ways and means of how things can be done in primitive ways could be very important for survival should the world be thrown back into a less technological era.

Yes indeed, when the smoke begins to clear after the "advanced" societies have blown everything up there will be survivors. Tt will be those who are able to make use of what they have to survive who will live on. And they will NOT be able to Google for solutions.