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[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

Who: Mitsuru, Syaoran, Lizard McDeadcarcass, anyone
Where: Outside the cave entrance
When: Day 145, late morning
What: science experiments and meat! a winning combo!

[Two (slightly bloodied up) boys coming out of the caves after having snuck off at ridiculous o'clock in the morning today -- victorious! They've got themselves a nice little fatty lizard which is floating on home behind them courtesy of some wind magic. Which creates a mini hurricane of wind for anyone nearby when it's released. WHHHOOOOOSH.]

How many strips will we need?

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[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

. . .without me?

[byallmeans.insanejournal.com]

We can go again soon. This was mostly to determine a method that would keep the meat.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

[blink...blink...]

Pickling, salting, smoking. There's a method of sealing in jars but we don't have any.

[byallmeans.insanejournal.com]

You learned about it where you're from?

What methods do we have the materials to manage here?

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

Claude can probably build a smokehouse. Or I could use Vulpecula's if I trade with them. Salt I can get more than enough of.

I have no idea how to pickle things.

But smoking and salting are things we can definitely so.

[byallmeans.insanejournal.com]

You need a special house for smoking?

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

To do it properly. There's doing it for flavor sure. But doing it for preservation needs a lot more time. The house thing helps. You can do a lot at once and leave it there longer unattended.

[byallmeans.insanejournal.com]

And pickling? How do you do that?

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

I think its...salty water. I'm not sure entirely on that one. I know there's liquid.

[byallmeans.insanejournal.com]

How much salt would have to go onto the meat to keep it?

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

Completely covering it. But don't worry about the amount.

That's something I can get us plenty of without cost. I know where it's located.

[byallmeans.insanejournal.com]

Is it far?

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

A little, but I can make it there and back without being gone too long.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

I didn't want to trouble you.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

It's not trouble.

How hurt are you? Need patching up?

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

I'm fine. I'll take care of it when we get back to the dorm.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

Am I allowed to give any help?

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

[...holds out an arm? it has a nice MANLY SLASH in it]

...I don't really know how to cut up the lizard, either.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

I'll patch you guys both up, then I can teach you how to butcher it properly.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

Thank you...

We need to find a way to preserve food for Orion.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

Already know some ways.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

Can you teach us? Chaz won't wake up, they will need a lot of food on hand for him when he finally does.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

That's fine. It may take some experimenting since I never actually did it. But I'm familiar with the concepts so we should be able to work it out.

They can also stretch it by saving all the nonperishable rations. We can do the same.

[time_andagain.insanejournal.com]

He said that they are doing that... except for grain, because he cannot eat that anymore.

[sillyrabitricks.insanejournal.com]

We can help best we can then.