Malden couple overwhelmed by cobs
By adamg - 8/23/08 - 7:43 pm
Boston Freecycle is an interesting way to get rid of stuff you no longer need without throwing it away. Editrix reports on a Freecycle posting from Malden that begins:
We bought a large amount of corn, 60+ ears, cooked it, removed the kernels to cook and freeze, and are now left with a large quantity of "used" corn cobs. ...
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Corn cobs?
Massholes?
Any suggestions?
dry them & burn them
in a wood stove
make corncob pipes
lots of them
Use 'em in the outhouse.
Use 'em in the outhouse.
(oops, I see that someone already mentioned that)
I read an article in a
I read an article in a magazine while waiting in a waiting room about Corn Cob charcoal in south america. This woman from MIT did alot of work making it more efficient.
Here is the closest link I can get to it.
http://www.appropedia.org/Corn_Cob_Charcoal_Crusher
improved charcoal
I believe you're referring to Amy Smith and the D-Lab sugarcane charcoal project.
argh, that was supposed to
argh, that was supposed to be in reply to ShadyMilkMan's comment.
Thats her, the story I was
Thats her, the story I was reading was about the corn cobs, but I believe they did mention the sugar cane as well. I couldnt believe the elegant simplicity to some of her solutions. I always enjoy reading about people who are so brilliant spending their time making the lives of others better rather than going out to make a fortune for themselves. It sounded like her inventions and concepts, as simple as they seem, turn out to make a huge difference in the lives of people in other countries.
Got a Rustic Camp?
If you have an authentic "no utilities" fishing camp or hunting cabin, corn cobs have a use!
Think "biodegradable composting privy toilet paper".
That's what my kin used to use them for.
they used the cobs?
or the leaves?
leaves make sense. cobs seem more of a marital aid than something to wipe off with.
Life was rough on the frontier - and still is, in parts of Maine
Photo of outhouse with ancient cobs (scroll down a bit).
Spaceballs
I believe the appropriate quote to help you out is:
Dark Helmet: "I said *across* their 'nose', not *up* it!"
AAAAAHAHAHAHA
cobs seem more of a marital aid than something to wipe off with.
OMG