Around here one dose of Epsom salts is generally prescribed at the start of any diet and also when fasting, to help purge the system of any 'poisons'. Normally one dose of ES, the two or there days of a bland diet, fruit or vegetables, or potatoes, or rice only... No seasonings... No sugars... Just water or unsweetened teas. Apparently this helps clean the system and the body to adapt more quickly to the new diet.

Oh yes, Rita, I've heard that "dose of salts" saying before too. I bet it IS that use of Epsom Salts!

New to me.

Hum??? I've heard that one, too !? :shock:

Oh you can't beat the bath with epsom salts after a hard day at the sewing machine. I always have a large tub just beside the bath. I never thought about this before now Lisa but maybe my mother's expression "it went through me like a dose of salts" refers to epsom salts... must ask her tomorrow.

Hi all! Ahem, ... my foot is always in my mouth, except when I take it out to "overshare". Friends know I give "TMI" but since most of them do too, they put up with me

I am enjoying this inter-country comparison of paper types! I've always been fascinated by the differences in what things are called, what they are used for, etc. For instance, here in the U.S.A. we use large quantities of Epsom Salts if we use them at all. They are great for "fertilizing" rhododendrons, and doctors have you soak some wounds in it, and soak your whole body for muscle aches. But when I was in Mexico and needed some for the soaking-doctors-orders thing, they had never heard of using it for that. They use tiny amounts for "loosening you up", and that's all. I didn't pack my own, to avoid the airline $$ for an extra or over-weight suitcase.

Thanks for the iPad photo orientation tip!!! Yay!

suehenyon wrote:
I did not find it ridiculously priced either. Besides liking it because I can put it in the printer, it does not seem to wrinkle as much as freezer paper made for kitchen use. I've used it doubled and even tripled for doing piping around an applique' piece when using Susan Cleveland's method of adding piping.

I just saw this on the EQ site
http://electricquilt.com/online-shop/freezer-paper/

The extra heavy weight for printing easily looks interesting. The price doesn't sound ridiculous for 50 sheets.

I was insisting that I used wax paper to iron on fabric the other day. My friend looked confused....described what she used to use it for, then I realized I had gotten the two mixed up. I think that is what that woman in the quilt store did too. I was very insistent too.
Now my foot was TRULY in my mouth.

rehak wrote: Thanks for reminding me (it is ages since I did any baking) we also have baking parchment paper and silcon baking paper, which are upmarket versions of grease proof. Well, what ever it is called, it still doesn't stick to fabric when it is ironed

Our parchment paper comes on a roll in the kitchen department. I use it to line my cookie sheets when cooking and for fusible web.

Nancy

rehak wrote: Not sure about this one. 'Greaseproof' paper is from the kitchen dept.(comes on a roll) and is used for wrapping sandwiches, cheese, etc. and we also have tracing paper (comes as a pad usually but I also have a large roll - 30" wide), which is similar but slightly less mottled to see through, and we have parchment paper which is like tracing paper but a thicker/heavier grade (& comes on a pad or as individual sheets). The last two come from draughtsman/office supplies or crafting supplies. That said before tracing paper & parchment came onto the market in any quantity greaseproof was used for tracings etc in the home (the old 'what have I got that will do the job' mentality)

Thanks Carole, I will send this information to my DIL.

CaroleD wrote:
Good to know, Carole! Thanks!!