March 2006 Alt-Photo-Process-L: RE: Sausage and dichromate

From: joachim oppenheimer ^lt;joachim2@optonline.net>
Date: 03/14/06-09:12:32 AM Z
Message-id: <CNEOKJEEHICEOLEFMDIFKENOCBAA.joachim2@optonline.net>

It's time for everyone to re-read Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." Joachim

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryuji Suzuki [mailto:rs@silvergrain.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:16 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Sausage and dichromate

From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Sausage and dichromate
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:49:33 -0500 (EST)

> When he was still on the list (possibly 10 years ago) Mike Ware reported
> finding in some research or other that dichromate had been used *as a
> preservative* in sausages fed to (presumably British) troops in WW I.

It was also a special nutrient so that the troops could
photosynthesize with the UV light in case of malnutrition. Dichromate
was also described as "corn poppy flower extract" on the sausage
label.
Received on Tue Mar 14 09:12:44 2006