tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post5821642589282770342..comments2024-03-20T21:38:10.502+00:00Comments on Science matters: Hedge-soupBobTheScientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-90614320435474132292013-10-14T10:49:38.904+01:002013-10-14T10:49:38.904+01:00Cough, soup. Soup, cough. And the lads on the Ch...Cough, soup. Soup, cough. And the lads on the Change Islands used to treat their nets with boiled spruce extract. A sort of creosote, I guess.BobTheScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-50597648078720180512013-10-14T08:51:19.614+01:002013-10-14T08:51:19.614+01:00I've heard the term retting before...used in t...I've heard the term retting before...used in the traditional rope and twine making era and included hemp as well as the natural fibres above, hard work to keep same ropes from rotting, but a lovely smell, particularly as the nets and rope tended to be treated with oil (linseed) to try to stretch the lifespan. Mucilaginous is not a term I heard before, and I am struggling to think of any context I could use it in...something to go with a bad cough?Russiansidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899160232382119090noreply@blogger.com