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minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoI can’t remember where I read this or if I’m making it up but I think the sponge stick was stored in a bucket of urine. They also used urine to clean laundry. I think 🤔 again it could have dreamt that. I’m hoping they filtered the urine or something.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThe sponge-stick was stored in vinegar or salt-water, but fermented urine was used for cleaning clothing!
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoAh there we go. Vinegar and salt. Perfect. I wonder at which point we decided to use the poo stick sponge liquid to flavour our food though
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoOther way around - vinegar was used in food first. Seems someone decided at some point they’d rather the butt-sponge smell like vinegar than butt.
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoPerhaps they knew of the acidic properties I guess. And salt doing salty things.
I can’t remember where I read this or if I’m making it up but I think the sponge stick was stored in a bucket of urine.
They also used urine to clean laundry. I think 🤔 again it could have dreamt that.
I’m hoping they filtered the urine or something.
The sponge-stick was stored in vinegar or salt-water, but fermented urine was used for cleaning clothing!
Ah there we go. Vinegar and salt. Perfect.
I wonder at which point we decided to use the poo stick sponge liquid to flavour our food though
Other way around - vinegar was used in food first. Seems someone decided at some point they’d rather the butt-sponge smell like vinegar than butt.
Perhaps they knew of the acidic properties I guess. And salt doing salty things.