Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?message-squaremessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-down1message-squareIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square231fedilinkfile-text
Its the 14th century and you’ve had no time to prepare, after you’re done reading this post you are snapped. What do you do?
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoWhere do you wash your hands? Hope you brought a big bottle of disinfectant.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoCrude soap is easy to make. Wood ash + water + fat. From there you just fiddle with ratios and timing while trying not to burn your skin off with strong alkalinity.
minus-squarebiofaust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoRunning water would allow for 30% reduction in bacteria, according to some sources. Also, in that time period soap was known in Spain, France and Italy, and I personally made it in the summer using either olive oil or pork fat.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoIf you’re lucky enough to be middle class you might get easy access to soap and olive oil
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoAny body of sufficiently rapidly running water should suffice.
Where do you wash your hands? Hope you brought a big bottle of disinfectant.
Crude soap is easy to make. Wood ash + water + fat. From there you just fiddle with ratios and timing while trying not to burn your skin off with strong alkalinity.
Running water would allow for 30% reduction in bacteria, according to some sources.
Also, in that time period soap was known in Spain, France and Italy, and I personally made it in the summer using either olive oil or pork fat.
If you’re lucky enough to be middle class you might get easy access to soap and olive oil
Any body of sufficiently rapidly running water should suffice.