I've used rum for general preservation in the caribbean before.......one
for the snails, one for me, one for the snails, two for me, one for the
nsisls, fwee  forrr    meeeeee,   forr    for moi......
 
kurt
 
At 05:09 PM 5/24/99 -0300, you wrote:
>Even being toooo late (I still have more than 400 old messages to read and
>the line never gets lower), I have a story about the use of vodka and it is
>a true story.
>
>Mauricio Andrade (Donax Shells) went to Cuba to collect shells. Alcohol was
>not found to be bought anywhere and the solution he found to preserve the
>shells was to use vodka!! Bottles of Stolichnaya, a very well known Russian
>vodka, were very cheap and found everywhere. So, Bobbi and Scott, the idea
>is not only a good one but already used by someone else.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Eduardo
>Brasilia, Brazil
>
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: Bobbi Cordy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Enviada em: Domingo, 14 de Março de 1999 01:21
>Para: [log in to unmask]
>Assunto: Re: [CONCH-L] Shells and alcohol
>
>
>Hi Scott:  Yes Vodka would be great!   *laughing*
>
>Scott Schubbe wrote:
>
>> No, I don't mean escargot and a cocktail.
>> Last night at our shell club meeting, I was flipping through the Astronaut
>> Trail Shell Clubs' newsletter, and they had a section in there about
>cleaning
>> and preserving shells. It stated that the drinking type of alcohol was a
>> better dessicant than the rubbing alcohol type. So my question is, what to
>> use? Is something like Everclear which is 100% grain alcohol good? Or,
>when my
>> wife isn't looking, should I swipe some of her Vodka?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
>> Florida
>
>--
>Jim and Bobbi Cordy
>of Merritt Island, Florida.
>
>Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
>Caribbean & Florida Shells
>
>Bobbi in Shell Creations
>