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DH calls is all 'leftovers'....
I have wanted to do this in the past, and I have "double batched" things like chili, soup, lasagne, etc.
My problem is, if I cook for a whole week and freeze all or part of it, DH calls it "leftovers" and does not want it. He won't even eat the chili if he knows it was defrosted, although I have tricked him, and he said it was the best chili I ever made.
So, how do you get over the feeling that everything you eat is "reheated" rather than cooked fresh? DH will cook (at least start dinner), but I can't be happy eating a plain skinless boneless chicken breast (untrimmed - ick) and rice a roni! LOL Don't get me wrong, I am not ungrateful. It was great having dinner on the table when I came home, but my skin was turning yellow from all the yellow dye number 5 (joking).
I would love to be able to cook up a storm on saturday and sunday, then have meals to heat during the week that taste like they simmered for a while.
Any suggestions?
No, I have no suggestions, because this is exactly how I feel about this cooking method too! I know much of this food can be quite delicious, but there is a certain trough-like aspect to it that repels me. I do it a bit, however, out of absolute necessity because my mate and I both work full-time and have two small children. But I dislike the whole implication that cooking is terrible drudgery. I try instead to feel inspired about it, and to prepare what everybody really feels like eating or what is in peak season. I get a lot more pleasure and joy out of feeding my family this way than when I just pull out the chili pot and dish it up (tho heaven knows, there are evenings when that is all I'm up to!).
Dances -
Maybe instead of making entire dishes and freezing them, you can cook parts of the meal. Ex. cook the chicken ahead of time so then on the day you're cooking, you can chop the already cooked chicken and prepare something that way. Same with pasta or rice. Cook it ahead of time, and then you save the 15-20 minutes cooking time when you're preparing it during the week and instead focus on the sauce that you're going to making.
At the very least, maybe you could do the "prep" work ahead of time? *grin* anything to save time especially when you're working all day...
Krysta, does he eat say, Stouffer's? or anything like that?
but if all else fails doing what Rini suggests - pre-cooking a little would really help, even cutting up veggies for a stir fry, anything to get a head start on a meal.
take heart! tune out the complaining, at least he'd have a hot meal! LOL!
Well for one thing nothing says you have to eat a prepared meal every day but I for one do use all of the really good in season things at my meals. I also would not consider it trough food as I put a lot of time, effort and planning into my meals. As I see if I am working doubly hard to see that he has a great meal on the table.
I think the idea of doing as much ahead as possible and then putting it together at meal time is another great idea. You will never believe how much time and energy is saved by having the meat cooked or at least prepared and ready to cook. The prebrowned bag of ground beef is the best thing I have ever done. I am going to do some chicken breasts on the grill as soon as I have a really nice day.
I think I am being even more creative with the meal doing it this way.
You have to wrassle him to eat anything frozen. His mother had freezer-itis, and never wrapped anything well, and really didn't understand how to deal with frozen foods.
He won't touch TV dinners or anything like that either.
I have him to the point where I can buy raw meat and freeze it, but that is about it. I will try to 'sneak' in some "early" preperation here and there and see if I can convince him that he won't relive his mothers specialty:
Raw pork chops, dipped in flour, egg, then crumbs
frozen in a plastic grocery bag (tied at the top)
Taken out, the entire frozen lump dropped into a roasting pan
Cooked just until the top is burned, the bottom is soggy, and the middle is raw and (usually) still icy inside.
Tell him to stay out of the kitchen unless HE wants to do the cooking. I've often wondered what it would be like to be called to the table every day, and have some wonderful suprise waiting for me. Or have my socks washed for me, my bed always made. In my next life, I want to be a man!
I truly love left overs. One of my favorites is to make one of the ground beef rice dishes and have tons of left over. I always keep tortillas on hand and I use the leftovers for rollups for lunch and they are so good. I warm my rice in the microwave and if anything it tastes better as leftover than on serving day. Can you tell I just ate one. so good.
I am with Daisy, My Dh rarely complains about dinner because let's face it, he comes home to a home cooked meal 28 out of 30 nights a month and the other times we eat out!! I do the cooking so therefore if its from the freezer and its easier for me, he eats it, one major complaint from him has been when I make a big batch of stuffed peppers, freeze them, then have them as needed, because they are solid and don't always thaw as well as I would like oh well they are great regardless to me!!!!
Recycle certain leftovers into new dishes. For example make for Chili one night's dinner. In it's reincarnation make a tamale pie with cornbread topping...Roasted or baked chicken can be reincarnated in a bunch of dishes like pasta, etc.
I made Chili last night for dinner, and filled five of those little 'Glad' containers for lunches and dinners at work. I told my DH that I was going to buy more of those containers for stew and pasta. I don't consider anything that I froze on purpose to be left overs. To me, a left over is something you didn't finish eating and put in the fridge to be finished if you got to it before the green fuzz did.
I'm so happy my family isn't picky. They'll eat just about anything I put on the table. But then, they learned a long time ago that if they EVER insulted my cooking, I would quit cooking, and they would starve. :) I just asked my DD if she felt the chili I put in the freezer was 'leftovers.' She said "No. You made a double batch to make it easier for you."
Luckily, my husband's family was trained to eat what was put on the table...LOL! (bless you, mother-in-law)...so I can cook ahead and freeze. But I've found that menu planning and shopping accordingly saves me nearly as much time as cooking ahead.
I don't mind suggestions, but twice my guy questioned the timing/way of cooking my turkey. TWICE he ended up finishing the meal! Just handed over the apron. :))
I don't know how I managed before freezing my food in quantity. There is no end to the possibilities!
Dances - I say, share the cooking duties. Especially if you both work full time, it is not fair that you are expected to cook from the "not frozen state" every night. If he understands the demads of cooking when nothing is pre frozen every night, he might see the light. Kinda like putting on someone elses shoes for a while. It can put a whole new perspective on things.
Ask for your husband's cooperation in conducting an experiment. Have him write out a menu of meals for the next week, make out the grocery list, accompany you to the grocery store to do the shopping, carry in the groceries, put them away and then tell him the FUN is about to begin. He gets to cook for the next week. You will help him by coming to the table as soon the meals are ready. If there is one thing I would refuse to cater to, it would be a man who believes that any meal he eats will be prepared by someone else with no frozen, pre packaged, or pre prepared components. He would learn quickly the only way he would eat this way is when he put forth his own effort to prepare the meals or when he learned how to show proper appreciation for your efforts. After he has done this for a few weeks, then you can make a few meals that are planned ahead and frozen. When you serve the planned overs make no effort to make him anything else. I wouldn't cater to picky eaters very long, whether it be husband or children. Once they learn that the alternative is that they will do without, they won't go too many meals without eating whatever is prepared. The best way to help someone with an attitude problem is to give them some first hand experience at what is involved in fulfilling their requests.
I had a father in law with 4 sons. He taught each of those sons to have respect for the person doing the meal preparation. NO ONE was to lift a fork to eat before the person who prepared the meal was seated and had been served. The person who did the work was to be the person who got the FIRST benefits. More fathers should teach this level of respect for someone elses efforts.
My DH and I like many things better when they are prepared ahead - it gives the flavors more time to marry. There are some recipes that I do ahead of time for that very reason - especially sloppy joes, spaghetti and stews. Tell your DH that it isn't a time saver - it's a way to increase the flavor.
(Although, I also think he should get a chance to do some cooking and serving!)
Hi! I love my Tilia Food Saver II. It protects against freezer burn, plus I can throw the bag in the microwave, or snip a corner of the bag and throw it in a pot of boiling water, or put it in a pan to bake. The choice is mine, depending on how much of a hurry I'm in, and whether I want to heat up the oven (and the kitchen--I HATE using the oven in the summer time!) Plus, the bags go on the top shelf of the dishwasher, (turned inside out to wash out the food) and then I re-use them.
Also, I read on one of the OAMC web sites that to freeze OAMC meals without that "leftover taste", you should only partially cook the portions you are going to freeze.
When I make for instance--meatloaf, the one we eat tonight is fully cooked. The ones I'm going to freeze are only cooked 1/2 of the time. (This works especially well with pasta that is only partially cooked--it doesn't turn into mush when re-heated.) When re-heating, I cook the freezer meatloaves extra time to allow the food to be completely cooked and then it doesn't taste like left-overs. Works for me!
Rosellen @--->--->---
"As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.... "
You can pre-chop lots of onion, green peppers, mushrooms etc... on the weekend for meals during the week to help out, use a crockpot or even make some frozen meals like chili, stew, bbq beef, sloppy joes, chicken ala king stc.... and put it on the crockpot frozen and it will be hot when he gets home and think its a new meal I will never undertand why someone doesnt like what they see but never know the difference otherwise.


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A storage vessel for storing grain or other natural products comprises a gas-impermeable enclosure having a water-vapour-permeable membrane to allow the grain to breath and dry, and to prevent condensation and mould growth. The membrane is impermeable to oxygen gas to allow a reduced oxygen atmosphere (e.g. 3 to 7%) to be established as oxygen is used up by insect pests within the grain. The insects are unable to survive at such low levels of oxygen. Thus the grain is protected against pests without the use of chemical pesticides.
1. A closed storage vessel for storing moisture-containing product in a controlled environment surrounded by an external atmosphere and for allowing said stored product to become dried by loss of moisture therefrom, which comprises:
a gas-impermeable enclosure for storing and drying the product, the enclosure comprising a membrane, said membrane being gas-impermeable such as to resist ingress of oxygen-containing gas from said surrounding external atmosphere, said membrane being water-vapour-permeable to enable passage of water-vapour from said product in the enclosure through said membrane such as to allow water-vapour to escape from the enclosure and to enable the product to be dried;
- means for recirculating gas within the enclosure for assisting drying of the product; and;
- the enclosure having means for providing an upstanding wall and a sealable inlet for introducing the product.
2. A storage vessel according to claim 1 wherein the membrane comprises porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.
3. A storage vessel according to claim 2 wherein the membrane carries an oleophobic coating thereon.
4. A storage vessel according to claim 3 wherein the membrane comprises a further layer of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene adhered by a continuous adhesive layer to the oleophobic coating.
5. A storage vessel according to claim 1 wherein the wall means comprises a hollow wall element provided with a port for filling with weighting material.
6. A storage vessel according to claim 1 wherein the wall means comprises angle plates, each having an upstanding portion and a horizontal portion extending under the enclosure.
7. A storage vessel according to claim 1 which comprises an impermeable qroundsheet, and wherein the membrane comprises a top portion of the enclosure.
8. A storage vessel according to claim 7 wherein the groundsheet extends up the walls of the enclosure and is sealingly attached to the membrane along the upper periphery of the wall means.
9. A storage vessel according to claim 1 wherein the water-vapour-permeability rate is 1500 to 35,000 g/m2 /day.
10. A storage vessel according to claim 1 wherein the oxygen leakage rate is less than 0.05% per day.
11. A closed storage vessel for storing and drying perishable agricultural produce in which the vessel is located outdoors in the open atmosphere, which comprises:
a waterproof gas-impermeable base on which produce can be loaded;
a flexible membrane for covering said produce, said membrane being gas-impermeable to the extent that it prevents ingress of oxygen-containing gas from said surrounding external atmosphere, said membrane being water-vapour-permeable so as to enable passage of water-vapour from said produce in the enclosure through said membrane so as to allow the produce to be dried;
means for recirculating gas within the enclosure for assisting drying of the produce;
means for affixing said flexible membrane to said base in a waterproof, gas-impermeable manner.
12. The storage vessel of claim 11 wherein the membrane comprises porous expanded polytetrafluorethylene.
13. The storage vessel of claim 12 wherein the membrane carries an oleophobic coating thereon.
14. The storage vessel of claim 11 wherein the agricultural produce is grain.
The present invention relates to a store for storing products in a controlled environment which resists the ingress of gas from the external atmosphere. The store is particularly useful for storing perishable natural products (especially cellulosic products) such as agricultural products (e.g. crops, cereals or vegetables) and timber products.
Conventionally, cereal crops, such as wheat, barley or other grains, are stored in silos awaiting use or shipment. Prior to storage, the moisture content is generally reduced to around 15% to avoid fungal growth. In order to protect against attack by insects, the grain may be sprayed with insecticide as it enters the storage silo or may be fumigated therein. However, the use of insecticides is undesirable in view of the possibility of residues remaining on the grain.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a store construction which is practical to use and mitigates these problems.
One aspect of the present invention provides a storage vessel for storing product in a controlled environment, which comprises;
- a gas-impermeable enclosure for storing the product, and comprising a water-vapour-permeable and gas-impermeable membrane;
- the enclosure having means for providing an upstanding wall and a sealable inlet for introducing the product.
The use of a water-vapour-permeable and gas-impermeable membrane to form an enclosure for storing the product allows for the transfer of water vapour from the inside of the enclosure, yet substantially prevents the ingress of oxygen. The water-vapour-permeable characteristic of the membrane allows the product to dry and prevents sweating. The gas-impermeability allows a reduced oxygen concentration to be maintained in the enclosure. Any insect or other pests present will begin to use up the available oxygen until substantially anaerobic conditions are attained beyond which such life forms cannot reproduce or even survive.
The invention also relates to a corresponding storing process.
The enclosure may include a groundsheet formed of a conventional waterproof material, which is impermeable to liquid water and water vapour as well as being gas-impermeable.
The gas-impermeable membrane is permeable to water vapour so as to allow the product to be dried (optionally by the use of heat or warm dry gas) and to prevent the build-up of condensation as the ambient temperature fluctuates. The flexible membrane is preferably formed of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which may be produced as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,953,566. The membrane may be coated with an oleophobic coating such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,194,041 to prevent wetting out of the membrane by oils or fats present in the product. Finally, the PTFE membrane may be supported on a backing material such as a woven or non-woven natural or artificial textile material known in the art to be suitable for the purpose, in order to provide adequate mechanical strength. However, other water-vapour-permeable gas-impermeable materials known in the art, such as polyurethanes, may also be used.
In a preferred construction, the membrane is formed of a laminate comprising porous expanded PTFE having an oleophobic coating thereon, and a further layer of porous expanded PTFE adhered by means of an adhesive over the oleophobic coating. The oleophobic layer is gas-impermeable but water-vapour-permeable. The adhesive layer is preferably formed of a breathable compound which is water-vapour-permeable and gas-impermeable, and which is applied as described for example in our U.S. Pat. No. 4,532,316.
The membrane usually has a water-vapour-permeability of at least 1500, for example 1500 to 35,000 (preferably 3000 to 10,000) g/m2 /day; and will be chosen according to the dampness of the product and the surface to volume ratio of the store. The oxygen leakage rate is preferably less than 0.05% per day so as to enable an oxygen concentration as low as 3 to 7% to be achieved. Generally the ratio of gas permeability: water-vapour-permeability will be in the region 1�10-4 to 1�10-6, particularly 5�10-4 to 2�10-5. Usually there is a relationship between water-vapour-permeability and gas permeability so that where a high water-vapour-permeability is needed for quick drying, a higher gas permeability has to be tolerated.
The vessel may comprise a support means, such as a frame structure. The enclosure may also be provided as a liner within conventional silo structures, such as those formed of perforated metal, or concrete. Equally, the enclosure may be on a smaller scale, for example in the form of sacks.
In the case of a permanent or semi-permanent arrangement, the enclosure would also normally be provided with an outlet for removing the stored product, normally at the base of the vessel, and might be provided with an auger for transporting the product.
The wall means may be any longitudinally extending structure of appropriate height, such as a beam formed of metal (for example an I-beam), a series of upstanding metal plates, or a solid material such as concrete. The structure may have been treated to be gas-impermeable. Alternatively, a groundsheet as described above may extend up the wall structure and be connected directly to the water-vapour-permeable membrane in gas-tight manner, e.g. by a zip fastener.
The wall means may include a longitudinally extending gas-impermeable hollow wall element provided with a port for filling with a weighting material. The wall element may have connection means for connecting the element end-to-end to another such element, and may comprise attachment means extending along an upper side thereof for attaching a membrane thereto in gas-type manner.
The hollow wall element is preferably formed of a fibrous material (such as cardboard, paperboard or fibre board) which has been impregnated with resin, moulded and cured to give a rigid shape; and also gas-impermeability. Fibre-reinforced materials such as fibreglass, or ceramic or carbon composites may also be used. Such a wall element is easily transported. When in position, the element may be filled with a weighting material, such as water, sand, gravel etc. which helps keep the wall in place.
The wall element may be square or circular in cross-section, but is preferably of triangular cross-section for stability. Also, a triangular cross-section (which may be equilateral or non-equilateral) provides an internal inclined surface down which the product slides when the store is being emptied. For this reason, at least one of the external surfaces of the wall element is preferably smooth.
Connection means may be provided for connecting two or more elements end-to-end such as to form a wall of the store. This may be achieved by providing an overhanging flange at one end of the container for fitting over the other end of such a container (which may in turn be of reduced cross-section in order to provide a recess for accommodating the flange). Such a connection would not normally be gas-tight and would be required to be sealed with a sealing compound such as a joint sealant available under the GORE-TEX trademark.
The attachment means extending along an upper side of the container are for attaching the membrane. Preferably, the membrane has a periphery of increased thickness, such as a bead. This may be provided by sewing a chain or rope into a peripheral seam and sealing any stitching holes. The bead preferably clips into the attachment means, which may be formed as a channel having a narrowed mouth. If necessary, the attachment means may also be sealed with a sealing compound.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the drawings wherein;
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a store;
FIG. 2 is a detailed view showing the end-to-end connection of two wall elements;
FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the store (with the membrane omitted).
FIG. 4 is a schematic elevational view of a second embodiment which is a self-supporting vessel for storing grain;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the laminate of the vessel of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 7 is a cross-section thereof.
FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the zip fastening; and
FIG. 9 shows the depletion of oxygen in grain stored in the enclosure of the invention.
FIG. 1 shows a store for storing grain 2 comprising a pair of hollow wall elements 4, 6 located on a waterproof gas-impermeable ground sheet 8 placed on the ground 10. A water-vapour-permeable and gas-impermeable membrane 12 extends between the wall elements so as to form a closed gas-tight storage environment.
Each wall element is formed of a fibrous material, such as fibreglass or fibre board which has been impregnated with a resin, before being moulded and cured to give a rigid lightweight shape. Each wall element is of generally triangular configuration, the slopes on the sloping surfaces 14, 16 being the same or different in order to best provide a stable structure when full of grain. The interior surface 16 is smooth so that grain is not held up on the surface when the store is unloaded.
Each hollow wall element comprises an upper inlet 18 sealed with a stopper 20 and a lower outlet 22 closed by a stopper 24. The hollow internal space 26 is filled with water so as to weight the wall element once in place.
Along the apex of each wall element is provided a channel 28 having a narrowed mouth for receiving a bead 30 provided around the periphery of membrane 12. The channel 28 allows the bead to be clipped in place, and may be formed from a resilient material such as extruded plastics, or a metal such as aluminium. The channel is integrated into the hollow container structure prior to resin impregnation, moulding and curing. FIG. 2 shows the manner in which two hollow wall elements 40, 60 are connected together end-to-end. One wall element 40 is provided with an overhanging flange 32 on the inclined surfaces 14, 16 and preferably also on the base 33. Into this is fitted a corresponding reduced diameter section 34 of the other wall element 60. The joint may be sealed in gas-tight manner using a sealant such as that available under the GORE-TEX trademark.
FIG. 3 shows a three-sided wall formed of straight wall elements 50 and corner elements 52. A membrane 12 having a circumferential bead 28 is clipped into the channel 28 so as to form a storage environment having an entrance 54 for loading and unloading. The entrance 54 may be closed by simply bringing the membrane 12 down onto the ground sheet 8 and placing weights on top of it. Alternatively, a flat plate having a channel 28 may be placed across the entrance 54 and the bead of the membrane clipped into it.
The store may be provided as follows. Firstly, the groundsheet 8 is placed on level ground. A wall is created from the hollow wall elements, which are connected together at flanges 32 and sealed with a sealing compound. The top stopper 20 is removed from each wall element and each individual wall element is filled with water or sand, and the stopper replaced. Grain is then loaded into the enclosed area 8 until it forms a heap. The membrane 12 is then placed over the heap and the peripheral bead 30 is clipped into the channel 28 on the wall, and if necessary sealed with a sealant. The membrane is brought down onto the ground sheet 8 in the entrance area 54 and weighted down so as to be substantially gas-tight. If necessary, wall elements of reducing height may be provided on either side of the entrance 54 in order to provide a smooth transition for the membrane down to the groundsheet level. Grain may be removed from the store by unclipping and rolling back as much of the membrane as is required before replacing and resealing the membrane. The membrane is waterproof and keeps out the rain.
FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment. The storage vessel comprises an enclosure 62 of generally frusto-conical shape formed of a water-vapour-permeable gas-impermeable membrane material and having a gas-sealable inlet 64 at the top thereof, and a sealable outlet 66 at the bottom. A pair of counterbalancing arms 68, 70 are provided on either side of the enclosure. The arms are fixed at their lower end to the ground and at their upper end are connected by means of ropes, chains etc. 72, 74 to the upper periphery of the enclosure for supporting the enclosure whilst it is being filled. Outlet chute 76 is provided with an auger 78 which is rotatable to transport the grain from the enclosure.
The two angles x and y are generally in the range 30� to 60� and are chosen to provide a stable enclosure construction, and which is bevelled enough to prevent rodents gaining any purchase with their teeth.
The enclosure 62 is formed of a membrane in the form of a flexible laminate, as shown in FIG. 5, of two layers 80, 82 of expanded porous PTFE, such as sold under the GORE-TEX trade mark, by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., one coated with a continuous oleophobic sublayer or coating 83. The layers 80, 82 are held together by means of a sublayer 84 of adhesive breathable compound 84, the adhesive compound being applied as a continuous layer or at spaced locations in order to provide strength in the transverse direction to the laminate. The adhesive is preferably produced as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,532,316. The layers 80, 82 are water-impermeable and water-vapour-permeable and provide strength and durability to the enclosure 62, while the adhesive sublayers 83 and 84 constituted by the adhesive and oleophobic coating are water-vapour-permeable and gas-impermeable. The laminate had a water vapour transmission rate of 4000 g/m2 /day, a resistance to water vapour of 351 Sm-1 and a resistance to oxygen of 3.34�107 Sm-1. The ratio of water vapour resistance to oxygen resistance was 1.05�10-5.
The vessel of FIG. 4 may be employed as follows. Firstly, the upper end of the empty vessel is raised and attached to the upper end of the counterbalancing arms. The inlet is open and the outlet is closed. The enclosure is then filled with grain from a conventional filling assembly until the enclosure is substantially full. If the grain is particularly damp, warm dry air may be blown upwards from the outlet to the inlet to provide an initial drying. The outlet and inlet are then sealed and any remaining moisture allowed to dry out naturally through the water vapour permeable membrane material. At this stage, the enclosure will normally contain ambient air having oxygen content of around 20%. Under such conditions, any insect pests within the grain proliferate. However, the pests gradually use up the oxygen so that the oxygen content is reduced to a low level. Below 10% oxygen, the proliferation of insect life becomes severely restricted, whilst below 2% oxygen an aerobic (i.e. oxygen requiring) life forms die off. If necessary, small amounts of insecticide may also be applied to the grain. Moreover, in order to accelerate oxygen depletion the enclosure may be purged with gas such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen.
In order to remove the grain from the vessel, the top of the enclosure may be disconnected from the counter balancing arms and the outlet opened, such that grain flows out under gravity and the flexible vessel collapses, without however allowing the ingress of further oxygen-containing air. In this way, the grain may be handled under conditions of minimised oxygen concentration.
FIGS. 6 and 7 show a third embodiment of the invention wherein the water-vapour-permeable membrane is zipped onto an impervious groundsheet.
Walls of the store are formed from sections 90 of zinc coated steel bent into a right angle and braced if necessary, so as to present an upstanding portion 92 and a horizontal portion 94. Typically each portion is approximately one meter square. An impervious rubber groundsheet 96 of Hyperlon forms the base and sides of the store, and is provided with pockets 98 along its sides and closed end which fit over the upper ends of the steel sections. A pair of zip halves 100,102 are provided along the upper edges 104,108 of the rubber groundsheet.
A water-vapour-permeable membrane 110 (as shown in FIG. 5) having corresponding zip halves 101, 103 is zipped onto the top of the upper edges of the groundsheet so as to form an enclosure. The zips form gas-tight seals.
FIG. 8 shows the zip arrangement in more detail. The zip half 103 is stitched to membrane 110 and the stitching seam is sealed by the application of porous expanded PTFE tape. The zip half 102 is bonded to the groundsheet sidewall. A thin rubber or fabric strip 112 is stitched and seam-taped to the underside of membrane 110 to protect the zip. Two zips are provided, each of which starts in the middle of end edge 108 and extends up a respective side 104 of the store.
The front end 112 of the enclosure is open and the side walls reduce in height towards the front to bring the front of the membrane down to ground level. Similarly the front of the groundsheet extends beyond the front of the sidewalls to lie beneath the front of the membrane. The open end of the enclosure is sealed by rolling up the front of the membrane and groundsheet together and applying weights thereon.
The enclosure is filled with grain (not shown) prior to attachment of the membrane 110. Grain can be removed by opening the front nd of the enclosure and resealing.
In conventional manner, a drying floor (not shown) may be provided within the enclosure to support the grain and to allow circulation of air within the enclosure. Fans and supply ducts may also be provided to assist drying of the grain. Generally air from within the enclosure is recirculated to avoid introducing fresh air with a higher oxygen concentration. Reverting to FIG. 7, recirculation is accomplished by means of fan 116 which causes air to be withdrawn through outlet duct 114 and to reenter through inlet duct 112, the ducts being located in the rear wall. For initial drying of wet grain, a membrane 110 may be employed which has high water-vapour-permeability (and consequently somewhat higher gas permeability). Once the grain has been subject to an initial drying to avoid mould growth, the membrane may be substituted with a further membrane of lower water-vapour-permeability and enhanced gas impermeability in order to allow reduction of oxygen concentration to the desired degree (typically 5-7%).
The following tests were undertaken at Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, C.S.L. Slough, U.K. Wheat initially at 13.7% or 17.7% moisture content was stored in experimental containers made of a test fabric according to FIG. 5. The quality of the wheat after 12 weeks was compared with the quality of wheat in similar control containers made of woven nylon. The wheat was purposely infested with Tribolium castaneum and after 12 weeks the insects in the control containers had multiplied and about 90% were alive. At the higher moisture, heating also occurred. Little, if any, reproduction was apparent in the experimental containers and most of the insects were dead after 12 weeks storage especially in the damper wheat. Oxygen levels in the experimental containers fell to about 4% in seven weeks in the drier wheat, and to about 2% in four weeks in the damper wheat, but then increased slowly. In the drier wheat insects were the main consumers of oxygen whereas in the damp wheat it was consumed by insects and moulds. The control containers remained at about ambient gas levels although oxygen fell slightly when heating occurred in the damper wheat. The containers were kept at 24� C. in a dry atmosphere and the wheat dried in all containers but not sufficiently to restrict mould growth in the damper wheat. Germination was unaffected in the drier wheat, but fell slightly in the damper wheat in the experimental and control containers.
Table 1 shows the effect of the reduced oxygen concentration on insect numbers in the wheat. The increase in numbers of insects in the controls is due to insect reproduction over the 12 week period.
Table 2 shows reduction in moisture content of the stored wheat.
FIG. 9 compares the reduction in oxygen concentration in the present experiment to the control.
TABLE 1______________________________________(insect numbers)Numbers of adult Tribolium Castaneum recoveredfrom dry/damp wheat after 12 weeks storage.Wheat Container No. Live Dead______________________________________a) Dry wheat 1 363 22 (control) 2 285 22 3 382 20b) Dry wheat 7 26 141 8 11 55 9 15 37c) Damp wheat 4 463 51 (control) 5 511 38 6 615 28d) Damp wheat 10 4 113 11 1 56 12 1 84______________________________________
TABLE 2______________________________________(moisture content)Means of moisture content determinations atthe start of experiment and after 12 weeks storage. Moisture content %Container No. Initial Final*______________________________________ 1 (Control) 13.7 12.1 2 (Control) 13.5 12.4 3 (Control) 13.9 12.4 4 (Control) 17.7 14.7 5 (Control) 17.6 14.9 6 (Control) 17.7 14.6 7 13.6 11.6 8 13.6 12.6 9 13.7 12.510 17.7 13.511 17.7 13.712 17.7 14.7______________________________________ *Means of determination taken at surface level (sample in mesh bag), top, below top, middle, side and bottom of wheat volume.
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Okay. I think probably you need to check out sites that in the same market as what you will be building. Maybe a generic google search to start out and see where that takes you. You could also check out some of the blogs on the main page of our forum here to take a look at what is current and happening. I think you will find lots of examples as you start to get link after link from these types of places.I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. ~ Kurt Cobain
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Period Dress - 1901 to 1910 inc. 1911-1913 (Edwardian)
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The 1910s daytime dresses were likely to be one-piece, although skirts, blouses, and tailor-mades became a vital element for daytime as well. The S-shaped curve was being replaced by a straighter line. The size of the full, pouched bodice decreased, and the location of the waistline moved upward. Skirts narrowed and grew shorter. The high-boned collar went out of fashion.
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Day dress, probably British, ca. 1906-08. Heavy cream-colored linen blend with embroidery, lace, and linen-covered wooden button trim. White net insert with small flowers at neck. Wide skirt, slightly longer in back. Lined bodice. Hook & eye closure in back. madaboutfans on ebay
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To assist w antique doll clothing design. Day dress, probably British, ca. 1906-08. Heavy cream-colored linen blend with embroidery, lace, and linen-covered wooden button trim. White net insert with small flowers at neck. Wide skirt, slightly longer in back. Lined bodice. Hook & eye closure in back. madaboutfans on ebay
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Pink wool suit, 1906. Two pieces, trimmed with pink ribbon and lace. Made by dressmaker Julia Tomasek, St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Collections.
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Suit, Raudnitz and Co.-Huet and Chéruit, ca. 1905. Wool, silk, cotton, linen. Similar to suit in previous pin, but different. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Suit, Raudnitz and Co.-Huet and Chéruit, ca. 1905. Wool, silk, cotton, linen. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Suit, American, ca. 1913. Brown cotton sateen, cotton floss, soutache cord, and tape. Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology
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Wedding dress, 1910. Lilac plain-weave cotton and machine lace. Long princess-lined gown with flared skirt and rows of pintucks. Museum of London
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Wedding Dress This wedding dress was worn by Minnie Beatrice Long for her marriage to a railway worker in September 1910. The wedding took place at St Andrews Church, Leytonstone. The full length dress of lilac plain weave cotton was made for Minnie by a local dressmaker. It is made in the fashion of 1910, a long 'princess' line dress with an elegant flared skirt and elaborate details created by rows of pintucks. Machine-made lace is used for decoration.
Day dress, European, early 1910s. Racing blue silk with ecru lace, embroidery, and large decorative walnut buttons. Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
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Early 1910s Day dress, European. Racing blue silk with ecru lace, embroidery, and large decorative walnut buttons. Via Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum.
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whitakerauction LADY'S BLACK WOOL 3-PIECE SIDESADDLE HABIT, c. 1885. Double breasted boned jacket with notched lapel over high neck insert, eleven mother of pearl buttons on each side tapering to point, narrow four-button sleeve gathered at shoulder, split back with eight buttons per side, over- skirt with side hook & eye closures, button and loop, fall front leggings with single button each side, leather stirrups, braided trim.
Dress, 1901-1903. American. Wool. Met Museum
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Wool Evening Dress, 1901-1903. American. Metropolitan Museum.
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1902 Walking Suit
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Suit, Katherine Kiernan, St. Paul, MN, ca. 1905. Light yellowish brown wool & yellowish white silk chiffon trimmed w/lace of embroidered net underlaid w/cloth of black & gold threads. Suit day bodice has tunic-length jacket open from waist w/uneven hemline & train. Boned bodice dickey attached. Full-length trained chiffon skirt pleated to waistband; woolen border & embroidered net at hem. Pleated chiffon evening bodice w/round neck. Minnesota Historical Society
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The back view of a beautiful dark rusty orange hued afternoon dress, circa 1903. #Edwardian #vintage #fashion #1900s
Corset Covers and Bust Ruffles - Sears Catalog page reprints from "Everyday Fashions, 1909-1920" via American Duchess
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1912 outfit. I always picture Emily looking like this.
1912 outfit, in honor of Arizona's 100th birthday.
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Grey velvet dress by Thurn from 1910
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LADY'S SWISS STYLE REGIONAL 5-PIECE COSTUME, c. 1910. Finely made in yellow and cream cotton with black velvet and lace, front lacing bodice with large puffed sleeve, full skirt with velvet bands, lace trimmed cotton batiste apron, black velvet vest having eight large white metal filigree flowers and hooks closing with a long attached chain having flower finials, black lace cap. Petersham stamped "M.A. Burke Phila. Pa."
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In 1909, as the Edwardian era came to a close – a strange mode appeared in the form of the hobble skirt – a tubular affair, credited by some to Paul Poiret, [ though no one seems to have wanted to claim credit at the time! ] . Fanny Brice.
Fanny Brice in a hobble skirt, oh i want one! Fanny Brice (occasionally spelled Fannie Brice) was the stage name of Fania Borach, born in New York City, the third child of relatively well-off saloon owners of Hungarian Jewish descent. In 1908, Brice dropped out of school to work in a burlesque revue, and two years later she began her association with Florenz Ziegfeld, headlining his Ziegfeld Follies from 1910 to 1911. She was hired again in 1921 and performed in them into the 1930s. I
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This is called a hobble skirt. The dress is straight and narrow and gathers tightly on the leg around the knee area. There were slits at the bottom that allow for safe walking. The main idea behind this was to resemble a Japanese Geisha.
hobble skirt 1910-1913 I don't care if Louisa May Alcott thought they were ugly; I think it's beautiful, though I admit it's not really the smartest fashion idea ever...
Fanny Brice "Funny Girl", Ziegfeld Follies. New York, 1910.
APPLIQUED WOOL PROMENADE SUIT with SOUTACHE, c. 1904. Purple with appliqued purple velvet scalloped trim, black and white soutache and warp woven ribbon, double black glass button front jacket with loop closures having front point and scalloped back, trained skirt with scalloped trim band. Whitaker Auctions
PURPLE WOOL PROMENADE SUIT, EARLY 20th C.


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Višķi Roman Catholic Church of St John the Baptist
Built in 1908 - 1925. A three-isled building of trimmed granite stone blocks. Its facade contains Romanesque motifs.
The first Višķi church was made of oak logs in 1621 in honour of the Sain John the Baptist. It was built by the landlords Andrejs and Elizabete Mols in a cemetery outside the Višķi village. In 1625 the Višķi parish was established, and the church served its needs for 94 years. In 1715 the church was torn down and moved closer to Višķi, to the lake peninsula – the relocation was funded by Heronims and Katrina Mols.
This church served for 224 years, and its space took up 410m3.
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Daugavpils district, Višķi parish, Višķi, LV-5481
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Even a dragonsteel bullet would barely fracture dragon scales, but if you happened to chance upon a chink in a dragon's armor- a place where a scale had fallen loose- a dragonsteel bullet would bite deep, ripping through the hide and flesh and organs until eventually running into bone where it would stop. Dragonsteel bullets seldom broke through bone, though it wasn't impossible since dragonsteel was iron fortified with dragon bone, but by the time the bullet got near enough to bone, the velocity was often too slow to do much more damage. A single bullet wouldn't be fatal to a dragon, unless of course the chink in the armor was on the skull and the hide underneath led to the brain.
"Now, Kesirine, I pray you aren't thinking about wasting one of my bullets on an already slain dragon."
Kesirine lowered her pistol away from the bare space on the dragon's skull where the scale had come loose. It would be a clean shot.
"You always told me to confirm the kill," Kesirine called back to her father, Masew, but she could not see him from her current vantage point high up between the pointed horns of the dragon's brow, at least fifty feet up from the ground.
"And you're right to listen to me," Masew said, coming into view on the ground, a handful of scales in his arms. "But I've already confirmed this one's dead."
"How?" Kesirine asked, walking off the skull and down the spine between the dragon's leathery wings. She hadn't seen a single entry wound or more than a few misplaced scales. It could have just been sleeping for all they knew.
"Come on down and I'll show you," Masew yelled to her, and Kesirine climbed down from the dragon, hands and feet finding holds amid the scales.
The dragon had landed nose first in the ground, it's snout buried a few feet in the dirt and it created a hollow between the dragon's throat and the ground, big enough to fit a man.
"There," Masew said, pointing with his staff towards the space underneath the neck. "Rats are having a good meal. You can go look for yourself if you don't believe me."
Kesirine couldn't see what her father was pointing to she went to the dragon's maw, half certain that it would open and take her into its mouth to tear her limb from limb, but this dragon was dead. When she looked underneath into the hollow by the dragon's throat, she saw where the scales had been ripped away from the skin and where rats had begun to eat away at the flesh, black and rotting and bloody. It hadn't smelled on top the dragon, but here it did and Kesirine had to leave before she retched up her breakfast.
"There's no way you could have seen that coming up the hill," she said to her father when they regrouped with their vehicle. "I couldn't even see it until I looked underneath."
"I saw the rats," Masew explained. "A whole lot of them were running towards the carcass, and I knew that no living dragon would let that many get at him."
Kesirine wasn't happy with that answer. "You made an assumption, an assumption that could have gotten us killed."
Masew looked almost amused at his daughter's scolding. "There aren't many dragons anymore, my dear, and most of them are too old to fly anymore."
"Most," Kesirine muttered.
"We could have killed the beast if we had to," Masew said, throwing his load of dragon scales into the vehicle, pulling the pack from his daughter so he could put hers back there too. "We were prepared."
"It was careless," Kesirine argued.
"We wouldn't have even been allowed up the hill if it were alive," Masew said. "He would've warned us away first. They always warn."
She frowned. "A warning could be a breath of fire."
Masew laughed at her and it made her even more irritated. "You want to be a dragonslayer but a dragonslayer isn't a hero anymore," her father remarked, getting into the driver's seat.
"I will one day," Kesirine pouted as she got into the passenger's side. "I'll kill one myself and they'll write stories about me."
Masew laughed again. "You'll put your sword through a little wyrm and you'll start writing Kesirine the Slayer on your homework."
"Don't make fun of me," Kesirine said, drawing her hood over her head to drown out her father's badgering.
"You take yourself too seriously, Kes," Masew said. "Maybe they'll come a day when you're standing at the feet of the last dragon in the world and you won't be able to bring yourself to kill the last of a kind."
"They're a menace," she said, tossing back her hood to argue.
"They're our livelihood," Masew countered, and he didn't have to mention the scales in the back, but Kesirine knew he meant them. "It's a balance."
"The world would be better without them."
Masew sighed, knowing he would get nowhere with his daughter today. He thought about lecturing her about the importance of the dragons and how there were a great deal many things that were worse in the world, but Kesirine was young and headstrong, drunk on the stories of her ancestors. Dragonslaying used to be the stuff of songs; now it was the stuff of business.
The three-hour drive back into town was quiet as Kesirine sulked in her seat while Masew guided the vehicle down the hill with their heavy load. If time permitted, he'd like to make another trip back up the hill this afternoon since it wouldn't be much longer before the more serious collectors and predators started hanging around the dragon corpse. Masew was not a greedy man, and the dragon scales would provide enough money to last his family a long time, but it wouldn't hurt to try to fit in another trip and stow some extra funds away. Kesirine had gotten it into her head that she would go off with the Swords next fall; Masew and her mother Larine would sooner send her off to the college if they had the money. Their daughter would still get herself into trouble there- that much was certain- but at least she would be a little bit more confined.
Masew knew something was wrong the moment he pulled into town. The streets were filled with carts of fruit and meat and other goods and the shop lights were all on, but there was no one tending them. He pulled the vehicle up outside his home and told Kesirine to take the scales inside and see if Larine was home while he went to see what was going on. Kesirine did as she was told, but she was running after him within a few minutes, her long young legs catching up to him without effort.
"Mama isn't inside," Kesirine said once she had caught up with her father. Even the dog was gone.
"I gather she's with everyone else, wherever they are," her father remarked.
"What's going on?" she asked as they ran through empty streets in search of a single face, including Larine's.
Masew stopped in his tracks, the sound of shouting voices coming over on the wind.
"Let's follow the voices," Masew said and they ran down more empty streets until they started spotting the stragglers, all hanging back from a crowd that had gathered by the hospital.
"What's happening?" Kesirine asked one of the women that had decided to hang back.
"Don't know," the woman said, clutching her shawl tight around her. "I heard a lot of yelling and then people started running that way." She pointed at the hospital. "I wouldn't go up that way if I were you."
"Why not?" Masew asked the woman.
"Don't know," she said again. "I'm just sure there's not something that anyone would ever want to see up there."
That was enough to pique Kesirine's interest and she was bolting down the cobbled streets towards the hospital, her father struggling to keep up behind her. The crowds were thickening and it seemed like everyone in town was out of their homes and away from their livelihoods, all gathered in front of the hospital.
"What's going on?" Kesirine asked another stranger.
"Someone said it's the dead," the stranger said. "I haven't seen anything yet, but they say it's the dead."
"The dead what?" Kesirine pressed but the stranger was melting away into the crowd as more people pushed to get a look.
Kesirine looked behind her to see how far behind Masew was, and she couldn't see him at all. She knew she should go back and look for her father, but she needed to know what had pulled everyone up here. She crouched down to see through the mess of legs in front of her, trying to find a clear path to the front. She waited for the people to shift just enough so that she could slip into the row in front of her and then she did it again and again until she got herself to the front.
She didn't get to spend very long in the front row before she was pushed back by guards, watchmen asking everyone to return to their homes so that a proper investigation could be made, but no one was listening. Kesirine went back a few rows as the crowd tried to battle the watchmen to stay at the scene, and she had to wait until another opportunity rose before she could push forward again. She was determined to get a good look at everything once she got to the front again.
When she finally did get to the front again, she was able to take a long look at the entire scene in front of the hospital before she was pushed back. Even though she had swept her eyes over everything there was to see, she didn't understand a single thing.
There were five corpses on the steps in front of the hospital. Two were human, two were elves, and the fifth was a dog. One elf worked for the hospital, she knew that much by his uniform and the badge on the front, but she couldn't recognize the elf since half of his face was ripped off. She assumed it was the dog that had done this, but this couldn't have been the case since one of the humans was lying across the elf, her mouth around the elf's cheek, teeth dug deep into the skin. The other human was lying a few feet away, his throat torn out and on the ground beside him. The other elf was lying with the dog, both of them were missing skin and muscle, bone peeking out from inside their bodies, but their faces were intact.
Kesirine was pushed back into the crowd and she let it push her back until she was on the fringes again. She hadn't recognized two of the dead, but she knew all the other corpses. The dog was hers, the mutt they'd taken into their home a few years ago. She had called him Loner. The elf with the dog was Larine.
Then there was the human that had been with the elf from the hospital. It was Mrs. Babash, Kesirine's neighbor who had died a few days ago of the fever. Kesirine had seen them carry Mrs. Babash out of the house, she saw them pull the sheet over the dead woman's face. She saw Mr. Babash weeping in the doorway.
If she had seen all these things, how could she have seen Mrs. Babash on the steps outside the hospital, the flesh of another person between her teeth?
Kesirine's left hand rested on her pistol, the right hand on her sword. Maybe she didn't understand what had happened on the steps of the hospital, but she understood that if she had to, she would defend herself, but from what she couldn't say. Masew found her standing on guard away from the crowd.
"Mama's dead," Kesirine told her father. "Loner too."
Masew nodded. "They told me."
"Mrs. Babash did it," Kesirine said and she knew how ridiculous it sounded as the words came out of her mouth, to say that the dead woman had killed her mother, her dog, some elf from the hospital, and another person she couldn't name. She didn't know that Mrs. Babash did anything, but she knew.
"I know," Masew said, and she was surprised that her father agreed with her. There was no way Mrs. Babash had done it, but they had all decided that she had.
Masew pulled Kesirine's hand away from her sword and took it in his own, and together they walked home, the blood draining from Kesirine's hand as her father squeezed just a little too hard.