Recipes

Iodine Blocks how to make your own

by Andrew Luke,UK

Taken from the SA web site provided by Gert Pieters

Iodine Blocks (How to make your own.)

Ingredients required are:
Plaster of Paris
Kelp (Ask for Vital Kelp - 100 tablets)
Salt
Water
The Plaster of Paris and Kelp

Amounts needed:
1,5 kilogram Plaster of Paris
5 Kelp tablets
1 teaspoon of salt
3 litres of water

Other items needed:
Paper clips or wire for Iodene block hook
Ice trays or other mould

Preparation:
Mix 3 litres of water and add 5 Kelp tablets. Let it stand for 30 minutes or until pills have disolved.

Mixture:
Take the Kelp water and add 1 teaspoon of salt. Mix well.
Mix 1,5 kilograms of Plaster of Paris into the Kelp water.
Note: To make the blocks harder use less water or more Plaster of Paris.

Additional Ingredients:
You can add grit and charcoal to the above mix if you like.

Making Iodine Blocks:
Pour mixture into ice trays or moulds.
Wait for a few minutes and when mixture starts to set insert clips or wires.
Let it stand for one day.
Remove from ice trays or moulds and let it stand a further day.
Use as required.

Comment:
Note that the above makes about the following amount of Iodine blocks:
64 x Large ice tray blocks plus
3 x 500 gram blocks.

Egg & Biscuit

RECIPE 1.
8 teaspoons of crushed plain sweet biscuits (coffee biscuits).
1 hard boiled egg cut up very finely or sieved.
1 teaspoon of Maw seed.
Refrigerate until given to birds and discard unused after 12 hours.
Change what has been given to the birds frequently particularly in Hot Weather.

RECIPE 2
8 teaspoons of crushed plain sweet biscuits (coffee biscuits).
1 teaspoon of Powdered Yolk of egg
1 teaspoon of Maw seed.
Enough water to make mixture crumbly but not sticky.
Refrigerate until given to birds and discard unused after 12 hours.
Change what has been given to the birds frequently particularly in Hot Weather.

RECIPE 3
8 teaspoons of Heinz High Protein Cereal.
2 teaspoons of Hard boiled egg sieved.
1/2 teaspoon of Maw seed.
Enough water to make mixture crumbly but not sticky.
Refrigerate until given to birds and discard unused after 12 hours.
Change what has been given to the birds frequently particularly in Hot Weather.

RECIPE 4
18 teaspoons of Dried Bread Crumbs (supermarket).
18 teaspoons Wheat Germ.
2 teaspoon Semilina.
2 teaspoon Polenta.
2 teaspoon Heinz High Protein Cereal.
2 teaspoon Maw Seed,
--- all the above makes 1 cup of dry mixture
To 1 cup of dried mixture add 1 Hard boiled egg which has been sieved, or blended shell and all.
Enough water to make mixture crumbly but not sticky.
Refrigerate until given to birds and discard unused after 12 hours.
Change what has been given to the birds frequently particularly in Hot Weather.

Remember, some products will not be available in Pakistan but I'm sure that you can subsitute other things in their place

SPROUTING SEEDS by Betty Berry Australia

A "sprout" is the very beginning growth of a seed when it is just starting to begin the process of becoming a plant. Instead of buying sprouts at a grocery store or produce market, you can grow your own! Sprouts are very good for you!

SPROUTING SEEDS

Put about 1-2 tablespoons of dried seed into a clean glass quart jar. Instead of the original jar lid, use a flexible piece of screen/mosquito net and a rubber band to top the jar, preventing seeds from falling out while rinsing.

Step 1:

Cover the seeds with water and Aviclens (according to recipe on bottle) and allow them to stand overnight.

Step 2:

Pour out water, or use it to water your plants... it's full of minerals.

Step 3:

Rinse seeds about 2 times a day...make sure sprouts are thoroughly drained. That is, rinse the sprouts but do not let them stand in water. At least once a day the rinse water should contain Aviclens. This is to stop toxic moulds growing.

Step 4:

After about 3 days, the sprouts are ready to eat.
Sprouts are inexpensive to manufacture at home and rank among the world's most nutritive substances.
You can also sprout any of the budgie seeds using this method.
According to research reports, the sprouts contain the highest amount of Vitamin B-12 on the fourth day of germination.
Be careful using Wheat, use it only once a week as it can scour the birds.