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Little Star

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Sun Sep 1, 2013, 08:48 AM Sep 2013

Keep a bag of flour in your fridge ( I got this via email).... [View all]

Why did we never hear of this before?! I've always just run it under the cold water tap.
Some time ago I was cooking some corn and stuck my fork in the boiling water to see if the corn was ready.
I missed and my hand went into the boiling water.
A friend of mine, who was a Vietnam vet, came into the house, just as I was screaming, and asked me if I had
some plain old flour. I pulled out a bag and he stuck my hand in it. He told me to keep my hand in the flour for
10 minutes which I did.
He said that in Vietnam , when there was a guy on fire and in their panic, they threw a bag of flour all over him
to put the fire out. Well, it not only put the fire out, but he never even had a blister!
A Long story short, I put my hand in the bag of flour for 10 minutes, pulled it out and did not even have a red mark or a blister and absolutely NO PAIN.
Now, I keep a bag of flour in the fridge and every time I burn myself (cold flour feels even better than room temperature flour), I use the flour and have never ONCE had even a red spot/burn mark, or a blister!
I even burnt my tongue once, put the flour on it for about 10 minutes. The pain was gone and no burn.
Try it. Experience a miracle! Keep a bag of flour in your fridge and you will be happy you did!
Don't run your burn area under cold water first, just put it directly into the flour for 10 minutes.


Cheaper than buying all those ointments or paying for a Dr. visit. I'd give it a try first. Can always do the other stuff later if need be, right?
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Urban Legend antiquie Sep 2013 #1
Thanks for that.... Little Star Sep 2013 #2
I am sure you can guess antiquie Sep 2013 #3
cool (not cold) running water yet cool it with cold compresses. Cold compresses?....... Little Star Sep 2013 #4
Not a contest! antiquie Sep 2013 #5
I agree it's not a contest just a good conversation, imho. (hug) Little Star Sep 2013 #6
Aloe plant. mzteris Sep 2013 #7
How do you use it? Squeeze out the juice onto the burn? Little Star Sep 2013 #8
Yes. mzteris Sep 2013 #9
I'm going to have to get aloe plant but I am also bad with in door plants. Little Star Sep 2013 #10
I've kept an indoor aloe plant going for over 30 years LiberalEsto Sep 2013 #14
+1 Little Star Sep 2013 #19
Even those more than minor mzteris Sep 2013 #22
I can do ignore pretty good! Little Star Sep 2013 #23
this will, however, stop bleeding. mopinko Sep 2013 #11
That's good to know. Thanks Little Star Sep 2013 #12
it can sometimes put out fires... Phentex Sep 2013 #13
lol Little Star Sep 2013 #18
Are you sure it wasn't baking soda that she threw on the fire? It looks similar. Tanuki Nov 2013 #25
I always have flour set aside Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #15
I don't believe this. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #16
Hey there Curmudgeoness! Good to see you my friend..... Little Star Sep 2013 #17
It is probably a conversation we need to have occasionally. Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #20
This did not come from an email IrishAyes Sep 2013 #21
Throwing flour at something on fire is a bad idea. Thor_MN Oct 2013 #24
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