I haven’t tried chamomile but imagine it would smell lovely.I had seen something about adding loose leaf tea to the rice for added scent. Your site has been fabulous, thank you.Feed corn is different from popcorn–feed corn doesn’t pop.Get Chicken‘s “Feed Corn” smells AwEsOmE!!
It is readily available at supermarkets and bulk food outlets and costs just under $12 NZD for a 10 kg bag, making it less than 12 cents per 100g. When commenting, your name will display but your email will not.Hi Gloria, We did not test Chia Seeds but they do have a similar consistency to Flax Seeds. If you are worried about getting the packs soiled, then make them in the two bag style with the inner bag made of canvas or any other tight weave fabric and sewn double around the edges of the bag and then make a nice slip inside pouch bag to put the canvas one into afterwards. Gave them a wonderfull aroma and has kept that “stale” smell away.I use a small hand towel that I got at a junk store. I have always just used plain rice but started using flaxseed after reading they hold their heat better because if the oil content. When i saw that the writer tried flaxseed , my first and quick thought was flaxseed contains an oil that when it oozes out of the seeds can become very rancid very fast.Maybe a dumb question, but won’t the corn pop in the microwave?Popcorn is a different type of corn from feed corn. They include: rice, beans, buckwheat, or field corn.
Place rice bag in the outer cover and stitch fairly tight. It seems like after time they get dried out and eventually burn.
Will the freezing actually kill any bugs?Microwaving doesn’t kill the ants that sometimes wander into my machine, so I don’t think will kill any insects/larvae in bags.What alternatives to food work well. I heat it up in a pot outside of the pack then pour it back into the fabric bag/pack. She blows a kiss at me, thanks me, tells me she loves me. Thanks so much. Heavy warm sand would feel so dang good. Since he can’t hear anything up, packing lunch has been a struggle (understatement of the year!). @jmoore – That is great to hear. I would suggest sewing a small test pack and just seeing if it works!People buy 100% silk sheets and launder them…..just curious!I have 4 buckwheat packs and I’ve washed them all in the washer and dried in the dryer and they haven’t molded at all. They said it was filled with bird seed-the real small round kind. For such a simple thing. She even made quilted covers for them. Other materials can quickly be thrown in the dryer so the plant matter doesn’t mold but salt just melts.I just made a new bag and want to transfer the contents of my old bag. If you’re making more than a few heating pads, this is something to consider.Some people swear by the convenience and/or cost of buying feed or seed corn at a local feed store, but there were also many concerns about “buggies” showing up in corn. Great idea to do this test!!! Some dogs are allergic to our “foo foo” smells. Sedimentary sand to be exact (what you find on a beach). But, as i am reading through the many filler alternatives, my mind keeps going back to the cocoa shells…hmmm. You may have put a little rice into a salt shaker to absorb the water that can invade – especially in humid climates – so the salt will shake more freely. As cherries are nice and sweet, the ants will love them. If you spray heavily , be prepared to be eating a bag of mush as that is what it will turn into !!! They are nice size heat packs, and I usually heat them for 2 minutes or so. So I often use it inside a pillow case.I just purchased a commercial one with organic Himalayan sea salt. Follow. My son used to have access to a microwave at school, but they took them out. It heated up very nice and stayed warm longer then anything I’ve ever had since. I called them up to see exactly what was mixed in with the walnut shells and they said it also has ground corn husks. I don’t want the food smell to over power the fragrance so I’m looking for something to replace the barley. Don’t fill too full as you want to be able to mold bag to your body. You also have to be careful that they don’t think it is food and try to eat it. You do not have to wash and dry the rice first.No I read several articles and all said that you should NOT use instant or “quick”rice to instead use regular plain riceI have a rice bag that is about 3” wide and long Enough to go around your head. So you’ve given me an idea of designing one with sand for myself. It is just something everyone can use!When heating a new hot pack, heat it up in 30-second intervals, testing after each interval, until you learn how long it takes to heat up your pack without scorching it. The rice won by having a higher heat at the 15,30, and 60 minute times. I’m looking for a non organic solution to avoid smells, stuff going rancid or any other problems organic stuff may cause.Julie, I would definitely not use rocks. Eventually the smells start to stink, BUT, mine too feels a little damp at times.Thanks for all the great information, I love the comfort of a warm pack on a cold night but hated the smell of the old bed buddies. Thank you for posting your findings. But I’m going to spray it with lysol to try to get rid of it.