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blowin
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| GB wrote: | | .... for the tropical fish trade ..... |
I had the very same cunning plan  ! Was sure I would make a fortune out of it  . Well , a few euro , which would be a fortune compared to my current income from pig-keeping  .
Came up against a major obstacle when I checked what info is on the labels of similar products . As I remember from a ( very long ) while ago a tub of eg Daphnia just said " Daphnia" and that was good enough . Now there is so much nutritional info and gobbledygook it makes a packet of Cornflakes look boring . Presumably it is all Statutory requirement and I don't have a science lab to hand so that , unfortunately , is that  .
BUT I have just come up with a Plan B which will be much more simple to execute and market so .........
Two plans actually . I'll share one with you a bit later
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GB
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:30 am Post subject: |
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TASTE THE WILD
100 % natural dehidrated midges
sutable as snacks for cold water and tropical fish
use as part of a ballanced diet
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BT Graney
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Location: Doorus, Caher, County Clare
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: midges |
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There you go, job done! |
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GB
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Oh, BOTHER 
I forgot to say local
can you call them organic?
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Graney
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | can you call them organic? |
Don't think you can get much more organic that a potfull of midges |
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GB
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| Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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true enough but can you say organic without some sort of bloody stupid paperwork to back you up 
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blowin
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Those labeling suggestions are great but I wonder whether it would be sufficient to meet "the Regulations", whatever those are . All of the products I inspected gave the same sort of detailed info so I imagine it is a statutory requirement .
In fact it has become academic because I have also discovered that the dried midge re-hydrate quite quickly then take on a most peculiar smell . MOH went nuts when she found the first batch in the freezer so I am abandoning this particular project !
But that one was actually Plan C /
Plan A/ would almost certainly have led to physical assault ( on me ) so that is out too .
Plan B/ will definitely make a few euro for little effort . I just need to check something then I'll tell you what it is and you can try it too .
Plan D/ is an enlightened refinement to C/ and should , I am sure , earn something but involves some preliminary graphic design . Nothing too fancy -- probably within any home publishing package -- but a little beyond my own capabilities . So if anyone would like a serious chat about that as a joint venture with minimal set-up costs other than time , drop me a pm if you are daft enough |
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Camile
master baker - French style
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Location: North East Co. Galway
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Just bumping this one up to help about the midges control machine ..
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