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Re:Using saltpetre for cooling drinks (2013) by jsjohnst on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:18PM (#32630614)
> where I currently live

Not surprised by your story, but still curious where you live? In the US, you can buy it in bulk quantity on Amazon. Mixing it with sugar was a ton of fun when I was a kid, smoke bombs that could totally white out a large backyard.

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Re:Using saltpetre for cooling drinks (2013) by nibbleshifter on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:46PM (#32630872)
A Western European country.

I could easily order it from overseas online, but the consequences are pretty harsh (violates the explosives laws). Not worth it tbh.

Somewhere else I lived in Eastern Europe, it was available in shops in 100g bags for curing meat, etc, or at the garden shop in 25kg sacks as a fertiliser.

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Re:Using saltpetre for cooling drinks (2013) by UpstandingUser on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:29PM (#32630713)
You can get it at the hardware store, it'll break down tree stumps pretty quickly (and very inexpensively).
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Re:Using saltpetre for cooling drinks (2013) by jsjohnst on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:34PM (#32630764)
Yep, any place that has garden supplies generally has it. That’s where I got it when I was a kid anyway, as that was years before Amazon’s existence.
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