Ha! I refreshed the screen just before I posted to make sure I wasn't cross posting about Crisco since I know nothing about it's baking properties.

Stressful, Burrell. I hope you can find a culprit and get rid of it. Definitely bites and not some kind of rash?

When I was young, Crisco seemed to be part of all cookie recipes. We used margarine as a spread, and Crisco in cookies

Definitely bites and not some kind of rash?

Well, it could be, but it looks more like bites. Fairly random, mostly on the torso. Either bites or a mild viral rash.

Gah. I can't believe I expressed myself so badly.

The Crisco that comes in a tub is a paste at room temperature, no? Does it have the same profile as butter? I thought room temperature butter was softer and refrigerated butter was harder.

Suzi, when washing, try to go from sealed bag to washer with as little shaking as possible. Wash on hot - normal soap, it doesn't matter. Dry on HOT for at least an hour. it needs to be over 120 degrees if memory serves. Less than that and it really doesn't matter.

you can buy 90% rubbing alcohol at drug stores and put in spray bottles - spray down any live bug you see, it will kill them. Be careful and do not just start spraying everywhere as it is highly flammable.

I was a bit cray cray when we had them, but I would spray down my legs when I went to bed, then set the alarm for 3 or 4am and with as little movement as possible flip back the covers and spray down again.

Does it have the same profile as butter? I thought room temperature butter was softer and refrigerated butter was harder

Crisco doesn't soften up as much as butter; also, it's not generally kept in the fridge. It might soften a bit in really hot weather, I suppose.

Thanks msbelle. I'm slowly reading through bedbugger.com. And I appreciate the advice you share.

I'm really just trying to find up if it hardens up as much as cold butter so I know what the upper limit on the texture is--stiffer than butter or not.

Well, it could be, but it looks more like bites. Fairly random, mostly on the torso. Either bites or a mild viral rash.

Huh. Torso seems like the least accessible bite spot. I know that my eczema is itchy and pops up little blister bumps that kinda look like my lesser inflamed bites do which is what made me wonder.

I'm really just trying to find up if it hardens up as much as cold butter so I know what the upper limit on the texture is--stiffer than butter or not.

I don't think it gets as hard as butter.

So I went to speed dating. It was fine, although I left early because I had a gap (more women than men there) and I was fading, and the last couple of guys were short. Among other things. I was definitely the oldest person in the room, but it was fine. I wrote down some guys I would see again, but am not actually interested in any of them - just, I would have another conversation. One of them lives around the corner from me! So that would be easy, if nothing else. But now I'm exhausted and up too late and don't want to go to work tomorrow.

The end.