December 14, 2025
Tag: Cochineal
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God, Glory and Gold vs. God, Glory and … Dead Bugs
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The cochineal is an insect slightly larger than a poppy seed. The bug’s carcass is the prime ingredient in creating a natural dye using carmine. Primarily a parasite, they are native to tropical and subtropical South America and up through North America and are collected from the pad of prickly pear cacti.
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May 2, 2024 4 Comments
Peter Alexander lived in a small Boston suburb with his wife Nancy until recently. He hasn’t hiked a trail in the last few years. He says he is too old to be in the woods alone and he doesn’t like hiking without a companion. He is now writing about the sites he has seen along the trails on three different continents.