They used leaves, newspapers, and corncobs for toilet paper, and they used twigs as toothbrushes. Corncobs are heat dried which makes it very absorbent. Corncobs, the core of corn ears, are very absorbent. The choices listed on their website were "Corncobs", "Maize", "River Rats", "Scarecrows", and "Thoroughbreds". Once in position the "Corncobs" created the sheltered waters known as "Gooseberries". The corncobs served as bottle stoppers, scrubbing brushes, and fuel for smoking meat. After several weeks the cocci, rods, and filaments grow together forming colonies known as corncobs. Some North American ham and bacon makers smoke their products over burning corncobs. Cooking was done on a stove, burning corncobs (from the mule feed) or sometimes coal. Corncobs are cut to little pieces making it easy to ingest. The ritual features prayers in the Mam language as well as the dressed ceremonial corncobs. This very first business of Lohia was about turning corncobs into furfural alcohol. The corncobs began arriving on 8 June, and came under fire from German artillery. Corncobs were also used to create texture on pots.