Just the sort of thing to do when you have too much animal blood lying around:

[From Improved Munitions Handbook (TM 31-210), Department of the Army, 1969]

Gelled Flame Fuels

Animal Blood Systems

Animal blood can be used to gel gasoline for use as a flame fuel which will adhere to target surfaces

Material Required:

Parts by Volume     Ingredient     How Used         Common Source  
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68                  Gasoline       Motor Fuel       Gas Station 
                                   Solvent	    Motor vehicles

30                  Animal Blood   Food             Slaughter House
                    Serum	   Medicine	    Natural habitat


Any one of the following:
2                   Salt           Food             Sea Water
                                   Industrial       Natural brine
                                   Processes        Food Store

                    Ground Coffee  Food             Coffee Plant
                                   Caffeine Source  Food Store
                                   Beverage

                    Dried Tea      Food             Tea Plant
                    Leaves         Beverage         Food Store

                    Sugar          Sweetening Foods Sugar Cane
                                   Industral        Food Store	
                                   Processes

                    Lime           Motar            from calcium carbonate
                                   Plaster          Hardware stores
                                   Medicine         Drug store
                                   Ceramics         Garden supply store
                                   Steel making
                                   Industrial 
                                   Processes
                    Baking Soda    Baking
                                   Beverages        Food store
                                   Medicine         Drug store
                                   Industrial
                                   Processes

                    Epsom Salts    Medicine         Drug store
                                   Mineral Water    Natural deposits
                                   Industrial       Food store
                                   Processes

Procedure:

1. Preparation of animal blood serum:
	a. Slit animal's throat by jugular vein.  Hang up-side down to drain. 
	b. Place coagulated (lumpy) blood in a cloth or on a screen and catch
           the red fluid (serum) which drains through.
	c. Store in cool dry place if possible.

CAUTION: Do not get aged animal blood or the serum into a open cut.  This
can cause infections.

2. Pour blood serum into jar, bottle, or other container and add gasoline.

3. Add the salt (or other additive) to the mixture and stir until a gel
forms. 

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