[Ansteorra] a question for any potters...

[Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace]

Salut cozyns,

As long as (1) the pottery is fired and (2) you're using the pottery in 
question only for dry contents, you should have no problems. The only danger 
with using greenware is its porosity. If it gets wet, you can't guarantee 
that you'll ever get it dry again, which means you've created a lovely 
bacterial breeding ground.

Salt should be no problem in greenware.

If you're using unfired clay (sunbaked or air-dried), there is a possible 
(but extremely minor) problem with silicates. Because air-dried clay is 
never truly dry, any anhydrous substance (like table salt) can absorb liquid 
from the clay. White and grey clays are typically high in silicates.I doubt 
that ingesting such small quantities of silicates would be harmful, but it 
would likely make the salt taste flat.

En Lyonel
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>From: "Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyya" <zubeydah at northkeep.org>
>Reply-To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." 
><ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Ansteorra] a question for any potters...
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:49:56 -0500
>
>This may sound a smidge odd, but... I am trying to find out if unglazed
>pottery is safe as a container for salt - the salt will
>subsequently/eventually be used on food... ?
>
>Does the unglazed pottery leach out anything bad? Would the salt start to
>taste like pottery?
>
>Inquiring minds want to know!
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Zubeydah
>
>
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