[Northkeep] To our metal working friends and anyone you know who might be.

[Jennifer Carlson]

I did find a website that gives instructions on how to repair a crack in a clay cooking pot by immersing it in heated milk:
http://www.ehow.com/how_12151413_repair-clay-roasting-pot.html
 
Hope this helps.
 
 
Talana
 

> From: talana1 at hotmail.com
> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 08:34:21 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] To our metal working friends and anyone you know who might be.
> 
> At the Military Through the Ages event in Jamestown, VA, there is a very good Viking-era re-enactment group that attends regularly. Their cook told me the traditional way to make such pots water tight is to boil milk in them until the caesin fills the gaps and seals them. I do not know how much milk she has to go through to achieve this.
> 
> 
> Talana