[Sca-cooks] Old cooking equipment

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Hi -
>
> In an effort to fill out utensils for my period kitchen, I've been
> purchasing some vintage items. I picked up a 1 pint, round-bellied jug off
> e-bay and am wondering how to clean it. The mouth is narrow enough that
you
> can't really *see* into it, let alone get a dishcoth in there for a good
> scrubbing. Any ideas?

You didn't say what the jug is made of. I'm assuming ceramic, since it's
opaque. I'd use the suggested bottle brushes, certainly, but AFTER I had
filled it with a handful of small, clean pebbles, some dish detergent, and
warm water and closed the opening and shaken it up considerably. Only fill
it about half full, total, so you can get plenty of movement in there. Then,
thoroughly rinse it, and do the same routine with a teaspoon of bleach,
pebbles, and hot water. When you pour it out this time, it ought to be
pretty clear, with the only solids being the pebbles. If it isn't, repeat
the detergent step, then the bleach step, until it is clear.  Rinse it
again, thoroughly, with very hot water, and it should be good to go-use the
brushes to clean up the neck if it needs it..

Phlip

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