[Sca-cooks] Old cooking equipment

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 11:32 AM 6/13/03 -0400, you wrote:
>
>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

I was going to suggest sand- waybe as a follow-up to the pebbles. I've also
seen rice suggested, but I would think that would add problems, because of
the starch.

You might do one long soak with vinegar before you run roucks or sand
through, just to loosen things up.

'Lainie
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