[Sca-cooks] Old cooking equipment
Melanie Unruh-Bays
maredudd at caerthe.org
Fri Jun 13 11:04:06 PDT 2003
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From: Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:04:34 EDT
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>In a message dated 6/13/2003 9:47:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>maredudd at caerthe.org writes:
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>> 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?
>
>How about a baby bottle brush (do they still make those???)
Yup - I have two.
or the brushes
>used to clean the tubing on fish tank filters?
Not "fluffy" enough.
>
>>
>> Another item is a pewter porriger, just the right size for my toddler. There
>> are of course no identifying marks on it. I vaguely recall that there is
>> some kind of chemical test strip that can tell you if there's lead in a thing -
>> am I on the right track or merely dreaming? Any idea as to the source for
>> such a thing?
>>
>
>Yeah, probably at some place like Home Depot or Lowes. Thye are sold to test
>for lead paint on houses...
And they work on pewter?
Eirene
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