[Sca-cooks] Book Questions...

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

>
> QUESTION TWO
>
> Additionally, I had no idea that the previous owner, an SCA acquaintance, 
> smoked until i got The Chronology and both volumes of _Take a Thousand Eggs 
> or More_ which i also bought from her, home (i picked them up at an event and 
> didn't crack them open there). They smell like much-used ashtrays. Anyone 
> know of a way to get rid of the nasty tobacco smoke odor? It's giving me a 
> stuffed nose and itchy eyes.
>
> Thanks
> -- 
> Urtatim, formerly Anahita

We've discussed this on the scribe's list before. Two of the suggestions I 
remember were putting the book in a plastic bag with unscented clay cat 
litter for a few weeks, or sprinkling baking soda amongst the pages and 
putting it in a plastic bag for a few weeks.

Margaret FitzWilliam