[Sca-cooks] If you have the brass...

[Mike C. Baker / Kihe Blackeagle]

----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
> To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 2:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Bread for 'trenchers'

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> Thank you. This sounds like a good way to go. Several folks mentioned  the 
> idea of eliminating a plate to wash. I particularly like that  idea. I 
> switched from brass tableware to pewter because I got tired  of the 
> process. 1) Polish the brass tableware. 2) Wait a couple of  weeks or more 
> until the next event. 3) Polish the brass tableware. 4)  Go to the event 
> and watch the brass tableware start to oxidize before  the meal is over. 
> 5) Polish the brass tableware... go to 2 and repeat.

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Has anyone had any luck with a food-grade clear coating over brass tableware 
(NOT cookware!)?
Lacquered / varnished / polyurethaned?

(Admittedly, this would not directly address the extended camping 
situation...)

Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe

Mike C. Baker
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