[Sca-cooks] Cornish Pasties Was Meat Mixtures

[Terry Decker]

Metallic tin is not very reactive so it is perfectly safe to use in relation 
to food.  It is a heavy metal and can cause heavy metal poisoning, just not 
as we use it.

Bear

> Gadzooks, if the tin is poisonous, then why galvanized
> steel water troughs for stock and come to think of it
> aren't we using tin cans for things? (and yes I do
> know they are steel cans, but I thought they were tin
> lined or something?)
>
> and the Brits use baking tins all the time -- wonder
> the etymology of tin where we use pan...
>
> Arianwen ferch Arthur