[Sca-cooks] Tin/Pewter Was: Cornish Pasties

[Terry Decker]

Pewter made with lead leaches small amounts of lead which can be a source of 
lead poisoning.

Bear


> I'm not sure about tin per se, but I do remember about 25 years ago we 
> were
> told to avoid using certain types of pewter for cooking or serving hot 
> food
> because "tin" could leech into the food and eventually cause some type of
> poisoning. I remembe it because at the time we were living in Southeast 
> Asia
> and pewter was a major collectible. I had at one point a large collection 
> of
> pewter mugs. They changed composition to make it safer. I think tin is a
> composite metal and it was lead that was the issue but I was only 15 at 
> the
> time and didn't pay much attention.
>
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> Ysabeau
> Bryn Gwlad, Ansteorra