[Sca-cooks] OOP but WANT!!!!!

[Saint Phlip]

Well, regardless, I told him about it, and after saying that it's a
style of pot used my everybody in that area, he also said he's getting
a lead testing kit, and will check it out.

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Dragon <dragon at crimson-dragon.com> wrote:
> otsisto did speak thusly:
>>
>> The question is where did he get the pot. Is it "Macedonian" because of
>> the
>> shape/style or that is where he purchased it?
>> If made in the States, there is a greater chance that the glossy glazes is
>> lead free as there are lead free glazes. From what I can tell the interior
>> is glazed with a matte or satin glaze. It may also be underglaze with a
>> clear glaze over it, which to my understand most clear glazes are lead
>> free.
>>
>> De
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> >http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/pennsic2006cooking.html
>> >http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/pennsic2007cooking.html
>>
>> <<<<On the 2006 series... the cookpot from Macedonia is very suspiciously
>> glazed. That super shiny sort of glaze on earthenware says "potential lead
>> poisoning" all over it to me. I'd be wary of using it for food, especially
>> anything with any significant acid content. As far as I know, the only
>> glazes that produce that sort of sheen are lead glazes. Yes, I did see
>> that
>> the pot was unglazed inside, but the pottery is porous and water will soak
>> through the clay to the glaze.>>>>
>
> ---------------- End original message. ---------------------
>
> Go back and read the descriptions on the page, everything I stated was taken
> from it.
>
> The pot was stated to have been acquired in Macedonia. It was also stated on
> that page that the interior was NOT glazed.
>
> The exterior has a sheen that is characteristic of lead based glaze. Yes, I
> am well aware there are lead free glazes out there but none I have seen even
> come close to the sheen you can achieve with the lead oxide type. This pot
> appears to be a low-fire earthenware, a type of pottery where such a glaze
> would be appropriate and would have been used extensively prior to the
> discovery of lead's toxic effects. There are many places in the world where
> such glazes are still used on cookware, this is especially so in third world
> nations.
>
> Now the fact that the pot was acquired in Macedonia is a potential red flag
> depending upon whether it came from Greek Macedonia or the former
> Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. This is significant because the former is
> a part of the European Union while the latter is not. The EU has strict
> guidelines on the use of substances such as lead. I am uncertain of how the
> Republic of Macedonia regulates such things but I would not be surprised in
> the least if they don't regulate it at all. The old communist regimes and
> their current splinters are not exactly known for their environmental or
> health concerns.
>
> But really, all I am saying here is that there is reasonable ground for
> suspicion that this pot may have been glazed with a potentially hazardous
> substance. As such, I don't think it should be used for food production.
>
> Dragon
>
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