[Sca-cooks] Metal Poisoning

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Actually, I believe the usual version (I don't know if it still holds) is  
that lead was used in the pipes for the aqueducts and into houses. I know 
that  some aqueducts later fell into disrepair because people stole the (then  
valuable) lead (much as some today disable electric grids by stealing the  
copper).
 
I've never seen that prohibition mentioned. Could you pass on some sources  
on it?
 
Jim  Chevallier
_www.chezjim.com_ (http://www.chezjim.com/) 

Beyond Apicius:  alternate sources on Roman food
_http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2014/04/beyond-apicius-alternate-sources-on.ht
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(http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2014/04/beyond-wine-water-and-beer-what-else.html) 







In a message dated 5/9/2014 5:03:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
lordhunt at gmail.com writes:

I don’t  know when it became known but a cause for the fall of the Roman 
Empire could  have been because the Romans drank wine from pewter cups.

It is known  that up and thru the 15th century, the Church prohibited the 
use of metal  utensils to convey meat to the mouth. If eating  fruits,