A wooden spoon

blue lander said:
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I assume it wouldn't be safe to drink out of since it was covered in lead powder. Although I'm sure people drank out of them in ye olden days. Here's the guys website:
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You might check that out blue. There are many pottery makers that dont use lead anymore but continue to make product. I know in Morroco the Tagines contained lead as well but due to obvious health reasons they have changed their methods. Its pretty much general knowledge about the health effects of lead nowadays and they would likely not be able to make a living selling glazed cooking pots with lead. I myself would ask them and verify it but i would doubt they still use lead. Dont take my word for it tho:D Cool stuff! Id love to have one of those blue glazed cooking pots with a lid. I do like my tagine as well.

Ha! I saw that too Bawanna. Beautiful wood indeed!
Man... my alarm went off this morning and I almost went to work:D Gotta fix that!
 
I was just sitting here (I do that alot) contemplating what it must be like to not have to go to work.

I'm not adverse to work mind ya but being able to do whatever work I want rather than what is demanded by the violets I'm surrounded by would have to be a pleasant experience. One I hope to enjoy one of these days.

If the numbers crunch the way I think they do it'll happen probably sometime when I'm around 106. Something to look forward too for sure.
 
Well it wont be long... like Monday or Tue and ill be out lookin. My numbers calculate to around that time as well. Something like two life prison sentences or so and ill be able to retire somewhere. My wife dont want me around the house full time. She'll be beating me with one of them spoons full of holes. The holes are there to reduce the wind resistance you know! They are much faster than without holes. I promise I can tell you it works:o
 
I'm going to email them to find out if the jugs are food safe. Some sites say the use lead, some say they used to use lead but not anymore. And all my info is in polish filtered through google translate.

I'd doubt they still use lead. The guy digs up his own clay from around the area, who knows what's in it anyways.
 
saw this & thought of y'all
[video=youtube;NVqAmJdevS4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVqAmJdevS4[/video]

:D

p.s. = i hear they are not a very good ISP.
 
so I asked the store if the gray siwak pottery is food/drink safe or just for decoration. They said they'd "prefer" if it was used for decoration but that they're made in the traditional manner and folks have been eating and drinking out of them for centuries. They said if you use the jug for water you might notice some particles in the water the first time you use it so give it a good soak before you use it.

Got my eye on this one...
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Oh wow, Blue, I'd tell you what I think of that piece of pottery, but I do recall being told something about not coveting thy neighbor's jugs. Now I finally know what they meant!
 
That jug might be a bit too small. The site says the dimensions are 20cm x 17cm. I like my jugs a bit bigger than that
 
In the immortal words of Mr. Steve Tall, "I see what you did there."
 
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This is a nice pair of jugs. I couldn't find out exactly what they're meant to be used for, seems either for holding herbs or condiments. Condiments makes more sense.
 
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