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   Roger House to Roger House   
   Re: corny question -- pepper-corn-y   
   11 Dec 21 17:24:32   
   
   From: 61rroger@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 8:19:51 PM UTC-5, Roger House wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 10:35:13 PM UTC-5, Snidely wrote:   
   > >   
   > > I have a pepsal from the crafts area outside NYC. IIRC, eastern   
   > > Pennsylvania. My mother got it on a visit to her parents in the   
   > > mid-60s, so maybe 50+ years old.   
   > >   
   > > My memory is that to fill the pepper chamber with pepper corns, one is   
   > > supposed to take the salt lid off and then remove the salt chamber from   
   > > the shaft. That doesn't work at the moment. Does anyone here have a   
   > > pepsal, and is that the correct technique?   
   > >   
   > > Also, the wood finish still /looks/ good, but it has a slightly greasy   
   > > feel. No doubt the result of years of being in reach of the stove   
   > > (when not on the table). Should I clean it with detergent, mineral   
   > > oil, alcohol, Goop, or steel wool?   
   > >   
   > > Thanks. I could break down and by a stand-alone pepper grinder. In   
   > > fact, I've bought a couple of the Schilling disposable ones, but I feel   
   > > guilt even though the bulkiest component is glass and not plastic.   
   > >   
   > I had to look up what a pepsal was. Why do you feel guilt? My pepper grinder   
   is a Cole   
   > Mason, it won a product testing on/at either America's Test Kitchens or   
   Cooks Country.   
   >   
      
   I forgot to ask, what/where is the crafts area outside NYC?   
      
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