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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?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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