From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Roger House speculated:   
   > 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?   
      
   Because of using throw-away items and contributing to waste.   
      
   >> My pepper grinder   
   >> is a Cole Mason, it won a product testing on/at either America's Test   
   >> Kitchens or Cooks Country.   
      
   You probably don't throw that one away.   
      
   >   
   > I forgot to ask, what/where is the crafts area outside NYC?   
      
   Apparently there are still woods and forests in Eastern Pennsylvania   
   and in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, and people there who   
   make woodsy stuff.  Close enough to be part of a day's drive, according   
   to family legends.   
      
   /dps   
      
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   any particular reason, but I have always been glad.   
     _Roughing It_, Mark Twain   
      
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