On 2011-01-27, Doug Freyburger > wrote:

> On the other hand he's not using it as a cooking surface and not storing
> food in it so any lead exposure is extremely minimal.

Yep. Good crystal is still made w/ lead.

nb


>
> I don't know exactly where the trade off between these two extremes is
> but I have gradually lost interest in his tendency to go to the hardware
> store to by stuff to cook with. I like cooking gear for cooking and if
> some tool is a uni-tasker then I either get over it and get the item or
> not cook that recipe.
>
> Sometimes cooking tools grow and grow. Sometimes I trim out any
> uni-tasker item that I have not used in the last two years. It's a
> cycle.