Jean wrote on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:26:44 -0500:

> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>> notbob wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I drink wine or whatever from crystal on rare occasions. I
>> have some but use my glass and plastic far more often. Heck, I use my
>> drinking horns more often than my entire set of
>> crystal. It's fun having an ale or mead from a drinking
>> horn.
>>
>> I do keep roses and other flowers in our nice crystal vases. I never
>> use the rose petals in cooking. Until now I never
>> actually thought through that in terms of lead exposure. I
>> just never collected petals at home for spice uses.
>>
>> Lead leaching into the soil in a flower pot is not a problem for pot
>> grown tomatoes, is it? Not that I've ever heard.

> Cool! I sometimes think about getting horn sups.

I can't say I've ever wanted to use a drinking horn but has yours a
stand or can you not put it down? The last sounds right for Vikings!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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