Salut/Hi Mat,

le/on Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:26:53 +1100, tu disais/you said:-


>>>A friend of mine is convinced that keeping a silver spoon in a part used
>>>bottle helps it keep its fizz.

>> Urban myth. No truth in it whatsoever.

>I saw a somewhat ad hoc experiment done with this. The control condition
>was no spoon, cork etc at all.
>
>No spoon had pretty much the same effect as putting the spoon in.
>
>I think re-corking went ok. Vacuum sealing better. As you would
>logically expect I guess.

Err.. I doubt if a vacuum system would work too well with fizz. (GD&R)

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