RKHessel

Thanks, Carolyn! I am positive that it is not antique, I bought it from a Royal Selangor store in a mall So, just a tinny taste, no danger from the tin or antinomy, right? Thanks!

I just found a solid pewter flask that I bought on a trip over 10 years ago. I had filled it with scotch then to mark the occasion of a friends wedding. I don't want to throw it out, because his anniversary is coming up and I think it would be kind of neat to have a belt from it to mark the anniversary. However, I am worried about the effects of 10 years of not-too-great scotch on the inside of a pewter flask. Is this stuff still safe to drink, or is there any chance that the pewter has leached into the alcohol, thereby making it undrinkable? Thanks for your advice!

You are right...al carbon is correct...sorry, it was a late night last night. Al Carbon was what I am looking for. I would like to try to make it this weekend. Anyone got any recipe ideas? Thanks! RK

Everytime I have ordered them at Mexican places, there does not seem to be a difference, except for maybe the cut of meat. Is that it?

Checked the mail today and was pleased (and very relieved) to see a letter from the restaurant. There was a nice note that explained how sorry they were for what had happened and a check for $50. Relieved because now we will go back. (I would have stayed away on principle otherwise.) Relieved because I will now be able to once again enjoy their divine country pate. Releived because I will be able to try their fabled roast chicken that you have to wait for. Releived because I will get to drink wine out of the tiny litte pitchers that they sometime serve it in.... You Seattleites out there should have figured out where I am talking about by now...

OH! And, THANKS, everyone for the great advice. We truly appreciated it. We'll let you know what happens.

Wanted to give y'all an update on what had happened....Took the sweater to a sweet older Italian lady who said that she would give it a shot. (For free, no less. Bless you, Assunta!) Unfortunately, the line in the sweater is still there. (I did, however, get a great lesson on how to use a pasta machine, which I had never seen in use before. That was cool! ) Wife sent a very nice letter to the chef/owner about a week and a half ago...No response, not even an acknowledgment of the letter.

We went out to a very well reviewed neighborhood place here in Seattle last night to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary. We had been seated, wine had been poured, we were looking forward to a great evening. My wife got up to go to the washroom, and when she came back, as she was sliding into the booth....disaster. A (previously) unseen splinter caught my wife's sweater and pulled a thread, effectively (according to my wife,) ruining it. My wife was devastated. We are scraping by on my income, she is shooting out resumes as fast as she can, but, well, in this job market....The sweater that she was wearing was the one nice sweater that she had for interviews, and it will be a real stretch to get another one. The server and the manager both came over and remarked how sorry they were, and not really anything else. We tried to put it behind us and enjoy our meal. (It was delicious, btw.) We were thinking that we would have wedding cake for dessert. The waitress came up and we said that we were not really interested in dessert, whereupon she said that the restauraunt wanted to buy us dessert. We (to be honest, somewhat stunned) had dessert and left. We did not really want to make a big deal about it at the time and ruin our evening, but it is now the next morning and I am kind of pissed. I talked to a friend of mine who is the manager at another place here in town and he said AT LEAST they should have comped her meal. Especially since her sweater was so expensive. So. Is there any kind of liability on the restaurants part, and /or would it be out of line to write them a letter asking to be reimbursed for the sweater?

WAIT!!!! I thought dogs weren't allowed to eat salmon!!

Just graduated and am moving...came across some salmon steaks that my aunt froze for me about 3-4 years ago. She put the steaks in a heavy duty freezer ziploc bag, filled it with water, and froze it. Said that they would not smell and would keep for "quite a long time"...Ummm...How long? Slightly scared, but probably curious enough to try thawing and eating it...

JAZ --- Thanks for resurecting (sp?) this one for me, it sure was educational!