Yes, those bean pots are just outrageous, and yes, I do remember those stories from the 1970s about the lead-laden Mexican pottery - although I seem to recall that there were also problems with ceramicware from a number of countries.
I’ve been reading your postings, now & again, for many years, ever since before THESE survival/cooking/crafts/etc threads of yours — I was even lurking at the Threat Matrix set of threads when YOU started posting to it. LOL
When I heard about that Afghani terror suspect having had a food cart in NYC, I instantly remembered all the New Jersey posters to the TM who’d mention all the vendors with their carts outside of Grand Central Station, I thought it was really amazing, as they were making humorous comments at the time, it was a “Thread Joke,” almost.
I read something this morning that might interest you, something I simply did NOT realize.
Under some article about the safe storage of water, they cautioned to never use old glass jars & jugs — but not just because they break, but rather the reason old jars are so unsafe for food and/or water storage is that some of them contain extremely high levels of lead which leaches into the food.
I was totally unaware of that.
Under some article about the safe storage of water, they cautioned to never use old glass jars & jugs — but not just because they break, but rather the reason old jars are so unsafe for food and/or water storage is that some of them contain extremely high levels of lead which leaches into the food.<<<
You kids stretch my memory’s abilities.
I forget what the chemical is that causes the old jars to turn aqua colored and as I recall it the brown and purple ones that have changed colors, are radioactive minerals in the glass.
I have an old fine crystal glass that is turning purple, it was a juice glass, so over the years, many people got a dose of something they did not want.
You are on the same wave link, for I too could not get the food carts in New York out of my mind, it was all so simple and the same to me.
As I recall it, those food carts were connected to several terrorists.
It may be good that I cannot leave the house today, for I would be nervous at a buffet or the many different places that I once ate.
There was a time that I went to Mexico to shop, alone and ate with the rest of them at the street side vendors, it was good food.
Today, I will not cross the border.
Thank you for being a faithful reader, for at many points, I have wondered if I was only posting to myself.
I couldn’t resist throwing in a google or two, this is not really related, LOL, but has several that look interesting:
If one did some reading, this talks about glass:
says: eat from a food cart and finance a terrorist:
Very interesting and it reminds me that last night, I noticed a bunch of pulled books, tapes, etc at Archive.org and finally I googled one of them, turned out it was the gov study of our transportation systems...........a good one to take off the internet, for they do love to blow up buses and trains.
looks interesting, some of the old stories show up:
Several oldie type:
Including our own.
I did ceramics for many years starting back in the 60s and there were a number of glaze colors that could not be used for items that would be in contact with food. They were for decorative purposes only because of the lead content. Over a period of time most of those glazes were phased out. It's been quite a few years since I did any ceramic work, but I have to wonder if they still discourage the use of many reds for food serving pieces.