Chris Kimball's new venture

[Auspicious (Dave Skolnick)]

The clay in most flower pots is far from food safe.

[greygarious (erica)]

@Auspicious

The clay in most flower pots is far from food safe.

Can you cite a source for that? Plain ole red clay was used for bowls and cooking pots by many of the planet’s peoples for eons. Besides which, the piece of damp pottery merely rests atop the sugar or dried fruit, so the contact is minimal.

[Auspicious (Dave Skolnick)]

Google flower pots food safe.

I had a long chat with the chef in the restaurant at Longwood Gardens. The issue is lead and compounds of lead used in terracota. Lead is apparently also in many glazes.

I’m pretty easy going about over paranoia regarding food safety but lead content concerns me.

[gutreactions]

Received our complimentary issue of ‘Milk Street Magazine’ the other day. The big difference is the international scope he is taking on. Otherwise, the recipe formats appear to be similar. We will get a year subscription and see where it goes…

[biondanonima]

@Gourmanda

those clay discs you soak in water then use to keep the brown sugar moist.

I’ve never heard of them either. I re-seal the bag with the sealing function of my vacuum sealer.

I just put the heel of a loaf of bread in the jar. Keeps the sugar moist basically forever, in my experience.

[LindaWhit]

@biondanonima

I just put the heel of a loaf of bread in the jar. Keeps the sugar moist basically forever, in my experience.

Ditto. I had to grate and lightly microwave some brown sugar for baking a few weeks ago. Put a half slice of bread in both my light and dark brown sugar bags; 3 days later, they were both back to fully soft.