Dinah Snipes Steveni on fri 27 may 11
Hi List
I must say while digesting this Flameware discussion, I've been thinking al=
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ong the lines of I don't have a crystal ball as to how my pot is going to b=
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e used once it's sold. And who does, in fact? You can earnestly talk to cus=
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tomer, and hand out carefully designed brochures on How to Use My Flameware=
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... or My Pot. Do you honestly think a majority of folks pay any heed? I ha=
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ve to admire those of you putting your rep on the line with Flameware and t=
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he continual testing involved for each new body batch. If we all still cook=
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ed over wood fires and charcoal I think this would be a different discussio=
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n. I've had a couple of Pyrex dishes spontaneously go to impressive smithe=
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reens over the years, but I suspect being set on cool counters didn't help =
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matters. Too much party going on....
In fact, because I'm starting a new venture selling at the Mount Vernon Far=
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mer's Market on Saturdays, I've rewritten and retweaked the counter blurb a=
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couple of times. I'm promoting *Slow Manufacturing* which I think is a goo=
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d wheeze I spotted in a craft magazine editorial. The Slow Food movement is=
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big here (Skagit Valley huge agricultural area) and I was invited on the l=
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ocal SF board recently. Buy Local yadda yadda. But I think I'm only going t=
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o promote Lead Free and can the dishwasher safe, microwave proof. I never i=
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ncluded oven safe, in the first instance, because in my mind's eye I could =
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see someone preparing the proverbial tuna cassarole in one of my dishes, fr=
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eezing it, then whopping it in a hot oven straight from the freezer. Like M=
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el, I want my pots to be used but not cooked in. I was looking at May Luk's=
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Etsy store -- really lovely presentation of her delightfully quirky photog=
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raphs and equally delightful work -- and noticed May cites *microwave ok g=
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ently* or a phrase along those lines which uses *gently*. Ten seconds on Fu=
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ll, or 20 seconds on Medium? Where do we all begin? So, I'm neatly back to =
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Mel's rationale: Don't even start with the cooking thing. Lead free Rules O=
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K. An honorable sop to the masses.=3D20
Dinah
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