Thanks! I'll try to salvage the "stinky" silverware by polishing them
first.

Gary Grathen
DeLand, FL


"Isaac Wingfield" > wrote in message
...
> In article t>,
> "Gary Grathen" > wrote:
>
> > I have a set of "silver color" Oneida silverware with the word "Oneida"
on
> > the handle in block letters. It has no discernable taste or smell.
> >
> > However, I have the same pattern with the word "Oneida" on the handle in
> > script. That set has a "silver-coppery" color and has a "stinky"
metallic
> > taste and smell, especially noticable when eating food like yogurt.
> >
> > Can anyone explain why one set is OK and the other set "stinks"?
>
> If the stinky set is just tarnished silver (or silver plate) a good
> polishing should take care of both problems at once.
>
> Isaac