jmcquown wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>
>>PENMART01 wrote:
>>
>>>Peggy > writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>While making apple sauce and tomato sauce this weekend, I noticed
>>>>that
>>>>my Foley food mill had shed some of its what-I-presume-is nickel
>>>>plating, revealing its base metal. Does this present a hazard?
>>>>Peg (in New York's glorious Finger Lakes -- wine country!)
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi neighbor (sorta) -- capitol area
>>>
>>>I have an old Foley too but so far mine has not begun to show any
>>>wear.
>>>
>>>The plating on the Foley food mill is tin, which in of itself poses
>>>no health threat, but if it has begun to flake off then it is time
>>>to retire it... you really don't want to risk metal shavings in your
>>>food. The newer food mills are made completely of stainless steel
>>
>>You'd be better off getting the larger-sized Foley. (what's it
>>called, a "102"?) I had a stainless food mill that I bought at
>>Williams Sonoma, and
>>it sucked. I gave the
>>stainless steel mill to my brother.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Bob
>
>
> ROFL! So, you gave your brother a gift that sucked?!
>
> Jill
>

Of course! :-)
It wasn't like a Christmas present or birthday present; I told him I didn't
want the food mill and did he want it.

Best regards,
Bob