[Magdalen] Black Fingers

[Grace Cangialosi]

I'd forgotten this, but the Altar Guild at the church I served in the mountains used Polident to clean the cruets, since there was no good way to get a cloth or brush into the tiny necks.

On June 26, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

My fingers are super cruddy from cabbing chrysocolla. Talked to a friend at
the gem show this weekend who said to soak them in Polident(!), that it
would take most stains out *and* make your hands soft. I haven't got any
yet but will pick some up tomorrow. You might try that. Beats bleach!

On Sunday, June 26, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a wonderful feast, Susan!
>
> > On Jun 26, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > I just finished pitting 2.5 pounds of dark sweet cherries and my
> > fingers are a gruesome color.  It does not wash off, even with Lava
> > soap.  I feel like Morticia Adams.
> >
> > I am making Cherry Ketchup in anticipation of my friend's visit next
> > weekend.  She has ulcerative colitis with many food sensitivities,
> > among them tomatoes and peppers.  I want to barbecue for the 4th of
> > July and found this recipe.  It is a sort of fruit chutney with
> > cherries and sweet spices - ginger, cinnamon, cloves and lemon, honey
> > and vinegar.  It is supposed to be like a barbecue sauce.  I think it
> > will taste good whether or not it is a replacement for a tomato based
> > sauce.  Still, I think it's going to take a few days for my hands to
> > return to normal.
> >
> > She can't have preserved meats either so I'm going to brine my own
> > chickens and maybe some ribs and do them in my smoker.
> >
> > Susan
> >
> > --
> > The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> > you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> > land of Egypt.
> > Leviticus 19:34
>