Tainted Thermos Flask
Dear Aunt *Daisy, I am always interested in your page in The Listener, and whenever possible I listen to your session; and always enjoy it. My trouble is a thermos flask smell! By accident, some cocoa was left in the flask for about three weeks. Being warm weather it soured and since then we have not been able to use the flask. Even when the contents have only been in a few moments they are quite nasty. I have tried filling the flask with earth, and leaving for a week or two, but it still has the nasty taste. All last winter we left it out in the frost, but that did not improve it either. Could you please reply through the Listener? I do want to know what to do about it. Perhaps someone else has had the same trouble
and could help.-
E.M.
F.
Try putting in a handful of charcoal, which you can buy from chemists. Charcoal has great power of absorbing taint. Or leave a strong solution of baking soda standing in the flask. Try putting it in hot. Repeat several times. Do please let us know whether this does the trick.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 332, 2 November 1945, Page 22
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199Tainted Thermos Flask New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 332, 2 November 1945, Page 22
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