Tainted Thermos Flask
Dear Aunt Daisy, With regard to this question in The Listener of November 2nd, perhaps after all, the trouble is not in the container. pert of the thermos flask, I suggest a close examination of the cork, Corks cause much trouble, and once a cork becomes tainted with anything bad, the only thing to do is to change the cork. For a makeshift cork, or stopper, cut a potato, or better still a kumara to fit. To make it easy to pull out, place it in a pocket of muslin or cotton. rag, ' H., Ahipara. Several other correspondents have also suggested that the cork is the chief trouble; and that you should boil it in salt and water, to clean it, and always cover it with grease-proof paper before putting it in the flask. It is best to carry milk separately, and not put any in the flask,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 22
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151Tainted Thermos Flask New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 22
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