I purchase a lot of staples from an Amish bulk food store. The odor in the store is a little odd (from gas lighting?), and sometimes the food has absorbed the odor. Is there any way to remove absorbed odors from food? Thanks.

-- Sharon/WI (pinnow@inwave.com), September 22, 2001

Answers

Stash a box of baking soda in the staples? I know baking soda will absorb alot of odors. I wonder if you could sew some kind of sqare with baking soda inside.

-- Ann Markson (tngreenacres@hotmail.com), September 22, 2001.

staples?? I didnt know the Amish used staples,, do the use a staple gun also? And what does it matter that staples smell bad?

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), September 22, 2001.

Ha!! I thought about that after I hit the submit button...

staple n. 1: a chief commodity or product

In this case, food.

-- Sharon/WI (pinnow@inwave.com), September 22, 2001.