My Everyday Silver

I saw @stnwllstrtgc is hosting a challenge for "everyday silver" and I had to jump in. First, it amuses me because as a child we had "the good silver" and "the everyday silver" and back then, the "everyday silver" was stainless steel.

"Good silver" became something of a white elephant, no one wanted to have to polish the silverware before the big holiday dinner. As the elder women in my family passed away, I wound up with odds and ends of their real silverware. I made this mismatched stuff my everyday silver...

It is more than just a pretty face, it is actually self-sanitizing. If you think about the properties of colloidal silver, you will understand. Where wooden handles can harbor bacteria and aluminum and pot metal can be toxic, my "everyday silver" kills pathogens and may even give me a little immune boost.

The origins of "born with a silver spoon" might surprise you.

One of the cool things I discovered by changing to silver is that my dairy products last longer if I dip sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc with a silver spoon. I have done a side by side comparison and using CLEAN stainless caused mold to begin to grow - right where I dipped - almost a week sooner than in the tub I dipped with a silver spoon.

Another interesting tidbit... The stuff I have out for use does not really tarnish, not compared to the stuff still stored. As I pull this stuff out it occurs to me, I have been using some of this since I was a baby!

We do not really display our silver much. It is not that we have such a huge stack, it's just that we prefer to not deal with... well...