Ask Me Anything: Cosigning Parents, Silent Stylist, Rum Cake Recipe, and More
Once again, it’s mailbag day, when I reach in and pull out your questions. While there are always more than I could possibly answer in one sitting, I try to select the ones that will have the greatest interest to most of you, my Dear Readers.
What’s inside? Here are the questions I’m answering from my bulging reader mailbag. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. Or just scroll through to read all. Enjoy!
Contents
1. Gray “scratches” on fine dinnerware
2. Help, we co-signed student loans!
3. Spreadable butter disaster?
4. Spouse demands the purse strings
5. IP Vanilla Extract
6. The unscrupulous stylist
7. Rum Cake Recipe, Pleeeese!
Q1: Do you have a tip on how to clean gray lines and scratches from my white Pfaltzgraff dishes? Barb
Pfaltzgraff has been making dinnerware for many years and has used earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and bone china at some point in its history. Most Pfaltzgraff patterns currently in production are made primarily of stoneware and earthenware, with only a few patterns being offered in ironstone and porcelain. The good news is that all Pfaltzgraff dinnerware is microwave and dishwasher safe.
The appearance of gray lines or “scratches” on Pfaltzgraff dinnerware is not a defect—in fact, it is quite common. These marks appear when metal utensils come in contact with the hard glazes used by the manufacturer. You can remove these marks easily using a variety of cleansers. Pfaltzgraff makes its own Pfaltzgraff Stoneware & Porcelain Cleaner, but it is a little pricey. Read more