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>For rasam, it's tin, not lead. Could be, I was going by what I've heard from elders. They could have been wrong.
by vram22 9y ago
>For rasam, it's tin, not lead.
Could be, I was going by what I've heard from elders. They could have been wrong.
- mirimir 9y agoI hope that they were wrong. Tin looks a lot like lead. It's harder, but melts at a lower temperature. I doubt that one could coat cookware with pure lead, because it oxidizes too quickly, but alloys (e.g. solder) might be used.
- mangamadaiyan 9y agoIt is indeed tin, despite the name you heard (eeya-chatti, or eeya-pathiram I'm sure) from your elders. The Tamil word Eeyam has two overloaded meanings, one is tin/pewter, the other is lead. Unfortunately, "Eeyam" is almost always translated into "Lead".
- vram22 9y agoI think you're right, thanks.