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Division Consumer Affairs PO Box 33068 St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-33068 To whom it may concern: I am writing to register my utter disgust with your new and improved Scotch Brite “Heavy Duty” Scour Pads. I have been a loyal...

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'd repeat that step until it’s clear that it’s no longer working When you’ve exhausted all the chemical means, it’s time for abrasives. I’d start with scouring powder on a rag or sponge. If that...

lunch special menu including fish curry, shrimp & chicken basil, pad thai etc. In that same plaza is a Jamaican place, De King’s, where you can get generous portions of roti, jerk chicken, oxtail and the like. Just east of...

3M also makes great scouring pad and finishers. I believe it’s called 3M Scotch Brite pads. The scour pads are gray color and the finisher is in maroon and/or purple color. Move the pads in the same direction of the grain...

So cute, you’ll wear yours all day.

Where’s the best pad thai in Chelsea? I know there’s a ton of Thai restaurants in the 'hood, for some odd reason, and I’ve scoured the boards (trust me) for recs for good/at least decent Thai places out of the...

I don’t have many ‘good’ lunch options around my office, so the prospect of a ‘recommended’ spot near-by is intriguing. A group of us went for Thai at 2150 Steele Ave. W at a place that has changed...

Hi, On behalf of my mom...she was just wondering about some discoloration. She had a stainless-steel quart pot (Ikea, I think) that she uses mostly for boiling vegetables. It’s nine months old. The inside of the pot has...

I was given a blue steel crepe pan from Williams Sonoma and I think I may have seasoned it improperly. I heated up the pan, per the instructions, added oil, cooled and repeated the process. The second time around, it developed a...

before with no problems (first brewing in stainless steel pot and second brewing in a ceramic mug). The only variable is that it has been sitting in the pot overnight. I should mention that I’ve taken a scouring pad to the...