Silver Spoon

[tomstevenson]

You're absolutely correct Douglas, there is no logical reason why a loose silver spoon should preserve the pressure of a sparkling wine and it doesn't. This old wives' tale pops up from time to time and if my memory serves me right it was even put to a laboratory test in the early 1980s, but it just does not work. What interests me more than anything is the origin: who, when and why this illogical concept arised?