302754 Thu Dec 01 18:05:16 -0800 2005 1 29 Not About Food 0 1697279 I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with a friend who used cloth napkins, kept in rings, for our meals. This reminded me of a long-ago visit in Germany, where we kept our cloth napkins in fabric envelopes. Has anyone else used the envelopes? I tried a brief internet search but couldn't find a source for buying or making. Thu Dec 01 18:05:16 -0800 2005 0 semmel 1 1697326 Oh, wow, I remember embroidering these when I was in elementary school in Italy. Never seen them used in real life, though. The concept now seems sort of un-American - stowing away soiled linen for re-use - doesn't it? Sun Dec 04 16:11:02 -0800 2005 1697279 0 Fida