Post #465558 by Capt. R.H. Falernum on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 4:58 PM

I have a mystery which YOU might be able to solve.

Having recently visited a restaurant the both serves drinks in volcano bowls AND offers them for sale, I procured a volcano bowl of my own (first photo below). However upon arriving home, I found that the fluid of the cocktail has seeped into the volcano itself and is not easily removed (after a week+ of shaking it, tilting it & letting it slowly seep out, there is still a fair amount of liquid within the volcano bowl's inner chasm(s).

As much as I love the idea of a magically endless cocktail, the concoction is turning fairly rancid & attracting bugs.

Does anyone know about how bowls like this are constructed so that I might expedite the removal of this fluid?
Dare I drill into the volcano through the bottom of the mug (using the hole that's already in the base of the mug (photo #2 below)?

Any & all help is appreciated!