The table looked good this morning with the lacey cloth on it, so I was thinking I might not have to wash it between uses. But when I picked it up a whole bunch of crumbs dropped through the holes and were pretty evenly scattered on the surface under it. It's an antique so I soak it and do that wash by hand then put it in a zipper laundry bag for the drier.

A brief search on baking soda and vegetables shows that there is some loss of nutrition. One article suggests visualizing putting salt in the water - how little can be added before it is too salty. Swap baking soda for the salt amount and you can see it requires very little.

Now to get the eBay stuff out from where it was stashed for the holiday and return to listing things.