"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Ketchup! from the following website (and also a recommendation by a maid
>> service):
>>
>> http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...572/index.html
>>
>> Use ketchup to: Remove tarnish from copper and brass cookware. Squeeze
>> ketchup onto a cloth and rub it on pots and pans. They should go back to
>> their coppery color in minutes. Rinse with warm water and dry with a
>> towel.
>>
>> I don't like ketchup, but like a lot of people I do have a bottle of it.
>> I
>> had no idea I could use it to clean my copper-clad Revere Ware.
>> Surprise!
>>
>> Jill
>
> LOL!
> I have lots of Revereware with copper bottoms. Try the ketchup and report
> back. I'll bet it's a joke and won't work at all. I used to scrub mine
> clean for a short while but finally gave up as it takes way more time than
> the average cook has.
>
> IMO, if you see shiny copper bottoms of pans hanging in a kitchen....that
> person never uses them or they hire someone to polish them each week.
>
Sorry, sweetie. My aunt Jean was just about one of the best cooks I've ever
known. She also had copper-clad pans. She sure didn't hire someone to
clean it. She was legally blind. She also refinished furniture and did
ceramics as a hobby. For all I know she used ketchup to keep her copper
sparkling clean.

Jill