On Jul 15, 10:24*am, Gary > wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
> > Ketchup! *from the following website (and also a recommendation by a maid
> > service):
>
> >http://www.realsimple.com/home-organ...-surprising-na...
>
> > 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.
>
> My Revereware pots and pans are black on the copper bottoms and they can
> stay that way as far as I'm concerned. They still work fine. *:-D *I'll use
> my ketchup for dogs & burgers.
>
> Gary

Ugh - bad childhood memory. My mother had a set of that Revereware
plus the hanging rack. Of course, she wanted the copper gleaming, so
it added to the elbow grease performance during the dish washing
gig. When she moved, the hanging rack was never used again. I bet
someone in the family tho is still using those pans.