On 7/15/2012 12:44 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:24:53 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>
> The darker the exterior of cookware the better it cooks... those who
> shine the exterior of their cookware to a mirror finish are no kind of
> a cook, they're all show and no go.
>
Finally, some one with common sense.....