jmcquown wrote:
>
> "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

My mom's copper-clad Revereware was always polished. Come to
think of it, it was either my sister or I who did that after we
were old enough to do so. I polished for a while after I was out
on my own and then stopped. I can't use my Revereware on my
induction stove, so my daughter has the intermediate-aged items.

--
Jean B.