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Cleaning Copper
Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:44:51 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
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>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:24:53 -0400, Gary > wrote:
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>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> Ketchup! from the following website (and also a recommendation by a maid
>>>>> service):
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>>>>> 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.
>> Oh, good. I started thinking that some time ago.
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> Shiny cook/bakeware reflects heat away causing uneven cooking. Also
> the rougher the exterior of cooking vessels, the more surface area,
> the better they cook, and with less energy wasted. It's very silly to
> polish the exterior of copper cookware, just wash off any schmutz, but
> the dark oxidation is the true beauty of copper cookware, polishing
> negates your investment. If folks have so much extra time and energy
> to waste polishing cookware perhaps they'd derive more pleasure using
> that time and effort masturbating. LOL
LOL! You got me there.
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Jean B.
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