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.