On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:25:34 -0700 in rec.food.cooking, "Julie Bove"
> wrote,
>Gary wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Yep. I no longer polish my copper bottoms. My grandma and parents used to
>do it all the time. They were proud of the results.

If someone wants polished copper pots hanging in the kitchen, they
should polish them, coat them with lacquer, and then never cook anything
in them. I hope nobody here is that person.