On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:44:51 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>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.
>
>Oh, good. I started thinking that some time ago.

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