We left Kingston with more than an auto repair bill. My mother-in-law gave me a couple of her well-loved copper bottom pots and an enameled cast-iron skillet. Both work beautifully despite years of use.
I know how to take care of the skillet, but being new to copper pots I wasn’t sure how to keep the bases clean. So I poked about the Internet for some answers. Turns out Graham Haley knows. And he’s really eager to share. Really eager.
Yeah. Like that’s gonna happen in my house. Besides, I’m not sure I want to see my pots’ copper bottoms winking back at me. And just how many pots do you need before you have an army? I have two. What’s that make? A squad?
Be honest. Do you actually clean your pots beyond soap, hot water and a scrubbing pad? Is Handy Haley an aproned Felix Unger, or am I just a slob with friends who are too nice to tell me?
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Years ago, I hung my copper bottom pots and they needed to be presentable, if not sparkling, so I did you the commercial copper cleaner to keep them 'pretty'. No more … the copper bottom pots are stored away and the Paderno pots are hung.
We still hang the copper bottomed pots at the cottage, but the tarnished, used & loved looks fits in the rustic setting just fine.
Nice Canadian video. My personal theory is that there should NEVER be glass fronted cupboards or pot racks/displays/walls where kitchen ware is on display. Any cranberry chicken left. I’ll be by on Wed. pm.
Cheers,
Robin
What a funny video. Yeah, I have to admit, I’m not as good at the “caretaking” as I should be. Oh well!
KJB, that’s what I call working smarter, not harder. Glad you can enjoy the copper pots in their unaltered state at the cottage.
Robin, I will allow for glass-fronted book cases and an open-faced mug rack. I’d love an overhead pot rack, but with our low ceilings, Andrew get a concussion. And the chicken is long gone. Maybe the next time the family gathers?
Elyse, I’m not good at this kind of caretaking either. Haven’t cleaned my oven in a decade. Hmmm. Perhaps that’s not the sort of thing I should be confessing over the Internet.