Cleaning Copper-Bottoms

Luckytrim

Grill Master
Gold Site Supporter
Whenever you empty a jar of dill pickles, use the leftover juice to clean the copper bottoms of
your pans. Just pour the juice in a large bowl; set the pan in the juice for about 15 minutes.
Comes out looking like new.

If you can't wait for the pickle jar to be empty, use ketchup on them. It works too !

This also works on brass items.
 

PieSusan

Tortes Are Us
Super Site Supporter
If you use salt along with lemon juice or ketchup it will work really well, too.
 

joec

New member
Gold Site Supporter
Those are great tips and the only copper I have is a 1qt bowl I use to beat egg whites in. All my cooking stuff is 3 ply stainless, or cast iron.
 

Fisher's Mom

Mother Superior
Super Site Supporter
This is a great tip, Lucky. Since it works on brass, too, this is very useful for me. Thank you.
 

Maverick2272

Stewed Monkey
Super Site Supporter
I have a set of copper bottoms that need a good cleaning. I wonder if this process is due to the vinegar in ketchup and pickle juice?
 
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