[Regia-NA] copper for cooking

[Hrolf Douglasson]

some foods also react badly to copper forming 'noxious' substances.
cabbage should never be cooked in copper and copper should never be used at
high temps. (deep fat frying etc) as it 'turns' the oil
vara.
----- Original Message -----
From: "santell juan" <jpsantell@yahoo.com>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:30 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] copper for cooking


> Copper is fine for cooking as long as you know the
> kind of solder that was used in assembly. Many
> overseas producers of cheap copper implements
> sometimes use solder with lead which is a definite no
> no if you wish to stay healthy. One way to use the
> piece if you really like it is to heat it up with a
> torch, remove the old solder completely and re-solder
> with a safe kind readily available at the hardware
> store.
>                 juan Santell
>
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