[Sca-cooks] Copper bowl question

[Gorgeous Muiredach]

>What is the icky thing given off by copper bowls?!?!?  They are supposedly
>the best thing for whipping egg whites by hand. Is there a chemical
>reaction that results?

Yeah, copper reacts badly with all kind of foods.  Pure copper is usually
used only to beat egg whites or cook sugar for caramel.

That's why copper pots are usualy lined with stainless steel (now), or
pewter (used to).


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