[Sca-cooks] Copper bowl question

[Terry Decker]

You don't necessarily need a copper bowl, but it does provide some
additional benefit.  No magic, just a little extra help.

The ion transfer itself is likely dependent on the surface area involved.
The more surface area, the more transfer.  Adding a little metal to the mix
might or might not cut it and would certainly alter the whipping (think of
those pennies ripping through your delicate foam).

Bear

>Hmmm. So for those of use who don't have any of these magic copper
>
>bowls, I'm wondering if dropping a few copper pennys (urr, the old
>ones that were really composed of significant amounts of copper)
>into a standard plastic or stainless steel bowl work for this? Or
>maybe a piece of copper pipe?
>But that price given for a copper bowls didn't sound too bad. Maybe
>I just need to buy one.
>
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