[Sca-cooks] Aluminum

[Terry Decker]

Tinfoil came into use as a food protector in the late 19th Century (tin 
plated steel cans were patented in 1810).  Because it imparts a "tinny" 
flavor to food wrapped in it, it was supplanted by aluminum foil beginning 
in 1910.  Because of the relationship between the two products, the term tin 
foil is sometimes applied to aluminum foil.

Bear

> Ok, I'll rephrase the question: When did aluminium foil become more widely 
> used in domestic kitchens vs foil of other metals (such as tin)?
>
> 'Lainie