[Sca-cooks] Copper cookware prevents food poisoning
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Mon Jul 16 18:46:48 PDT 2012
>Oh, I'm well aware of the problems with copper cookware, as also
>were the medieval Islamic cooks. al-Warraq discusses the off flavors
>that copper can impart, and attributes to it some less than
>salubrious humoural characteristics. He further recommends using it
>only for a very limited selection of foods, unless it's tinned.
>Nevertheless, I'd like to try cooking in it just for the experience.
>And it's my understanding that you get the stuff tinned if you look
>around a bit.
If you have it tinned, I'm sure it will eliminate any anti-bacterial effects.
Ranvaig
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