"H. W. Hans Kuntze" <hans@chef.net> wrote in 
news:2f69b82170c9613d27ce8b21af91590c@news.teranews.com:

> Debbie Deutsch wrote:
> 
>>have a gas stove and then I will have to break down and buy some of your
>  
>>nice copperware.  :-)
>>
> Hi Debbie.
> 
> No need to wait.
> 
> Thick, non-warping copper works on anything but induction.
> 
> Although gas is my favorite too.
> 

Hans,

Right now I have an electric stove with only three working coils.  It is 
more than 20 years old and not worth fixing.  One day I will have gas.  It 
is now a promise to myself that when I find my next job (telecom bust 
refugee here) I will be nice to myself and do something about my kitchen, 
including replacing that stove.  Counters... cabinets... ah what a dream.  
Right now there are none of those things in my 1920's kitchen which is for 
most intents and purposes unchanged from the original other than paint, 
floor covering, and the removal at some point of the original stove.

Until I have a nice gas stove I can't see using copper, especially not tin-
lined copper, which could be ruined by a very hot burner.  (I have a few 
pieces of tin-lined and nickel?-lined copperware, purchased at good prices 
from time to time mostly on shopping trips to Zabar's in NYC.)  The 
copperware certainly is quite responsive to changes in temperature, but the 
stove changes temperature only slowly.  As it is I often resort to moving 
pans on and off working burners in order to arrest cooking at the right 
point.  This is a trick when there are only three burners to work with, 
especially when one is trying to do several dishes at once.

Debbie

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