Like many boomer kids, and some later ones as well, I spent part of my childhood polishing the copper bottoms of my mother’s Revere Ware pots. Actually, I think it was the only part of dish-washing that I liked, revealing the copper gleam on the pots, which were hung on a pegboard in our kitchen. Pegboards are another post I’m sure to get to.
When I moved out some thirty years or so ago, I went out and bought myself my own set…but without copper bottoms. They had the same lightweight and nearly indestructible design, and they served me well until about the turn of the century when my wife and I merged households. Continue reading
