Re: Gaggia aluminum or Silvia brass boilers; which is best?

On Aug 10, 1:02 pm, "Donn Cave" <d...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Quoth "Jack Denver" <nunuv...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

| Copper is not poisonous as a container for water though it may react with
| some acids - that's why copper cooking pans have a tin or stainless lining.
| OTOH, copper vessels for cooking sugar (which is not acidic) into candy are
| traditionally unlined copper.

I understand copper was once popular for cooking vessels, because the
vegetables boiled therein would come out especially green.  Those days
are gone - I mean, I think most of us like green vegetables to look green,
but would nowadays prefer their own natural green - but I don't recall
reading about any health issues.

        Donn

Get the facts;
copper: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts132.html
aluminum: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts22.html

Or listen to uninformed supposition!

Tex
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