Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site floyd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!jce From: jce@floyd.UUCP (John Eldridge) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: pots and pans Message-ID: <1891@floyd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Aug-83 08:52:31 EDT Article-I.D.: floyd.1891 Posted: Tue Aug 9 08:52:31 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Aug-83 17:56:21 EDT References: <215@nbires.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ Lines: 6 nbires!lizard seems to be claiming that copper-bottom pans cause copper poisoning. This is unlikely, since there is a generous layer of stainless steel between the food and the copper. The same is true of aluminum clad pans like farberware. I haven't yet heard of any danger of poison from stainless steel, though some argue that its heat qualities are inferior.