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From: carl@bdaemon.UUCP (carl)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: copper, ketchup, Comet, lemons and salt
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 18:20:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 18:20:47 1986
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> 
> As long as all this experimentation is going on, what about
> the old trick of dumping salt on half of a lemon and rubbing the lemon
> over the copper...............

Vinegar by itself will not do anything.  However, I've used a paste of
common table salt and vinegar for years to clean the bottom of some Revere
ware pots.