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one of my dearest friends Hans Craig gave me a set of Chocolate Club Cookware. it needed a good SOS pad and elbow grease bought a jar of Mothers aluminum cleaner it works wonders. I use a rechargable kitchen scrubber with a green scrubby attached but its a little rough on the sponge thing any suggestions for something better to scrub with
 
Ron:

For everyday cleanups, I am very fond of the blue Scotchbrite pads; they scrub and clean but don't scratch or polish. The blue Scotchbrite is not the same as the green - the green is "guaranteed to scratch."

SOS or Brillo (or the dollar-store equivalent, which really are equivalent) are the right way to shine the inside of this cookware.

One tip about Club: Never store food of any kind in it. Anything with salt or acid in it (which is most food) will contribute to darkening and/or pitting of the interior. Put your leftovers in some other container, and wash the Club ASAP.

Also, don't put it in the dishwasher; this will etch the exterior over time. And dry it after use; don't leave it wet - this also contributes to darkening and roughening of the interior.

If something bakes onto the exterior, the blue Scotchbrite pads will generally coax it off. A bit of Bon Ami on the scrubber helps. If something really nasty builds up on the exterior, it's porcelain, so a spritz of oven cleaner will get it off, though you should be careful about getting the cleaner on the aluminum part.

Hey, Hans! If you're passing out Club, I'm looking for the ten-inch Stanish Omelet Pan. :) I'll buy it from you if you ever run across one.
 
I had the set in turquoise.I removed the handles,put them in my GE P7 self cleaning oven during the three hour clean cycle. They looked like new.
 
I was ready to hunt down a Club tea kettle because I love the design, but after finding they're a small size I decided against it.  I wish they had made a larger version.

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Sandy, I was originally cruising for Farberware but even the 2-quart size is kind of small.   I think the Club is also a 2-quart size.  Now I'm eying the "anniversary" Oxo kettle with cork handle, but it's pricey and I don't use a kettle all that often, so will probably just wait for something that will fit the bill to come along at a thrift store or elsewhere.  I still have my mom's old Revere kettle, but it's nothing special to look at.

 

On my dual fuel Electrolux Icon, the burners are a few inches in diameter and put out some serious BTUs so I need a larger kettle that will cover the whole burner.  Otherwise even a medium flame can lick up the sides and there isn't a snowball's chance of using the handle without a pot holder.

 

THAT is about the only aspect of cooking on a gas stove that bothers me -- BUT -- there is already another thread running for the gas vs. electric discussion . . .

 

 
 
Ralph:

This is so simple.

All you have to do is to replace the Icon with a '57 GE Liberator, which will both eliminate your flame-spread problem and match your fridge.

See how easy that was? >8^P

Seriously, Mirro used to make huge honkin' teakettles (like up to 6-1/2 quarts) for large families and farm use. They're aluminum, but they're out there. Some were sort of Streamline Moderne, others were more traditional-looking. Here's a link to an NOS 5-quart model on eBay:

 
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Tom:

What I like about the Farberware kettle is, once the lid is off, the whole top of the kettle is open, making it very easy to clean and remove mineral deposits from.

Here in Waterloo, IA that's a must, because our water here is harder'n Hell. I always say, God forbid I end up with dentures, because if I do, I'm going to have to chip my teeth out of the glass every morning!
 
Hans!

"not in vomicado or baby s$%^ harvest!!"

I am laughing so hard I'm afraid I'll wet myself!

"Vomicado" is the single most perfect descriptor of the color I've ever heard. I hereby nominate it as the Official AW Diss Word for that shade of green.
 
replace the Icon with a '57 GE Liberator

Well, the '57 Combination is in the laundry room.  I don't have 240 service out there, and I don't have water or sewer plumbed behind the stove, and I'm not the least bit inclined to deal with the slow response of electric burners ever again, so I guess I'll keep things as they are . . .

 

I like the size of that Mirro kettle, but the style is, well, non-existent.  I've seen some big old Magnalite/Wagner kettles on line but they're, shall we say, not my cup of tea either.   If it's going to be on display, its industrial design needs to have artistic appeal, or I'm not interested.
 
Ralph:

As I mentioned, Mirro made more than one style, and some were sort of Deco/Moderne.

If you'll periodically search eBay on "mirro teakettle," you might find something you like eventually.

My grandmother had a ginormous one that looked like part of a torpedo.
 
We had..

One from my Mothers childhood that grandmother used on the wood stove, it was a Revere and held about a gallon and a half...huge, you needed that to pour hot water into the tin tub on saturday night to take a bath!LOL You must remember, my Mother was born in 1929, and the REA didnt bring in electricity until 38, and a indoor bathroom and electric stove didnt appear until 54...4 years after Mother married.
 
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What is the origin of the Corning kettle, anyone know? They made a pyroceram kettle but I've never seen this aluminum Corning oddity before.

Sandy is right about the blue scotchbrite pads, they are really good and I've not had one scratch yet. They come in a sponge version that makes it a little easier on the hands to bear down and scrub in earnest or just the naked blue scrubby part.
 
Greg:

Corning outshopped a couple of things to Club. One was this teakettle, and the other was a huge 8-quart stock pot.

The reason for both seems to have been that certain things didn't work too well in Pyroceram. The Pyroceram teakettle (not the little teapots, but the big kettle) was ungodly expensive to produce, was heavy as lead and people kept dropping the lids and breaking them. Intact examples are not easy to find.

The 8-quart pot is a little more mysterious. In shape, it was a copy of the Corning Ware shape, and it was finished in white. It was Teflon II inside. The reason for it is usually assumed to be a limitation on size in the molding process for Pyroceram, but no one seems to know for certain. I have only ever seen photos, and only in Just White, never a pattern. By having this made in aluminum, Corning would have been able to offer a serious stockpot, something the Corning Ware line always lacked, even though the 5-quart pot was a nice, large, useful size.
 
I have  a number of Coringware Club pots.  I 1 qt,  3qt and a Dutch oven.  They were all made for the Corning range are white and have flat, flat bottoms.  You can see the lightly ribbed bottom is flat in the picture of the tea kettle.
 

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