What does it mean that copper is a "contact killer" or that the metal is anti bacterial / anti viral? Host and coppersmith Sara Dahmen discusses the molecular properties, interaction with oxygen, and copper's special systems that destroy bacteria and viruses within a matter of hours - all backed up by scientific studies you can read yourself! To submit your own questions on cookware, visit www.housecopper.com/podcast
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Episode 24: Patching Tin Linings on Copper Pots
Ever wonder if you can patch a hole in your tin lining by "spot tinning"? What are the possibilities, pros, and cons to do so? Host and coppersmith Sara Dahmen goes over the basics on how you might be just like those housewives back in the day, who bought little packets of "tin" to fix their own tin linings on the fly. To submit your own questions on cookware, visit www.housecopper.com/podcast
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Episode 23: The 3 Kinds of Cookware Iron
Cookware typically uses grey iron, ductile iron, and cast steel (in the old days there was wrought iron from blacksmiths, but that time is pretty much gone for mass production of cookware). Host and coppersmith Sara Dahmen discusses the three main kinds of iron, how their graphite structures work, why you use them in different types of cookware or parts of cookware, and what to look for to fill out your batterie and why. To submit your own questions on cookware, visit www.housecopper.com/podcast
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Episode 22: What is a Tinsmith Convergence?
If you wish to meet other tinsmiths or coppersmiths, get hands-on experience, crash courses in building cookware, and the history of cookware making, consider learning what a convergence is, how to attend, and what to expect. To submit your own questions on cookware, visit www.housecopper.com/podcast
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Episode 21: Apprenticeships: What they mean today
Host and coppersmith Sara Dahmen talks about how she found her apprenticeship, the misconceptions of today’s society about what an apprenticeship should look like, and how these hands-on experiences can shape and save dying arts and trades today. To submit your own questions on cookware, visit www.housecopper.com/podcast
Cookware Doctor brings you expert answers to your cookware questions. Host Sara Dahmen, author of "Copper Iron and Clay: A Smith's Journey" and the only female coppersmith building copper cookware in America, talks about what you're cooking on and why it works, supplying you with enough foodie trivia for your next dinner party and more riveting (pun intended!) information you never knew you wanted. Submit your burning (ha!) questions at www.housecopper.com/podcast/
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