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Aluminum basket in stainless steel stock pot

Q. Will the use of an aluminum perforated pasta strainer basket in a stainless steel stock pot, used with boiling salted tap water, cause a metal interaction problem? Thank you.

Nancy M Tarrand
chief cook and bottlewasher (mom) - Houston, Texas
2006

A. Well, there's a simple, practical, thought-provoking question. Certainly all of the requirements for significant galvanic corrosion have been met. I suspect that the only reason it's a minor problem instead of a serious one is the few hours per year where the corrosion situation exists, and the fact that such strainers tend to be inexpensive almost disposable items.

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Nancy Tarrand
- Houston, Texas
2006

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