pots are one of the most important tools in the kitchen. For those who often cook, it is very important to choose a pot that is easy to use. There are many types of pots and utensils now, and the variety of new terms made Xiaobai dazzled and felt that he couldn't start.
Buy cheap ones and are afraid of being difficult to use, and buy expensive ones and are afraid of paying IQ tax!
So when I moved to a new house before, I was going to buy a few new pots and utensils for the kitchen, I directly consulted my cousin who had sold kitchen utensils for 20 years. She told me: These three pots in the store are best sold, but I don’t recommend you buy !
non-stick pot
My cousin said that almost all non-stick pots are from coated pots, including Maifan Stone Pot and pebbles pots and other internet celebrity pots.
Common non-stick coatings include Teflon coating and ceramic coating . Because the stir-frying dish is non-stick and easy to clean, and the appearance design is fashionable and the colors are colorful, it is deeply loved by young people who are not good at cooking now.
However, after using the non-stick pan for a period of time, the coating will slowly fall off. Not only will the stir-frying dishes stick to the pan, there is also a risk that the peeling coating will be eaten by mistake . In addition, it is most taboo to dry-burn at high temperatures in non-stick pans. will decompose substances that are harmful to the human body at high temperatures above 250℃.
When using a non-stick pan, you should also be very careful. Do not use shovels and steel wool balls. At the same time, try to avoid stir-frying hard and shelled ingredients. Even so, is only used for 1 to 2 years a non-stick pan that costs several hundred yuan. If the coating falls off, you can only change the pan. The cost of using is not low.
If you have some experience in cooking, it is more practical to choose a traditional Chinese iron pot. Although iron pot is not good-looking, it is safe and uncoated, healthy and durable . As long as you open the pan, pay attention to maintenance, a physical non-stick layer such as an oil film will be formed on the surface of the iron pan, and the more you use it, the easier it is to use it.
Compared with the coated non-stick pan, the iron pan heats up faster, which is especially suitable for Chinese-style stir-frying. The fried dishes are more fragrant and delicious, and there is a magical " Pot-air ". Make some fried rice with eggs, which has a strong aroma and will never get tired of eating it.
Iron pot is divided into pig iron pot and cooked iron pot. If you are too lazy to carry out daily maintenance and have relatively little arms strength, it is recommended that you choose a cooked iron wok. Especially this " high-purity iron suffocation cooked iron pot " has undergone nitriding and anti-corrosion treatment process on the surface. There is less fume for stir-frying in and is not prone to rust.
suffocation cooked iron pot adopts a spinning process, with a thick bottom and thin walls, a fast and even heating speed, and girls can also turn the pot with one hand. A single iron pot, fry, stew, stir-fry everything, is much more practical than a non-stick pot.
snow pan
The first reason many people buy pots is their appearance, such as pebbles pots, star anise pots, and very popular Japanese snow pans. Exquisite and compact, it makes people love it.
is indeed convenient to use, the heating speed is fast, and it can cook noodles and soup, blanch and wash rice for cold stir. After cooking, you can also directly serve the pot and wash one less dish.
But like other internet celebrity pots, the snow pan is good-looking but difficult to clean up. If you are not careful, it will burn black and turn yellow, because there are many snowflake patterns on the wall of the snow pan, which is very difficult to clean.
Just choose an ordinary stainless steel soup pot, and there are also many small sizes to choose from. The smooth stainless steel surface is much easier to clean than a snow pan.
Stainless steel pot bottom is easy to burn black and yellow, which is actually normal. Be careful not to have too much firepower when using it. In addition, you can prepare some "stainless steel cleaning paste" at home.
Stainless steel cleaning paste is specially used to treat various stains such as scorch, oil and stain at the bottom of stainless steel pot. It uses high-quality natural silicon powder and adds plant active agents to effectively remove oil and rust on the bottom of stainless steel pot.
The method of using is also very simple. Use a sponge to dip the stainless steel cleaning paste and apply it to the stained and black dirt. Let it sit for 15 minutes before scrubbing it repeatedly with the cleaning sponge. It can be polished without a steel wool ball.
And it is also multi-function cleaner . The rust and dirt on various stainless steel such as sinks, pots and stoves, oil dirt on the faucet, and oil stains on the countertop can be easily removed.
gas pressure cooker
The third type of unrecommended pot is this traditional pressure cooker. Many people like to buy it because it is cheaper, and the other is that it is more fragrant and delicious when cooking with it, but it requires some experience.
However, the biggest problem with gas pressure cookers is that there are safety hazards. When using them, people need to look at them from time to time to avoid dry burning. If it takes longer to use, the pressure cooker accessories will age and reduce their performance, which will most likely cause explosions.
Select electric pressure cooker is safer and more practical. Adding the electric pressure cooker to microcomputer control, you only need to select the corresponding functional options according to different ingredients, and it is automatically timed. Especially for this "one pot, double gallbladder" electric pressure cooker, is equipped with two inner vessels, which can be used as a pressure cooker or as a rice cooker .
The two inner shells are stainless steel inner shells used in the pressure cooker mode and coated inner shells of the rice cooker mode. Put them in different inner shells and you can switch the working mode with one click through the small switch on the panel.
At the same time, the corresponding working mode will be displayed on the LCD screen with the large screen. The pressure cooker modes include: soup, stewed meat, beans/strings, cooking porridge, and baking without water; the rice cooker modes include: essence rice, fast rice, nutrition steaming, cake, insulation, displaying time and working status in real time, which is clear at a glance.
Pressure cooker stewed meat is very fast, and you can drink soft and delicious nutritious soup in half an hour, especially the pig's trotter that many people like to eat. It can be stewed so hard that it melts in your mouth. You will basically fall in love with it once.
You can also easily make a waterless baked chicken, which is nutritious and delicious.
Replace with the coated inner liner to cook rice. The spherical inner liner is heated evenly and has a fast heating speed. The cooked rice particles are full and chewy, fragrant, soft and delicious, and have a better taste than ordinary rice cookers.
double inner liner design is more convenient and hygienic. The inner liner is separated from the stewed meat, porridge and rice, and it tastes delicious without scent. It is more practical for a small kitchen and saves valuable space.
If you buy too many pots and utensils, it is better to study the cooking skills carefully. Generally, 3 to 4 pots in the kitchen can meet the daily life needs of most families. # Let's go to the headlines together#
