Sunday, 18 April 2010

The Cookware Our Ancestors Used - Cast Iron Cookware

The Cookware Our Ancestors Used - Cast Iron Cookware
By Dimas Heri Yulianto
For more one hundreds years cast iron cookware is once favourite type of cookware. A good place to begin searching this Cast iron cookware is in atique auctions, flea market and yard sale. Cast iron cookware still be choosed, although e new brand cookware is desired
Why most people still use Cast iron cookware ?. Many chef in restaurant, hotel etc still use this type, Cast iron cookware. Cast iron cookware have the composition to retain heat as well as distribution of heat on the cooking surface . Cast iron cookware can durable and endure extremes in heat . Cast iron cookware is non stick cookware and can be use for cooking like grilled sandwiches, burger.
Cast iron cookware can be season excellent. You can use the direction from the new cookware that you purchase from the retailer. A new cast iron cookware is coating with substances to keep from sticking.



By the direction, can keep the iron seasoned with use or handed down cookware
a. You can clean rust or scour out with steel wool in the cast iron cookware
b. Coat the cast iron cookware after use vegetable oil, lard, bacon fat, or hardened fat
c. You can put cast iron cookware in oven with upside down position, and give the tin foil to catch drippings and keep oven clean. Bake for a approximately 30 minutes until several hours in medium – high temperature
d. Moving your cast iron cookware from the oven upside and let cool
e. Fat and oil wipe out from the cast iron cookware
f. Repeat again
g. Put the lid of cast iron cookware
How to use cookware ?
Let the cast iron cookware be preheated before you entering the food. You can test the cast iron cookware, ready or not to drop the food by give some water and looks that the water sizzles. If it happens cast iron cookware ready to add the food.
If you want to clean the cast iron cookware, its easy done. You must done by hand. And don’t put the cast iron cookware in dishwasher.Give water scrub and dish soap in out the cookware, after that dryi it. Before store the cast iron cookware add light layer of oil when seasoning is start to wear off. Moving the rust in by giving the moisture leads. After remove food from the cookware, clean it. Cast iron cookware can seep into the food especially if cooks acidic type foods or tomato. So its not good for storage leftovers

Stainless Steel Cookware Cleaning Tips

Stainless Steel Cookware Cleaning Tips
By Dimas Heri Yulianto
Stainless steel cookware is expensive cookware set. Before you buying you must know the stainless steel cookware first. Its price $2000 or more. Even if you purchase this Stainless Steel Cookware in home show or state fair. You can buy online from internet stores. But you must pay again $200 until $350 for good quality set of stainless steel cookware. This buying as investment foor kitchen tool
Maintenance of stainless steel cookware. First recommendation , clean your cookware in hot, soapy water by hand wash. Next you can dry with soft cloth. Don’t use detergent , because it have a negative effect on stainless steel cookware. If you choose clean by dishwasher, remove stainless steel cookware after wash and dry by soft cloth to avoid water and food stain



Cleaning Tips of Stainless Steel Cookware
1. If your hand have a problem, using glass cleaner stainless steel cookware. Then dry with towel
2. Don’t use ammonia base cleaner or chlorine bleach on your stainless steel cookware
3. Clean your pan with warm soap water and let sit for an hour . Bring pans to boil on the stove for approximately 15 minutes. The water become cool and scrub with a nylon scouring pad. Wash with hot soapy water. Rinse and dry. Repeat again until the stain is gone
4. Don’t use steel wool for clean stainless steel cookware, it might remove the stuck on food, but also scratch the surfaceof your stainless steel cookware. Better if you usenylon net scouring pads, nylon brushes or plastic
5. The best to clean is non abrasive cleansers like Bar Keepers Friend or Bon Ami Polishing Cleanser. There is two type of Bar Keepers Friend powder and liquid. The powder better than liquid. And your cookware will looks new, beautiful and stylish

Copper Cookware – How to Choose the Best before Buying

Copper Cookware – How to Choose the Best before Buying
By Dimas Heri Yulianto
There is two piece of premium quality copper cookware. That is the best type cookware to replace your old cookware . The advantages ofcopper cookware put on ten times more fo a stainless steel and its conductivity of aluminum
There is many kinds of cookware tools to choose, not all are of premium. Many products from copper produce, but most of them just look good in the kitchen, not good in using it. Others product fictite use same thinner material copper that is more expensive



Fourth things that you must know :
1. Thickness of copper cookware. There is many brands in market and not all of theme have equal quality. The thickness of the copper difference, in the better quality products have at least 2,5mm and for the best quality product will have 2.0 mm.
2. Any potential interaction can eliminate by stainless steel interior lining with the wide range of foods that you may use.Unlined copper products will potentially interact with acidic foods and Linings of aluminum or iron do not offer this same protection
3. Its suggest to buy less expensive item and protect your budge. It cause by the copper cookware product that will last life time, unique and stylish. Better again cause have best performance and warranty
4. You must read the review of copper cookware. You can find it online.

Stainless Steel Cookware

Stainless Steel Cookware
By Dimas Heri Yulianto

The excessive of stainless steel put on have non stick coating for easy food handling and has the aluminum for conductivity. The aluminum metals are compose from the stainless steel pans. Its help to conduct heat from the flame to the food. Most of stainless steel pans have the aluminum at the base of the pans. But the disadvantages is doesn’t help to over all heating of the pans
With the best quality of aluminum on the side and on the bottom pans generates heat better and cooking overall. A high quality cookware is expensive. You will pay a premium. For optimum heat conduction in the cookware, aluminum bonds with stainless steel . its called special manufacture. Person who have induction cooktops must use the best stainless steel consist of magnetic stainless steel



Stainless steel cookware can durable for a lifetime. Its important to everyone who spend a lot of money with single pans. Durability of stainless steel cookware according to lids, pans, and handle itself. The important features of stainless steel cookware put on high quality of non stick surface. If you have a non stick quality, you will use less oil and make clean up a breeze

Features and Advantages of Aluminum & Anodized Aluminum Cookware Set

Features and Advantages of Aluminum & Anodized Aluminum Cookware Set
By Dimas Heri Yulianto

The metal structure of material for cookware is aluminum and anodized aluminum. Each of material in cookware have special character, benefit and drawback to each of type. The benefits and disadvantages of this materials. Aluminum is the best conductor of heat in cookware, even if the construction thick enough, heats up evenly
Hotspot that generated by thin aluminum layer in cookware heat up more quickly than others. It caused food scorch. Lightweight and inexpensive metal is the aluminum character in cookware
So aluminum cookware has main drawbacks. In high heat temperature, aluminum metal can warp easy and prone to scratching. Most of metal aluminum is reactive material. It means , this metal can react with alkaline foods and acidic foods. Alkaline foods such as asparagus and cabbage. Acidic foods such as tomatoes and citrus. It reaction makes the food colour change, metallic taste, and make them appear an unattractive grey shade
So it can be controversial of using the aluminum cookware. Some news give the information that cookware can leach into the food, and can be Alzheimer's disease. The amount of aluminum that absorbed from antacid tablet more much equal to absorbed from cookware. The other news give the relationship between high aluminum levels in the brain and cookware can make a dispute
Its saver to use the anodized aluminum cookware, as other option to use aluminum cookware. The benefits of anodized aluminum cookware on the surface is make cookware harder to provide scratch resistance. And less reactive to alkaline and acidic foods . Even if we use the anodized aluminum cookware, change the food colour still happens. Changes in food taste too. The disadvantages of anodized aluminum cookwareis difficult to keep clean.


Is it Worth the Money? - All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set

Is it Worth the Money? - All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set
By Dimas Heri Yulianto

All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set is not cheap tools cookware set. In approximate over $500, is not easy to buy this kitchen cookware. People better choose boil water and makes scrambled eggs , even by everyone that loves to cook.
Is it really worth the money to put All Clad cookware into the top priced range compared to other cookware sets ?
The answer is : s
1. The best manufacture process, precision and renowned for the quality, All Clad cookware have been manufacture since 1960
2. The All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set is solid, built to last and durable. This All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set give a long time warranty , that shows this quality product. The All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set industry will pay over $500 for a 9 piece cookware set if lifetime warranty is not enough . the buyer should delve a little deeper to see the advantages of this set
The best of All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set is :
Superior Cooking Results All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set
The best for cooking result. You can say superior. No doubt again. The person who loves cook will surprise that foods have a tendency to undercooked in others and burn in some places. It caused by the heat conduction of the metal use in the cookware isn’t good. If you use Al Clad Stainless Steel you will make a new experience for cooking
It happens because All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set consist of three layers of metals, the exterior from a stainless steel, core of pure aluminum and the last is the surface made from 18/10 stainless steel. Core of aluminum allow the pans to generate heat quickly. Not only the base but also runs up the sides. You didn’t found this things in most other brands of cookware
All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set is able to used in the oven as aon the stovetop, give the extra clean up and saving your time


Care and Precision of All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set
Handle of All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set ergonomically designed and long to protect your hand from the hot cooking area, the pots and pans have a lids to keep the steam, and the stainless steel surface that are polished beautifully
In many of facf, All Clad Stainless Steel 9 Piece Cookware Set show the quality, prestige in the kitchen