What are our cookware and cooking utensils?

For autumn 2017, I planned to cook more for Little Prince and myself. Of course, we would still go for our food adventure, but we would also enjoy home-cooked meals whenever I could afford the time and energy to do so.

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slow cookers

• pro: non-reactive pottery material, can cook herbal medicine without worrying about reactivity
• con: need to plan ahead given a longer cooking time, heavy to wash, cook only water-based food e.g. soup, herbal drink

rice cooker with non-stick pot

• pro: easy to wash
• con: the nonstick coating may deteriorate as a function of usage and time [1], toxicity concerns of Teflon and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that were recommended to be labeled as a likely carcinogen.

rice cooker with aluminium pot (a classic favored by our mothers)

• pro: very good thermal conductivity
• con: a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease

stainlesss steel kettle

• pro: I think stainless steel is much better than plastic kettle
• con: stainless steel is a relatively poor heat conductor

stainlesss steel scissor

• to cut dates for cooking soup
• to cut vegetables into smaller pieces for little children

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[1] Since the nonstick coating of my existing rice cooker pot was scratched which rendered it unsafe for continue usage, on 20170819, I bought a new Black + Decker rice cooker with non-stick pot for ~ USD 26, as I could not find any rice cooker with a stainless steel pot in one of the largest hypermarket in the city.

When we wash the inner-pot, use the softest sponge. If we have some dried rice at the bottom, don’t try to scrub it out, but let it soak in warm/hot water so the soft sponge can do the rest for us easily.

 

 

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