Maintenance of kitchen utensils and dishes

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Maintenance of kitchen utensils and dishesPerfectly clean kitchen utensils and dishes are the first condition for ensuring the hygiene of food.

Caring for them is not an easy and not very pleasant job. Soot, grease, hot water spoil the skin of the hands, and therefore, first of all, in order to be able to thoroughly clean and wash all items of kitchen utensils and utensils, you need to protect your hands from the harmful effects of contaminants and cleaning agents. This requires rubber gloves that completely protect your hands from harmful effects. Rubber gloves are sold at pharmacies and hardware stores, where they are sized accordingly.

After work, hands in gloves are thoroughly washed with soap and water, wiped dry, the gloves are removed and so that they do not stick together, powder their inner side with talcum powder.

Special long-handled brushes for cleaning and washing dishes protect your hands well.

Those who postpone cleaning the dishes then spend significantly more labor and time.

In any case, if it is not possible to wash the dishes immediately, you need to remove all food debris from the plates with a brush or a piece of clean soft paper, and then fold them in a pile and cover with a towel.

For washing kitchen utensils and dishes, 72% laundry soap... A special dish soap is produced. Other soaps can be used as long as they do not have a strong odor.

Enamel dishes are washed with hot water and soap or baking soda. These dishes cannot be scraped off with a knife or wire swabs. A piece of enamel that has come off makes such utensils unsuitable for cooking. Therefore, if burnt food remains are not removed with hot water and soap, a handful of salt is added to the pan and left for several hours.

Enamel cookware is very convenient due to its resistance to salts and acids in food. Its disadvantage lies only in the fact that the enamel cracks upon impact and sudden changes in temperature.

Aluminum pans do not rust, are not afraid of sudden temperature fluctuations, do not deteriorate from salt, soda, acids. These pots can only be used for cooking, not storing food. It is not recommended to cook sour dishes in an aluminum pan, for example cabbage soup, borscht, jelly from sour berries and fruits.

Aluminum utensils should be washed with hot water and soap or brown water (1 tablespoon per liter of water), or baking soda (1 teaspoon per glass of water). The black plaque that forms on the inner walls can be easily removed by wiping them with cotton wool dipped in vinegar and then rinsing with hot water and soap. Heavily soiled areas are wiped with tooth powder or pumice and soap <

Sandpaper, metal brushes, strong alkalis and acids should not be used to clean aluminum pans - they are corrosive to the metal.

Chalk gives shine to nickel-plated dishes. The inside is wiped with a mixture of vinegar and salt (1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 teaspoon of salt), and then the dishes are washed with hot water and soap.

For reasons of economy, another housewife prefers to keep the remaining fat in the pans and does not wash them every time after use. This should not be done, as the remnants of burnt food can spoil another dish during its preparation.

Cast-iron pans should be wiped off with paper before washing and then washed with hot water and soap. Any food leftovers burnt to the pan can be wiped off with dry salt.

Maintenance of kitchen utensils and dishesCeramic dishes (pots, bowls, etc.) are best rinsed with clean water. Unglazed clay dishes must be dried.

The meat grinder should be washed very thoroughly.All parts of it are washed separately with hot water and soap, scalded with boiling water and dried thoroughly. It is recommended to rinse with hot water before use even in the cleanest meat grinder.

Plates and all tableware are freed from food debris, washed with hot water. If grease remains on the dishes, they are washed with soap and then thoroughly rinsed with hot water.

They wash and tea utensils... The stain of tea or coffee infusion can be removed by wiping the inside of cups or saucers with a soft cloth with fine salt and vinegar or baking soda.

Dishes decorated with gold rims or other patterns are not recommended to be washed with soap or soda. It is better to add a few drops of ammonia to the water, and then rinse the dishes thoroughly in clean water.

On the bottom of the sink or basin, in which thin glass or crystal dishes are washed, you need to put a soft clean cloth or a thin piece of foam rubber in order to protect the dishes from damage. Vinegar cleans glass and crystal decanters well. To do this, add it to cold water.

Crystal glassware should not be washed with hot water, which darkens the crystal.

Glasses can be washed well in warm water and salt.

A brush is used to wash bottles, cans with a narrow neck, wash them with hot water and soap.

The dishes in which the dough, milk, raw eggs, herring, fish, jam was kept must first of all be rinsed with cold water and only after that with hot water.

Modern chemistry is increasingly coming to the aid of the housewife in her difficult work. A variety of detergents are produced by the industry to facilitate the maintenance of kitchen utensils. However, when using these products, you must always strictly follow the instructions given on the packaging.

It takes a lot of time for a housewife to wash dishes. This work is greatly facilitated by a dishwasher, in which glasses, cups, plates, knives, forks, spoons can be washed simultaneously and quickly.

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