Today the market presents a wide range of kitchen utensils. Dishes for the kitchen are sold any size, types, shapes and colors. On the shelves of pots of pots, pans, salad bowls look so that everything sparkles and shines. From such an abundance of goods you can lose your head. But we should not forget that the main criteria for choosing dishes is not only its appearance, but, including strength, safety.
First of all, these parameters depend on the material. The composition of modern utensils includes enamel, cast iron, ceramics, aluminum or glass. The article will talk about the most popular types of kitchen utensils.
Aluminum dishes.
Aluminum in the manufacture of dishes began to be used relatively recently. Pots made of aluminum, inexpensive, light and durable. The dishes have excellent thermal conductivity, which allows you to quickly cook food, but it is better not to cook borscht and cabbage soup in it, simmer meat and vegetables, use for salting and sauing and store food in such a pan is also not recommended. Dishes can oxidize and change their taste.
Cast iron dishes.
Such dishes are very strong and will serve for a long time, moving from generation to generation. The low thermal conductivity of cast iron does not allow the dishes to heat up quickly, but thanks to this, heat is evenly distributed and lasted longer. In such dishes, you can prepare dishes with qualitatively for which it takes a lot of time: extinguishing, pilaf. It is very convenient to cook pancakes in a cast -iron frying pan. Cast iron does not scratch, does not dim, does not deform and does not allow food to burn.
The disadvantages of cast -iron dishes include its tendency to rust. After washing, the dishes must be thoroughly wiped. You can not store prepared food in it, so food can oxidize and change its taste.