Aluminum cookware is an indispensable item in the kitchen. Frying pans, ladles, pots, bowls and other kitchen utensils attract housewives with their lightness and low price. Despite such undeniable advantages, aluminum cookware can have a negative impact on human health. Surely most housewives will be interested in the problem of the benefits and harms of aluminum kitchen utensils before starting to prepare a particular dish.
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Composition of aluminum alloys used to make kitchen utensils
In the food industry, pure aluminum or its alloys are used to produce tableware. In this case, the percentage of materials must correspond to certain safe values:
- lead – 0.15%;
- arsenic – 0.015%;
- zinc – 0.3%;
- beryllium – 0.0005%.
In addition, magnesium, manganese, copper and other alloying additives can be used. They are able to change the physical properties of aluminum (heat resistance and ductility).
Production technology
Ready-made aluminum sheets are used to make cookware. Subsequently, through mechanical processing, certain items of kitchen utensils are stamped from them. In this case, the method of coining is used (the product is extruded from a single sheet) or forging (processing under pressure using special forging hammers or a press). Of course, when buying aluminum cookware, few people pay attention to the issue of its production, but it is worth noting that products obtained as a result of forging have greater thermal conductivity and strength.
Cookware made of cast aluminum is not only very popular, but also relatively high in cost. The thing is that to manufacture products in this way, the manufacturer uses high-quality material, which is poured into pre-prepared molds. This technology differs from stamping in that the metal is not subject to deformation, maintaining its physical properties.
Production of tableware from finished aluminum sheets
This is interesting: Recently, manufacturers often use the technology of thickening aluminum. Dishes made in this way are comparable in many respects to products made from cast aluminum, so an inexperienced consumer is unlikely to notice the difference.
Video about the production of kitchen utensils from this material
Main advantages and benefits
Surely many housewives have already appreciated the lightness of this kitchen utensil. Its second advantage is practicality and ease of use. Cookware made of aluminum alloys has high thermal conductivity. It heats up much faster than similar products made of stainless steel. It is also worth noting the corrosion resistance, which is a big advantage considering the purpose of the cookware. If you follow all the rules of use correctly, aluminum kitchen utensils will last a long time.
This is interesting: In terms of thermal conductivity and quality, aluminum ranks second. The only thing better than copper is copper.
What is the possible harm?
The main disadvantage of aluminum cookware is that this metal can react with some products. As a result, dangerous compounds are formed that harm the human body. It is not advisable to store food in such containers. After cooking, it is recommended to immediately transfer them to safer containers. Surely many, due to their inexperience and lack of knowledge, tried to whip the cream in an aluminum bowl, as a result of which they observed how it acquired a gray tint and a metallic taste.
After prolonged use, the appearance of kitchen utensils made of such metal deteriorates. Dark spots, dents, scratches and other consequences of improper use and mechanical stress appear. Gradually, food can etch metal from the bottom and sides of the cookware, causing the dish to burn and heating to become uneven. Of course, such qualities do not decorate aluminum kitchen utensils, but the low cost for most housewives is too great a temptation to refuse such an acquisition.
This is interesting: Several decades ago, scientists conducted studies that showed that people who use only aluminum cookware are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease. True, modern experiments do not confirm this.
Proper Use
If you adhere to all the requirements that apply to this type of metal, and also take care when using it, aluminum cookware can last a very long time. Thus, it’s worth figuring out what you can cook in it so as not to harm yourself and your loved ones.
What kind of food can you cook?
In aluminum cookware you can cook dishes that do not contain large amounts of acids. These products include:
- fish;
- broths;
- meat;
- pasta;
- potatoes and so on.
You can fry cutlets or scrambled eggs in an aluminum frying pan. But it must be remembered that after preparing the dish, it should be immediately transferred to porcelain, earthenware or glassware. If this is not done, the food, as well as the hostess’s mood, will be ruined. The dish will lose its color, taste and benefits, and loved ones will not be able to appreciate it.
Potatoes in an aluminum frying pan come out fried
Is it possible to cook sour dishes?
In the process of preparing dishes from foods that contain large amounts of acids and salts in such dishes, metal is released into the food. This harms the human body. Therefore, you cannot cook sour dishes in aluminum cookware. Examples include:
- pickle;
- compote;
- cabbage soup and others.
Is it harmful to salt foods?
If you pickle cabbage or cucumbers in an aluminum pan, nothing good will come of it. The protective film that covers aluminum will be destroyed under the influence of acids, the product will change its taste not for the better and will become harmful to humans. It is better to salt the cucumbers in another container.
Is it worth cooking jam and marinades in it?
Cooking jam in aluminum containers is not recommended. And the reason for this, as in the previous case, is that berries and fruits contain acids. As a result, particles of aluminum with jam will enter the human body. However, in berries and fruits there is not such a large amount of acids as, for example, in the brine of cucumbers or cabbage. Therefore, some experts are of the opinion that it is still possible to cook jam in such a container, only after that it is necessary to immediately transfer it to a safer container.
Thus, aluminum cookware has its advantages and disadvantages. Don’t immediately panic and throw kitchen utensils made from this metal into the trash for fear of harmful effects. If you use it correctly, nothing bad will happen. After all, aluminum cookware is convenient and practical; almost nothing burns in it, which is why it is valued by housewives.
/ Meat and mushroom dishes Masso part 3
To preserve the nutritional value, taste and color of mushrooms, it is important that they are processed and stored in the most suitable container. Rusting knives and spoons, as well as utensils that are poorly cleaned or made from unsuitable materials, spoil
Baths and bowls for washing mushrooms should be wide and spacious so that the mushrooms float freely in them. In small bowls, mushrooms should be washed in small quantities, changing the water from time to time.
Cooking utensils
. Mushrooms can be cooked in any sufficiently capacious container, but mushrooms should be poured out of an aluminum or zinc pan immediately after boiling. Aluminum cookware darkens under the influence of substances released from mushrooms, and zinc tin can cause the formation of toxic compounds in the decoction. To cook in its own juice or in any fat, take enamel or aluminum dishes. After boiling, the mushrooms are immediately poured out of the latter. Under no circumstances should you use cast iron, copper or tin utensils. Such dishes form compounds with the substances contained in mushrooms that change the color of the mushrooms (in cast-iron dishes, light mushrooms take on a dark color), reduce the content of vitamins, or can even be poisonous.
To stew mushrooms in a small amount of water or in their own juice, it is best to use fire-resistant glass containers.
Dishes for storing mushrooms. Salted, pickled or pickled mushrooms are stored in glass jars, enamel buckets, wooden tubs or barrels:-:. In enameled buckets, you should check the strength of the enamel: old buckets with damaged enamel are no longer suitable for storing mushrooms. Tinned and galvanized buckets are absolutely unsuitable: their top layer dissolves under the influence of weak acids, in this case mushroom liquid, and forms toxic compounds harmful to health. Wooden utensils must be new or always used only for storing mushrooms. Tubs for pickled cucumbers, cabbage and meat are not suitable, since mushrooms, when stored in them, acquire an unusual taste. Mushrooms spoil quickly in rainwater barrels. Jars and bottles for storing mushrooms must be hermetically sealed and designed for one-time use. Mushrooms left in open jars can quickly spoil.
Cleaning dishes
For storing mushrooms. Before use, the dishes should be thoroughly washed as follows: keep in warm water for at least 8-10 hours, then wash in alkaline water using washing powder or soda (based on 1 tablespoon of soda per 1 liter of water), rinse with boiling water or boil in clean water (without additions) for 5-10 minutes, then let the water drain in a hot place or on a clean napkin; Do not wipe with a towel.
Mushroom containers are immediately washed and stored covered or upside down in a clean, dry room with good air access. Sealing methods. Wooden dishes should be equipped with two lids: a small wooden circle that fits comfortably into the container, on which a pressure stone is placed, and a larger circle that completely covers the dish. Both lids are wiped clean with sand and soda water, doused with boiling water and allowed to dry. On the mushrooms, under a circle with pressure, place a clean, thick boiled napkin, completely covering the mushrooms. Clean washed cobblestones are used as oppression. Limestone, a piece of concrete or metal pressure impairs the taste and color of mushrooms. Glass jars and bottles are tightly closed with cellophane, plastic compound, parchment, rubber and plastic covers, corks and metal lids.
Cellophane, plastic and parchment are rinsed in boiling water. Repeatedly used cellophane and plastic film is soaked in a soda solution for 10-15 minutes and then rinsed in boiled water.
Tires and plastic plugs are soaked for 10-15 minutes in a solution of soda or benzoic acid, then rinsed in boiled water.
Rubber lids and plugs are thoroughly washed with soda water and boiled in clean water for 5-10 minutes, then the water is allowed to drain on a clean napkin. Metal lids are washed with soda water, left in this water for 5-10 minutes, and then several times, changing the water, rinsed with boiled water. When boiling, the rubber rim surrounding the metal lids may become brittle and rupture. After rinsing, all washed lids are laid out on a clean napkin. If they are not used on the same day, then immediately before closing the jars with them, the lids should be washed again or at least rinsed in boiled water.
Storage.
Mushrooms should be stored in a clean, cool, dark room. The most favorable room temperature is from + 1° to + 4°C. Dried mushrooms and mushroom powder should be stored in a very dry room, the temperature of which may be higher, but should be even.
How to care for aluminum cookware?
In the household, it is customary to use kitchen utensils consisting of a wide variety of materials. What kind of dishes are best to cook and store food in, and how to care for it?
♦ In aluminum cookware it is best to cook dishes that do not contain large amounts of acids and salt: for example, porridge, pasta, broths. We do not recommend cooking cabbage soup, pickles, compotes, or jam in it, since salt, vinegar, and organic acids destroy the oxide protective film.
♦ During cooking, a small amount of metal passes into the food from aluminum cookware, which is harmful to human health. And cooking acidic foods in it increases the metal content in food to a significant extent. Therefore, if there is still a need to use aluminum cookware for cooking food that has high acidity, it must immediately be transferred to another dish - porcelain, earthenware, glass, enamel.
♦ Try not to keep cottage cheese, sour cream, lactic acid products, bread kvass, and beer in aluminum containers for a long time.
♦ You cannot store salt, sauerkraut, pickles, mushrooms, etc. in aluminum containers.
♦ Boil milk in it safely, cook meat, fish, cereals, soups, vegetables (except sour ones).
♦ In aluminum frying pans, fry potatoes, scrambled eggs, cutlets - whatever you want, just without sour cream and mayonnaise.
♦ Do not whip cream in an aluminum pan, as it will acquire a grayish tint and a metallic taste.
♦ Remember that highly acidic food stored in an aluminum pan for 2-3 days may lose taste, aroma and color; Therefore, we strongly advise you to use aluminum cookware only for cooking and not for storing food.
♦ In new aluminum pans or kettles, before you start using them, you need to boil salted water (5 teaspoons of salt per 1 liter of water).
♦ To make aluminum cookware shine, clean it with any dishwashing powder or a paste of baking soda and cold water. After washing, clean aluminum pans with dry hot salt. Do not use ammonia for cleaning.
♦ If the aluminum cookware is blackened inside, boil water with 3-4 tablespoons of vinegar in it. To prevent a new aluminum pan from darkening, you need to wash it with hot water and soap, and then cook any fatty food or boil milk in it.
♦ If food is burnt in a pan, you need to boil water in it with the addition of baking soda (1 teaspoon per 2 liters of water) or two or three onions. You can clean the coffee pot using the same method.
♦ When the vegetables burn, the pan can be easily cleaned by plunging it, while still hot, into cold water for 30 minutes.
♦ The unpleasant smell from fish will disappear if you warm the dishes with vinegar, lemon juice, coffee grounds or mustard powder.
♦ Aluminum cookware should be protected from falls, impacts and pressure, because it is easily deformed. This applies especially to pot lids.
♦ To prevent aluminum from turning black, you should avoid boiling water in it without salt and you should not cook unpeeled potatoes.
Since ancient times, milk mushrooms have been considered very valuable mushrooms.
There are many recipes using them in Russian cuisine. There are about a hundred salads alone. Milk mushrooms are black, white and yellow. This mushroom received this name for its heaviness and massiveness. Milk mushrooms can be collected from late July to early October in birch-pine or pure birch forests. They most often grow up in families. Therefore, if one mushroom was found, the rest are hiding somewhere nearby. To successfully “hunt” these gifts of the forest, you need to be careful, because they are often hidden under leaves or moss. These mushrooms are mainly pickled. There are many recipes. Many novice mushroom pickers are interested in how to pickle black milk mushrooms, as well as white and yellow ones. Cold salting
Before salting milk mushrooms, they must be washed well and then soaked to remove the milky juice, which gives bitterness. For adult mushrooms, the top coating is first removed from the cap. Acidified and salted water is used for soaking. Composition of the solution: per liter of water you need about 10 grams of salt and about 2 grams of citric acid. Soaking lasts at least 2-3 days, with regular replacement of water in the morning and evening. Before salting milk mushrooms, you need to prepare a container. Before starting the process, it is advisable to pour boiling water over it well. Glass containers, tubs or barrels are best suited for pickling. An enamel pan will also work. It is not advisable to use aluminum cookware.
Before salting milk mushrooms, it is advisable to place horseradish, raspberry or currant leaves on the bottom of the container, then sprinkle a small layer of salt. Mushrooms are placed caps down in layers, which are sprinkled with salt in proportions of about 45 g per 1 kg of raw materials. Before salting the milk mushrooms, you also need to add bay leaves, dill stems, allspice, horseradish root and garlic to the container. Some people put cloves (a spice) in the brine. When the container is filled, the milk mushrooms are covered with some kind of cloth or gauze, or can be lined with an aspen sheet. A plane of suitable size is placed on top, and pressure is placed on it.
After a couple of days, the mushrooms will settle and release juice. After this, you can add new portions of forest gifts to them (observing the above rules and regulations). This process can be continued until shrinkage stops. You cannot remove the load! It should be remembered that the mushrooms should always be covered with a layer of brine. If it is not enough, then you can add boiled salted water. The filled container is taken to a cool place and left for 35-40 days.
Hot Ambassador
Before salting milk mushrooms, they must be washed and soaked in the same way as in the first method. Large mushrooms can be cut. After soaking, the milk mushrooms must be placed in a saucepan, brought to a boil and simmered over low heat for 10 minutes, skimming off the foam. The cooled fruits are placed in a container, sprinkled with salt (proportions as in the first method), currant leaves, garlic, dill seeds, and a bay leaf is added. The top layer must be covered with fabric, and then pressure must be placed on it. The milk mushrooms should stand in a cool place for one month.
Harmful to health. Is it really?
There is a legend that the famous Mendeleev, while studying the element aluminum, decided to make a cutlery out of it - a spoon. The invention was presented to the royal person. Currently, this spoon is stored in one of the museums in St. Petersburg. Later, people from high society began to use aluminum cutlery, and silver ones were intended for courtiers.
Cooking mushrooms
Place prepared mushrooms in a medium or large saucepan. Use 230 to 340 grams of mushrooms. Before using, make sure the pan is clean and large enough to hold all of your mushrooms and the liquid needed to coat them in the container.
See also: Mushroom soup
One of the benefits of boiling mushrooms is that you can cook as many mushrooms as will fit in the pan at one time.
Add enough water to the pan to cover the mushrooms. It's okay if the mushrooms stick out of the water a little. You can take the pan directly to the sink to fill it, or if it's heavy, use a large cup to pour water directly into the pan.
You can always add more water or scoop out some water if you find the cooking time is shorter or longer depending on your other cooking needs.
Add 1 tablespoon (15 ml) butter and 1 teaspoon (5 grams) salt to the pan. When using butter, use a measuring spoon. Always measure the amount of salt to ensure your dish is not too salty or not salty enough.
If you don't have butter, you can substitute 1 tablespoon (15 ml) with a vegetable oil such as olive oil, avocado oil, or even coconut oil.
Turn the burner to high and let the water boil. If you want the water to heat up faster, you can cover the pan with a lid. Then keep an eye on it so as not to miss the moment when the water boils.
The readiness of the mushrooms can be determined by lifting the pan, then they will fall to the bottom. But you should take into account certain periods of time for cooking different varieties of mushrooms, which should not be exceeded.
Aluminum - where is it found in nature?
Producing aluminum in a laboratory is not a cheap pleasure, but in nature it can be found quite often in ores. How safe is aluminum cookware? The harm it can cause to the body has not been fully proven.
There are aluminum impurities in (multi-colored clay). When iron elements are present, the clay takes on a red tint. It is also found in white color, called kaolin. This clay is used for the production of earthenware and porcelain vessels. Ancient people used dishes made from this material in everyday life for thousands of years. It is known that clay also contains aluminum, but no health problems have been reported as a result of this.
In what container should you salt mushrooms?
It’s better to salt in a bucket than in an enamel jar. Much more convenient, and the mushrooms turn out tastier. Provided, of course, that there are enough of them to fill this bucket. You can press it down with pressure, which is advisable to do during salting. Place gauze under the lid of the bucket and change it from time to time during salting. Spread the lid of the bucket with mustard. To make the salting work better. You can't do this in a bank. Probably even better in a barrel. But this is more of a luxury.
In the past, mushrooms were salted exclusively in wooden barrels - tubs, pressed down with pressure on top. These barrels were kept in a dark, cool place, preferably in a cellar or underground, but this is only possible in your own home. You can even keep a tub there in the house itself if the room is cool enough. In an apartment, you have to limit yourself to containers that can be put in the refrigerator, preferably the one under the window, but not all apartments have such a refrigerator. Therefore, salt is now often used in enamel saucepans. Salting in a glass jar is inconvenient - you still have to press the mushrooms down so that they release juice. Although special small-sized salting tubs are also sold.
as a last resort, enamel dishes.
What is the real danger?
Why are the aluminum cookware we use today harmful? Not so long ago you could find dishes made of this metal in every home. As a raw material, aluminum is inexpensive, but at the same time it is flexible and lightweight. Thanks to these properties, it is an excellent conductor of thermal energy, which makes it possible to heat food very quickly. Cereals, for example, do not “stick” to the bottom, milk does not burn, but you cannot leave cooked food in such a container for storage. An aluminum pan is also not intended for storing foods containing various acids. Otherwise, an oxidation reaction will certainly occur. If food has burnt to the bottom while cooking, under no circumstances should you peel it off for consumption.
It is known that aluminum impurities can enter the human body in critically small quantities.
We cannot ignore the fact that aluminum impurities gradually accumulate in the human body. In the 70s of the 20th century, scientists from Canada conducted research and came to the conclusion that people suffering from Alzheimer's disease have increased levels of element 13 in their brain cells. Is it really the aluminum cookware's fault? It was never possible to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between the disease and the use of this utensil.
The tips are simple and easy to remember.
- Do not clean the surface using a metal brush. With this cleaning method, there is a possibility of damaging the oxide film intended to protect the surface. This coating has the ability to partially regenerate. To do this, fill the entire container with water and leave for ten minutes. Then drain the water and wipe the surface dry. Aluminum cookware tends to darken if you use chemicals when washing it.
- It is forbidden to store prepared food in aluminum containers; it is better to use clay, ceramic or enameled ones.
- Experts advise using aluminum cookware in everyday life exclusively for cooking cereals, pasta, baking and boiling.
Is it possible to pickle wild mushrooms in a plastic bucket?
Is it possible to pickle mushrooms in a plastic bucket? This question interests many housewives. The summer period and the beginning of winter for many housewives are spent preparing for winter, namely: pickling, seaming and pickling various vegetables and fruits. After all, in winter, sometimes you really want something tasty, fruit or vegetable.
It is recommended to pickle mushrooms in glass or enamel containers with intact enamel, as well as in wooden tubs.
Of course, you can just go to the supermarket and buy juice or canned cucumbers, or pickled mushrooms. But how can you compare a store-bought product, produced in an unknown place and by an unknown person, with delicious snacks prepared by the caring hands of our mothers and grandmothers!
The canning process takes a certain amount of time and effort, but it's worth it. And when jars with various jams and salads are already located on the shelves in the cellar, and there is no longer enough dishes for anything, the mushroom period begins. With the onset of the mushroom season, housewives are faced with the question of whether it is possible to pickle mushrooms in a plastic bucket. Someone might ask rhetorically: “Are there really no other dishes left in the house?” But this also happens - cabbage is still being fermented there, something else is busy here. I really want some salty mushrooms for the winter, but there aren’t enough dishes.
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Are aluminum cookware harmful to the body?
Based on information provided by the World Health Organization in 1998, natural aluminum found in food and water does not pose a threat to human health and is not capable of causing the growth of cancer cells and the development of oncology.
Today, industrial aluminum poses the greatest threat, since the environment suffers mercilessly during its production. But why is it often said today that aluminum cookware is also unsafe? The harm it can cause is due to its improper use.
Items made of aluminum change color and darken if exposed to chemicals. The material itself is quite durable, but lightweight. This means that you should be careful and careful when working with it. Various household utensils made of aluminum often get dirty and require cleaning. Therefore, it is necessary to know and be able to properly remove scale and traces of use. With normal care, aluminum cookware can last quite a long time. In this case, its harm will be minimized.
Are cookware made from aluminum harmful?
Talking about the problems of cooking and choosing products, we smoothly moved on to the topic of the harm of such utensils. The idea of its harm has been actively discussed in the press and on television for a long time.
People from blue screens, rolling their eyes, said that if an acidic product comes into contact with this metal, then aluminum particles get into the food, and this supposedly leads to catastrophic consequences.
In particular, they recalled studies showing that the level of aluminum in the cells of a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease is higher than that of a healthy person. True, most “experts” are silent about the fact that these studies were carried out back in the 70s, and after that, no matter how hard scientists tried to prove the connection between pans and the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease, they failed.
But something else was proven.
It turns out that a person can eat up to 20-30 mg of this metal per day without harm to health. For comparison, a portion of sour cabbage soup stored in an aluminum bowl for a week absorbs about 3 mg of aluminum.
The World Health Organization pleased us with a report in 1998, which stated that aluminum does not pose a danger to humans
and is not a carcinogenic metal, cannot cause cancer cells.
This was the end point in the discussion about the dangers of aluminum cookware.
Guide to cleaning and using aluminum items
Most housewives prefer aluminum cookware.
Why? Everything is extremely simple: aluminum is an excellent heat conductor, which means that food in such dishes heats up instantly and does not burn. Aluminum vessels practically do not wear out and are easy to use. Probably everyone has noticed more than once how brightly unused aluminum cookware shines in the store? This advantage often attracts housewives, and they immediately strive to acquire this beauty. It’s a pity that after a while the shine fades and scale forms. Aluminum cookware is famous for this not in a positive way. It can only cause harm if it is not properly cared for. To restore the former shine to their favorite pan, cooks resort to using household chemicals, but alas, the results do not live up to expectations.
However, there are a lot of quite easy and accessible ways for everyone to clean aluminum cookware and regain its former newness. Before you start cleaning your aluminum vessels, here are some guidelines you should read:
- Do not wash hot dishes under any circumstances. An aluminum pan that has not cooled down will lose its shape when it comes into contact with water.
- If food particles stick to the bottom of the dishes, you just need to pour medium-temperature water into the container and add a drop of detergent. Leave for an hour, allowing the burnt food to fall away from the bottom.
- Hand washing aluminum is always a priority, as the water temperature in the dishwasher is not always suitable, which can lead to warping.
- You should not get carried away with cleaning kitchen utensils using products containing alkali and acid. This method will certainly manifest itself in the form of dark spots on the walls and eliminate shine.
- containers often become “painted” because a metal brush is used when washing. This method of cleaning should be completely avoided, as it will make the dishes look worse. To clean, for example, an aluminum frying pan, it is best to purchase household chemicals intended for this purpose or use the folk advice of our grandmothers.
Salt mushrooms in stainless steel? What consequences?
#1 andreybodrov
1. stainless steel pan, according to the supplier: “Chromium-nickel stainless steel grade 18/10.”
2. Aqueous solution of NaCI (table salt) with mushrooms
#2 popoveo
#3 andreybodrov
#4 click
But there are two big differences in tin cans and stainless steel ones.
In general, salting mushrooms is not recommended in any metal container. If possible, then a wooden tub, glass, or, in extreme cases, enamelware.
During the pickling and salting process, so many substances (mostly organics) are released from the mushrooms that it is almost impossible to say what might happen.
#5 andreybodrov
as a last resort, enamel dishes.
visually the enamel on the dishes in the store is already damaged. ((
During the salting and salting process, so many substances (mainly organic matter) are released from mushrooms.
Isn't the concentration of these substances negligible for interaction with stainless steel? What about saline solution?
#6 adamas
You can use a plastic liner bag.
#7 click
Isn't the concentration of these substances negligible for interaction with stainless steel? What about saline solution?
This question has already been answered. Do you want to eat mushrooms with a metallic taste? That's your business
visually the enamel on the dishes in the store is already damaged. ((
This is no longer for the forum.
Go to another store.
Post edited by plick: September 30, 2010 - 11:33
#8 popoveo
But there are two big differences in tin cans and stainless steel ones.
. and one big analogy: chloride ions + organic acids + metal = metallic taste. And what is tastier, tin salts or nickel/chrome/iron salts, is already a subjective consideration. For me, organic + salt + stainless steel, infused for several days, is equivalent in sensations to the faint smell of a public toilet. And the concentration of ions in order to feel the taste, believe me, will be quite enough in a few days.
In addition, modern stainless steel pans are equipped with a multi-layer thick bottom so that they retain heat longer. And such pans are durable, because they do not rust, and the coating does not peel off because there is none. What else are these pans good for?
Aluminum cookware. Care using folk remedies
We invite you to familiarize yourself with the most popular methods by which dishes will be cleaned of grease, dirt, plaque and scale.
- Dark marks often appear on the bottom of the pan. You can get rid of them by pouring kefir, brine or sour milk.
Any of these three products should be poured into the bottom and rinsed after 24 hours.
- Traces of soot will disappear after you resort to the help of sour apples. To do this, rub the inner surface with a small piece of fruit.
The acid contained in the pulp will clean the dishes. Lemon juice can be used for a similar purpose.
- Perhaps the only disadvantage of aluminum is its vulnerability to oxidation. To get rid of traces of the oxidative process, it is recommended to use this method: dilute salt with water in a one-to-one ratio. Apply the resulting mixture to the areas where the reaction occurred and wipe with a rag. When preparing the mixture, you need to remember that the consistency of the homemade remedy should be approximately like thick sour cream. This makes it easy to clean dark marks inside the aluminum thermos.
Cooking salted milk mushrooms in a saucepan
Before we cook salted milk mushrooms in a saucepan, we select suitable utensils and attributes for the culinary process. How to do this is written above. Before salting, mushrooms are washed, cleaned of debris and filled with water for about 1 hour to soak off any stuck leaves and small debris. Then the mushrooms are washed.
Before placing the mushrooms, add a layer of salt to the bottom of the pan.
On top of it you should put black currant, cherry and oak leaves, horseradish leaves and roots, dill stems - to give the mushrooms a better taste and aroma. The mushroom stems are cut off at a distance of 0.5 cm from the cap. Mushrooms should be placed tightly, caps down, in layers 6-10 cm thick. Each layer of mushrooms is sprinkled with salt and spices (bay leaf, pepper, garlic). For 1 kg of fresh milk mushrooms take 35–50 g of salt. The top of the mushrooms should be covered with a layer of currant, horseradish, cherry, and dill leaves to protect them from mold that may appear on the surface of the brine.
Then the mushrooms are covered with a wooden circle, a weight is placed on it and the container is covered with a clean rag. The oppression should not be heavy. He should press down on the mushrooms and force the air out of them, but not crush them. After 1–2 days, the mushrooms will settle and release juice. 1.5–2 months after the day of pickling, the mushrooms are ready to eat. The temperature in the room when pickling mushrooms should not exceed 6–8 °C, otherwise they may turn sour or moldy, but it should not fall below 0 °C, because at low temperatures pickling is slower. It is best to store ready-to-eat mushrooms at a temperature of 0–4 °C. The brine should completely cover the mushrooms. If there is not enough brine, you need to add it with a 10% salt solution in boiled water. Mold is removed with a clean rag soaked in a solution of salt or vinegar, and the wooden circle and oppression are washed in this solution.
A mixture of glue and baking soda will help get rid of carbon deposits.
Don’t be upset that the pan has lost its appearance over time, and it’s impossible to get rid of the old carbon deposits. For this you need:
- large bowl;
- baking soda - 100 grams;
- hot water - 10 l;
- office glue - 100 grams.
So that not a trace remains of the soot, you need to pour water into a bowl and dissolve all the ingredients in it. Dip the vessel into the resulting solution and leave for three hours. Then rinse and wipe dry with a cloth.
Preparation
Take a frying pan with a thick bottom, a cast iron variety is suitable, which is heated on the stove and lightly greased with oil. Pistachios are laid out in a thin layer and stirred with a wooden spatula so that the ingredient does not burn. It only takes 5 minutes to prepare a delicious snack. It is recommended to take one nut and break it: if it is golden inside and smells delicious, you can remove it; if it is greenish, you need to hold it a little longer.
Option two does not require preliminary preparation: without peeling the pistachios, place them in a frying pan and stir thoroughly. When they begin to crackle and the apartment is filled with the aroma of roasted nuts, they can be removed.
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It is recommended to leave the product on a napkin or parchment for a few minutes to remove excess fat, otherwise such a snack will be too high in calories and will harm your figure.
Oven-dried pistachios are stored for about a year, when fresh varieties quickly deteriorate and develop a bitter taste.
Vinegar 9% against plaque and stains
Dark marks from the surface of aluminum are removed using table or apple cider vinegar. It is applied to a dry cloth, which is used to wipe the desired area on the surface.
Using any vinegar or food acid, you can get rid of traces of scale as follows:
200 g of vinegar are diluted in a liter of water, and this solution is poured into the container that you want to clean. Next, you should boil the liquid over the fire. After cooling, you can start cleaning.
Recipes for salting milk mushrooms in a pan
Next, we offer some tried and tested recipes for pickling milk mushrooms in a pan at home. Among them you can find a suitable method.
Salting raw milk mushrooms in a saucepan.
Ingredients:
- 10 kg raw mushrooms
- 450 to 600 g salt (2–3 cups).
- Mushrooms collected in dry weather are cleaned, removing all damaged parts, and washed with cold water.
- Allow the water to drain and place it in layers, sprinkling each layer with salt.
- The bottom is covered with salt, the mushrooms are placed (caps down) in a layer of 5-6 cm and again sprinkled with salt.
- The top layer is sprinkled with more salt, covered with a clean napkin, and a wooden circle with pressure is placed on it.
- After a few days, the mushrooms will settle.
- Add a new portion of mushrooms or fill with mushrooms that were previously salted in another small bowl.
- The resulting brine is not poured out, but is used together with mushrooms or even without them - it gives a pleasant taste to soups and sauces.
- Mushrooms salted in this way are salted and become suitable for consumption after one or two months.
- The pressure stone should be of medium weight: if it is too light, the mushrooms will rise up; if it is too heavy, the mushrooms can break.
Soap mixture to clean anodized aluminum
Many people store things from, for example, moldings in everyday life. These products have a yellowish tint. This requires qualified care.
It is possible to wash products made from this type of aluminum using a special soap composition, which is prepared by diluting the powder in water. This will remove dirt, but it will not make the metal shine. To achieve shine, take 15 grams of borax and mix with 5 grams of ammonia. The resulting composition is applied to the surface. In this case, it is worth working with gloves. After treating the item, be sure to rinse off the composition with water.
Marinating without cooking in a marinade
With this method, the mushrooms are completely boiled separately from the marinade. To do this, peeled mushrooms are dipped in cold water and placed in a container (enamel pan) with hydrochloric acid solution at the rate of 50 g of salt and 2 g of citric acid per 1 liter of water. After boiling, cook over medium heat, being sure to remove any foam that appears.
Cooking time for different mushrooms:
- white, boletus, champignons - 20-25 minutes;
- chanterelles, honey mushrooms - 25-30 minutes;
- boletus mushrooms, boletus mushrooms (Polish mushrooms), boletus mushrooms - 10-15 minutes;
- stems of porcini mushrooms and boletus - 15-20 min.
In addition to time control, the degree of readiness can also be determined visually - the finished mushrooms sink to the bottom.
Place the boiled mushrooms in a colander, allow the broth to drain, place on a cloth to dry, then place in prepared sterilized jars and pour boiling marinade over them. The total amount of marinade can be calculated by planning 200 ml for each 1 liter jar.
Sample marinade recipe:
- water - 1 l;
- salt - 35-40 g;
- sugar - 20 g;
- vinegar essence - 1-1.5 teaspoons;
- bay leaf 2-3 pcs.;
- allspice - 12 pcs.;
- cloves - 3 pcs.;
- cinnamon - 1.5 g (optional).
Cook the marinade without vinegar for 10-15 minutes.
The taste of the mushrooms depends on the marinade recipe. If you plan to store the mushrooms for a long time (up to a year), you need to add sunflower oil (about 50-60 ml per jar) and slightly increase the amount of vinegar. Sterilize filled jars: with a capacity of 0.5 liters - for half an hour, with a capacity of 1 liter - 40 minutes. You can roll up jars both after and before sterilization.
If you plan to put the mushrooms on the table in winter, then sterilization may not be necessary. After pouring boiling marinade, seal with metal, plastic caps or paper and wrap until cool. The mushrooms will be ready in a month.
In the next video, Oleg Kochetov will introduce us to another recipe and tell us how to pickle mushrooms in the Old Russian way.
Baking soda will help get rid of scale
To clean dishes from scale, housewives resort to the old method, doing it with baking soda. To obtain a slurry, the required amount of water is diluted with soda to the required consistency. The resulting composition is applied to areas with scale, and then washed off with water with the addition of ammonia. This is a very simple and effective way to achieve cleanliness and shine for your dishes.
Proper care of such cookware is the key to its durability and safety. And the harm of aluminum cookware is a myth, not yet confirmed by anything.
How to use
It is known that pistachios exhibit beneficial effects on the body only when eaten raw. Salty ones, so loved by most men, because... They are an excellent snack for beer, but will not bring the desired benefit.
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Their calorie content does not exceed 600 kcal, compared to other types of nuts, so they are often used in dietary nutrition.
You can prepare various dishes. There is an interesting recipe with the addition of pistachios, for example, sauce. To do this, take a red ripe tomato and cut it into small slices. Then add a finely chopped onion with chopped nuts. Mix well and add red pepper and let it brew.