What is the influence of entering the era of iron cooking on the development of cooking?

In the era of iron boiling, people gradually mastered the technology of iron smelting on the basis of smelting bronze.

Iron, with its high melting point, high hardness and high mineral reserves, quickly replaced bronze in the cooking field, and bronze withdrew from the cooking stage and became a symbol of sacrificial utensils and power. At the same time, the appearance of iron pot promoted the further development of frying cooking technology. Since the development of Qin and Han dynasties, ironware is still an indispensable tool for cooking and continues to play a role in people's lives.

It can be said that the appearance of ironware and the invention of frying are the symbolic achievements of China's cooking system. The discovery and utilization of fire has made mankind enter a more civilized and healthy cooked food stage, while the invention and development of cookers have made fire and food dance together, colorful, and human beings are destined to go further and further on the road of eating goods.

Development history

It can be said that the development history of cookware is the development history of cooking. In the Neolithic Age, the ancients wrapped food in mud and baked it in the fire for cooking. In the long-term application, the ancients found that the soil became hard and waterproof after being barbecued by fire, and primitive pottery came into being by accident. Pottery is a real cooking utensil. A new cooking technology came into being-"water boiling", which is the basic feature of cooking technology in this period, and boiling and steaming technology became the dominant cooking technology.

At this time, the ancestors only cooked for survival, but the invention of pottery inadvertently pushed human eating life into a new era of civilization and hygiene, which cannot be concealed. Bronze ware is a great contribution of Chinese ancestors to human material civilization. Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties are typical periods of using bronzes, and the Spring and Autumn Period has reached perfection.