What is cookware? What are the cooking utensils?

China's ancient cooking utensils are tripod, wok (huo), cauldron (zeng), 甗(yan), 鬲(li)等. Ding, the earliest is pottery, Yin Zhou began to use bronze after the production. Tripod belly is generally round, under the three feet, so there is a "three-legged tripod" said; tripod on the upper edge of the two ears, can be threaded into the stick lifting. Can be grilled under the belly of the tripod. The size of the tripod varies greatly depending on the purpose. Ancient times often put the whole animal in the tripod cooking, can be seen in its larger volume. The Nine Tripods of Xia Yu, passed down through the Yin Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, symbolized the highest power of the state, and only by obtaining the Nine Tripods could one become the Son of Heaven, which shows that it was the treasure of the state. The wok was a footless tripod, similar to the present-day cauldron, mainly used to cook fish and meat and other food; it was later developed into a tool for torturing prisoners, i.e., people were put into the wok to be boiled to death. Cauldron, is steamed rice utensils, and today's steamer, cage drawer similar to the earliest made of pottery, made of bronze, the shape of the straight mouth standing ear, the bottom of many holes, placed in the li or kettle on the cauldron, the cauldron loaded with food to be steamed, the water boiled, the steam through the eyelets will be steamed food. Li and tripod similar, but the foot is empty, and with the belly connected, this is in order to accept a wider range of heat transfer, so that the food as soon as possible rotten. The use of a set of earthenware pots and cauldrons is called "甗" (甗). Earthenware is only used as cooking utensils, so the volume is smaller than the tripod. Cookware can be divided into two categories: pottery and bronze. The general public mostly use pottery, bronze cooking utensils for the use of the aristocracy. Cookware, kitchen utensils of the general term.

One: kitchen utensils mainly include the following five categories:

The first category is the storage utensils, divided into two major parts of the food storage and utensils storage. Food storage is divided into refrigerated and non-cold storage, refrigerated is realized through the kitchen refrigerator, freezer, etc.. Utensil storage is to provide storage space for tableware, cookware, utensils, etc. Storage of utensils is accomplished through a variety of base cabinets, hanging cabinets, corner cabinets, multi-functional decorative cabinets and so on.

The second category is washing utensils, including hot and cold water supply system, drainage equipment, washing basin, washing cabinet, etc., after washing in the kitchen operation of the garbage, should be set up in the garbage cans or sanitary buckets, etc., modern family kitchen should also be equipped with disinfection cabinet, food waste crusher and other equipment.

The third category is conditioning appliances, mainly including conditioning countertops, organizing, cutting vegetables, ingredients, modulation tools and utensils. With the progress of science and technology, the family kitchen with food cutting equipment, pressing juice machine, modulation machine and so on is also increasing.

The fourth category is cooking utensils, mainly stoves, stoves and cooking-related tools and utensils. With the process of the kitchen revolution, electric rice cookers. High-frequency induction cookers, microwave ovens, microwave ovens and so on are also beginning to enter the home in large numbers.

The fifth category is eating utensils, which mainly includes furniture in the dining room and utensils and appliances used during meals.

Tableware

A variety of utensils and appliances used to distribute or ingest food. Includes sets of gold and silverware, tea and wine vessels, glassware, plates and trays, and a wide variety of containers and hand-held utensils for a variety of purposes.

Daily tableware to the most porcelain tableware, porcelain tableware according to the production of raw materials and divided into white porcelain tableware, bone china tableware, shellfish tableware, etc.