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How to choose casserole?

Casserole is an essential tool for kitchen cooking, which integrates 18 martial arts such as stewing, stewing, frying, steaming and cooking. Metal containers are unstable in chemical properties, prone to chemical reactions, easy to destroy the nutrition of ingredients, and even produce toxic and side effects. Casserole is stable in nature, difficult to react with food, and can effectively stimulate the umami taste and nutrition of ingredients. Therefore, casserole has been loved by thousands of families since ancient times and has not been eliminated.

A good casserole can not only bring delicious food to yourself and your family, but also enjoy the cooking process and fun. However, due to the mercenary nature of some unscrupulous merchants, the quality of casserole on the market is mixed, which destroys the original beautiful experience. Now Bian Xiao will introduce some methods to choose a good casserole:

At first glance; A good casserole has uniform color, smooth texture, no impurities, no particularly large pores and uneven glaze color. Generally, it is better to burn the casserole with high-temperature glaze, so that there will be no decomposition of harmful components after heating. Best for cooking food. After high-temperature glaze firing, the pot body looks thick and will not fade.

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Second touch; The surface of a good casserole is bright and even, without prominent sand grains, and it feels smooth, which shows that the clay is evenly mixed during the production process and is not easy to crack. If the surface is not smooth enough, it feels rough, indicating that the clay is not evenly mixed. This shows that there are many bubbles in the clay during firing, and these two casseroles are easy to crack when used.

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Three turns; A good casserole has reasonable structure, well-proportioned pot body and smooth surface. Will not waver. The lid of the pot can be turned slightly. If the lid is smooth when it rotates and tightly sticks to the mouth of the pot, there is no problem with the structure of this casserole.

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Four listening sounds; Listen to the sound can be exquisite, how to take, how to knock are learned. Hold the casserole with your hand (be careful to hold it, not hold it) and then tap the casserole gently with the lid of the casserole. If the sound is long, it proves that the casserole is very good. The rice in the casserole has small cracks; If it makes a short buzz, this casserole may have small cracks.

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Casseroles should be purchased on demand. Generally speaking, you don't need a good earthenware casserole for decocting medicine, but you can buy a casserole with low price and no leakage. The pot for stewing food requires higher requirements, and it is best to choose a casserole with high visibility and good quality.

In addition, due to the different types of pots, some casseroles are suitable for stewing, some are suitable for soup, and some are suitable for cooking, so they should be purchased according to different needs. Of course, there are also casseroles that can be stewed, stewed, boiled and fried, such as the cold rice casserole with a new generation of technology and design.

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