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What does cooker mean?

Cooking utensils refer to cooking utensils and utensils. It belongs to the vernacular vocabulary in modern Chinese, which is relatively rare in ancient times and belongs to the modern Chinese vocabulary with high frequency of use. Shuowen Jiezi recorded the detailed explanation of this word. "Historical Records of Xiao Wu Collection" contains: its temple is full of fire, and there are cookers beside the altar. In ancient China, there were cauldrons, woks, retort, retort, retort and so on.

The function of cooker

Traditional cookware uses: frying, steaming and boiling at high temperature, which requires a lot of stir-frying, often with sour and salty seasoning. Stainless steel is characterized by no rust, good conductivity and fast heating like an iron pot. It is suitable for dishes cooked quickly in a short time, but its weight is much lighter than that of an iron pot, which can reduce the cooking burden of ordinary housewives. Stainless steel pot should not be dried for a long time, and the material of the pot will be damaged.