Kitchenware: Necessity Or Luxury, And How To Save On It

Today, kitchen utensils are not only a necessity, but sometimes also a luxury. However, in reality, the importance of kitchen utensils cannot be ignored. First, we have long since moved on from the era of sitting on the floor and eating with our hands from a communal bowl. Secondly, functional dishes are the key to a quickly and qualitatively prepared meal, and beautiful dishes are the key to an excellent appetite. That is why kitchen utensils are a separate expense item in our budget. Let's think about what can be done to optimize the costs of kitchen utensils and make this process economical, but practical, functional and tasty.

Decide whether you need individual dishes or a complete set. Usually, most of the individual units from the purchased set simply end up as dust on the shelf. In this case, it is much more practical and economical to buy kitchen utensils separately, choosing only those items that are used regularly.

In order not to spend money on an expensive service, and sometimes 2, if you and your family and friends like to gather in a large company, collect a set of dishes yourself. Buy several plates with a pattern in your favorite color, and complement the set with other plates that match in color and shape — these parameters should become the unifying element of your new service. According to the same principle, choose a mug.

Love the removable handle. You can buy, for example, a set of pans of different diameters, but with a removable handle of the same size. Such pans can be used both on the stove and in the oven, since you will not need extra dishes for frying and baking . In some cases, if you assemble a set of dishes from individual units, the total price can be 2 times lower than the price of the set.

Choose dishes of the same diameter. In this case, 1-2 covers can be used for 3-4 items.

Try to buy the most functional kitchen utensils . Think about whether the exclusive shape of the pie you bake once a year is so important to you that you buy expensive shaped dishes for it .

When buying a pot or pan, check whether the walls and bottom are thick enough. Thin -walled dishes are more vulnerable to deformations, but pots and pans with thick walls and a bottom will last you more than one year.

When choosing lids for pots and pans (if they are not included in the set of dishes ), avoid glass ones. Yes, they are beautiful and seem to allow you to control the cooking process through the transparent glass, but... Such lids are the most expensive, and seeing what is happening in the dishes during cooking will still interfere with the steam. Therefore, content yourself with an ordinary but practical cover.

When organizing children's parties, serve the table with paper, plastic or plastic dishes . It is not only economical, but also less traumatic if children play at the table. However, when buying plastic dishes , be sure to pay attention to the marking. Safe dishes are made of polypropylene (PP marking). Buy such dishes in special stores for children's goods, and ask the seller for a quality certificate, because the child's health is above all else.

In dishes for a gas stove, the bottom should be covered on the outside with concentric grooves, like a gramophone record. In such dishes , food is prepared faster, and, accordingly, gas is used more economically.

If you want to save electricity, choose dishes that are cooked under the lid. When cooking in an open vessel , electricity consumption increases by 2.5 times. Moreover, if the lid is even slightly ajar, it is equivalent to the fact that it is not there at all.

By the way! Significantly save cooking time and pressure cooker electricity. Their cooking time is reduced by approximately 3 times, and electricity consumption is reduced by 2-4 times. This advantage of pressure cookers is provided by their tightness and special heat regime.