Showing posts with label clay pot. Show all posts
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11/03/2011

Joyce Chen J90-0704 6-Quart Stoneware Chinese Cooking Pot, Black Review

Joyce Chen J90-0704 6-Quart Stoneware Chinese Cooking Pot, Black
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This is a great all-purpose pot to have for baking beans, obviously, but also for slow oven baked dishes like ragouts, choucroute garnis, cassoulets and is the classic vessel for nabes, those layered one-pot Japanese meals. It makes a great soup tureen as it holds heat very well and an wonderful off-beat use for it is as a leprechaun's pot to hold the peanut butter-filled butterscotch-coated Ritz cracker cookie "gold coins" that I make for St. Patrick's Day.

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Joyce Chen's slogan "Eastern Cookware for the Western Kitchen," reflects her focus on providing high-quality, versatile tools and products that have Asian flair, but can be used in a western kitchen. This Black 6 qt Stoneware Chinese Cooking Pot is made for one pot meals.This pot is oven, stove and microwave safe and retains heat for an extended period of time.In it you can steam vegetables, cook stew, make soup, slow cook meat, and bake casseroles.Foods prepared in clay pots are not only delicious but healthy.Essential nutrients and vitamins are retained through the enclosed moist cooking environment. Today, Joyce Chen Products come from all over the Pacific Rim to bring the best of Asia to you.Joyce Chen opened her first restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1958.The restaurant flourished, and in 1973 a larger Cambridge restaurant was opened. Chen also began writing Chinese cookbooks and in the 1970s began hosting a cooking show on public television. She found that the selection and quality of Chinese cookware in America didn't live up to her high standards so she developed her own.

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9/26/2011

Schlemmertopf Classic Glazed Clay Cooker, Medium Review

Schlemmertopf Classic Glazed Clay Cooker, Medium
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I found my first Schlemmertopf at a yard sale, never used and with instructions. Ten years later I own 6 different sizes including some Romertopf brands. I don't use anything else for baking, ever, with the exception being obvious things like pizzas or cookies. So far I have found many of mine second-hand; I believe this is because people don't use the bakers properly and think they don't work.

Let me be clear on this: you need to read the instructions. I'm not used to doing that, so I'm very grateful I did this time. You MUST soak the baker in water before using for the first several times. The terra cotta absorbs the water and then diffuses it inside the baker during cooking. This creates a moist atmosphere and a naturally-occurring broth for meats. After it becomes seasoned with regular use, you rarely or never have to soak it again. Soap, cleaners or the dishwasher must never be used as the terra cotta absorbs the "flavor" of soap and this will ruin your food, however they clean up really well with water. The bakers turn out perfect, moist roasts, meatloafs (no need for a special meatloaf pan!) and chickens and food generally cooks in less time. The coloring of the bakers will change with use, just chalk it up to part of the charm of using "real" cookware.
Whenever I am cooking for company, they ask about the bakers - apparently few people have seen them or know anything about them. For that reason, they make great gifts for people who love to (or simply have to) cook.

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The classic glazed Schlemmertopf is made in Germany.It provides you with options in cooking as it can be used in either the oven of the microwave.It provides healthy cooking options for you, and comes with an instruction book and cook book.The top is unglazed and allows the moisture to cook into the food.The bottom is glazed inside and makes for easy cleanup and the ability to cook meats and sides together This size serves 3-6 people..

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