Are there any hotel apartments in Zhuhai where you can cook? It’s a hotel and you can rent kitchenware!

Nine taboos on the use of kitchen utensils, how much do you know about the taboos on kitchen utensils

Introduction: As the owner of the kitchen, how much do you know about the taboos on kitchen utensils? Did you know that long-term use of aluminum pots to hold meals affects human bone growth, metal containers to hold acidic drinks can easily cause food poisoning, and Chinese medicine must not be boiled in iron pots... These are taboos on kitchen utensils that cannot be touched, and there are other things to do when using kitchen utensils What are the taboos? The editor will introduce you to Zhang Xiaoran of Harbin Huashi Engineering Technology.

1. Aluminum pots should not be used to hold food for a long time

The chemical properties of aluminum are very active, and it is easily oxidized in the air to form an aluminum oxide film. Aluminum oxide film is insoluble in water, but can be dissolved in acidic or alkaline solutions. Salt can also destroy aluminum oxide. If soups and vegetables are placed in aluminum containers for a long time, not only will the aluminum products be damaged, but more aluminum molecules will be dissolved into the soups and vegetables. These aluminum molecules undergo chemical changes with food to form aluminum compounds.

Long-term consumption of foods containing a large amount of aluminum and aluminum compounds will destroy the normal calcium and phosphorus ratio in the human body, affect the growth, development and metabolism of human bones and teeth, and also affect the activity of certain digestive enzymes. , weakening the digestive function of the stomach. Therefore, aluminum pots should not be used to hold food for a long time. It is also best not to use aluminum pots for cooking or making soup.

2. Metal containers should not be used to hold acidic beverages

Acidic beverages will react chemically if they come into contact with metal containers (iron, aluminum, copper, etc.), causing metal substances to dissolve in the beverage. . Once you drink this drink, it can cause chemical food poisoning, headache, and nausea. Diarrhea and other symptoms, and drinks such as lemonade, orange water, and sour plum soup have high acidity. Therefore, metal containers should not be used to hold acidic drinks.

3. Plastic tableware should not be used to hold greasy items

Taboos in the use of plastic tableware: Avoid holding food for too long. Wash and put away immediately after each use. Avoid holding greasy items. Because soft plastic tableware has poor oil-proof ability, it is easy to be contaminated by grease.

Avoid fresh fish. Since soft plastic tableware has strong odor absorption properties, it is difficult to remove the fishy smell after putting fresh fish on it. Avoid boiling water. Soft plastic food is not resistant to high temperatures and should not be scalded in boiling or boiling water.

4. Avoid using enamel products to cook food

Various enamel products are made by plating enamel on the surface of iron products. Enamel contains lead compounds such as enamel lead that are harmful to the human body.

To ensure safety, it is best not to use enamel products to cook food, and do not use them to hold acidic foods. Because the glaze painted on the surface of enamel products is mainly composed of various metal salts. For example, yellow and bright red glazes are compounds of cadmium and lead, and lead and cadmium are both toxic. If you use colored enamel products to hold acidic food, toxic substances such as lead and cadmium will dissolve into the food and cause chronic poisoning of the human body.

5. Avoid using colored porcelain tableware to hold acidic food

Ceramic tableware painted with colorful patterns will give diners a beautiful enjoyment. However, few people know about its potential dangers.

Whether it is a high-temperature glaze or a low-temperature glaze painted on porcelain or pottery, they are all pigments composed of toxic heavy metals and other compounds. For example, most of the bright red colors in glazes contain cadmium. The compound, creamy yellow contains lead oxide, green contains chromium oxide. When such enamel vessels are used to hold weakly acidic foods such as juice, vinegar, and wine, the toxic heavy metals in the enamel flowers will be dissolved and enter the human body with the food, causing damage to the body and even causing chronic poisoning. Cadmium poisoning can cause Lung and bone damage; lead poisoning can cause anemia, neurasthenia, and inhibition of bone marrow proliferation. Therefore, for colored porcelain. Colored pottery and other tableware, especially tableware with colored glaze patterns on the inner wall of the vessel, must not be used.

6. Avoid boiling Chinese medicine in stainless steel or iron pots

Because Chinese medicine contains a variety of alkaloids and various biochemical substances, especially under heating conditions, they will react with stainless steel or iron. Various chemical reactions may render the drug ineffective or even cause some toxicity.

7. Avoid using wood with peculiar smell to make cutting boards

The first choice wood for making cutting boards among the people is ginkgo wood, saponaria wood, birch and willow. Some woods, such as ebony, contain peculiar smell and toxic substances. When used as a cutting board, the smell will not only contaminate the dishes, but also easily cause vomiting, dizziness, and abdominal pain.

8. Avoid using bamboo chopsticks that are painted or engraved

The paint on the chopsticks not only contains lead, benzene and other chemical substances, which are harmful to health, but also when exposed to heat There is a peculiar smell afterwards, which affects appetite.

Carved bamboo chopsticks may look beautiful, but they easily harbor dirt, are difficult to clean, breed bacteria, and even cause illness.

9. Avoid using all kinds of colorful porcelain to hold condiments

Condiments are best served in glass vessels. Colored porcelain contains lead and other carcinogens. As the colored porcelain ages and decays, the "radon" in the pattern pigments will also pollute food and be harmful to the human body.

Editor’s note: The kitchen is one of the most important places in life, but in the kitchen, various kitchen utensils have different functions and functions, and scientific use is very important. Otherwise, it will not only be useless but also harmful.