Concetti Chiave
- Cooking utensils are essential for baking and should ensure even heat distribution, including items like cake pans, casseroles, and muffin pans.
- Cake cooling racks, made of heavy wire, are used to cool baked goods and protect surfaces.
- Oven gloves are crucial for safely removing hot items from the oven, protecting hands from heat.
- Small storage equipment, such as jars and dredgers, are used for organizing ingredients like flour, sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Cleaning equipment includes draining racks, scrappers, refuse bins, and various cloths designated for specific cleaning tasks.
Cooking Utensils
These are used for baking. They should distribute heat evenly. They include:
• Cake pans: they can be made of aluminium, stainless steel etc. they come in different shapes and sizes.
• Casseroles: theses are baking dishes which can be used to serve baked food at the table. They may be made of glass, pottery, stainless steel or enamel ware.
• Muffin pans: they may have six or more cups which may be used for baking muffins, cupcakes or rolls.
• Cake cooling racks: they are made of heavy wire. They are used for cooling baked products and protecting table or cabinet taps.
• Biscuit cutter: is used for cutting pastry.
• Oven gloves: these are special pads used for removing things from the oven. They prevent the hands from heat.
Storage Equipment
Small storage equipment: these are generally used for storage. They include:
• Jars: these could be plastic or bottle. They can be used for storing flours, sugar etc.
• Salt and pepper dredgers: they are used for storage of salt and pepper for the dining table.
Cleaning up equipment:
These are useful in cleaning up. They include:
- draining racks and tray: they are used for draining washed dishes.
- scrapper: this is made of rubber and used for scrapping food from utensils and plates before washing.
- refuse bins: these are used for dumping refuse in the kitchen before disposing of it.
- floor cloth, dish cloth and hand towels: these are household linen used for various purposes. One cloth should be reserved for one purpose only for example cleaning hands, drying dishes, spoons etc., or for cleaning floor.