Jan
12
2009
Kitchen Non-Food Consumables
Author: adminjol501There are many non-food items that I consider as staples in my kitchen. I always feel that life is more difficult without them around. Life nowadays is so much easier than a few years before. Products are getting better and better and new products are always in the market. We have seen how technology works and that is why we are so drawn to it whenever it has something new to offer us.
I’m going to share my top ten kitchen consumables. Some of them are needed for food handling and preparation and the rest are for maintenance and clean-ups.
1. Ziploc bags – Mine comes in 2 sizes, the small and large. There is also the single and double zip. I usually use the double zip for food in the freezer. I try to use them more than once. I wash them after every use, dry and keep them for future use. I only throw them aways when they look really very crumpled.
2. Aluminum foil – I use this mainly for cooking and baking. I wrap embutidos, wrap roasted meat after baking to seal in freshness, line baking pans to catch the drippings and use this as stove pan liners.
3. Cling wrap – This is very useful for refrigerator items. I usually repack store-bought meats with this. I wrap my sliced watermelons and cover bowls and food containers with this.
4. Parchment paper – This is said to be the modern baker’s dream come true. I use this to line my baking pans and even wrap food when baking and steaming. It protects baking utensils and makes food removal easy.
5. Wax paper – I use this for the storage of my make-ahead meals like dumplings and siomai. I line my food containers with wax paper before placing siomai and cover the top with it again so it remains dry. Also you can stock pile the siomai and use the wax paper as separator for each layer.
6. Toothpicks – I use toothpicks to test the doneness of my cake and brownies and to hold together cabbage rolls and the like.
7. Kitchen Tissue – Among the many uses of this is to absorb drippings from fried food, wipe dry anything and wipe clean all kinds of kitchen messes.
8. Garbage bags – Aside from keeping the garbage, I also use this to store items in the stockroom that just needs protection from dust.
9. Coffee filters – I can’t make coffee without this.
10. Mr. Clean Eraser bar – This makes cleaning simple, you simply wipe the dirt off. You can clean microwave ovens, stove top, tables and walls with this. It saves me a great deal of time.
There you go, my top ten kitchen must-haves. I don’t wait for me to run out of these things, I usually have at least two units of each on stock. They definitely make my life less stressful.
