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A hearth with cooking utensils. 2.5-1.8 million years ago: The discovery of the use of fire may have created a sense of sharing as a group. Earliest estimate for invention of cooking, by phylogenetic analysis. [3] 250,000 years ago: Hearths appear, accepted archeological estimate for invention of cooking chicken. [4]
A variety of eating utensils have been used by people to aid eating when dining. Most societies traditionally use bowls or dishes to contain food to be eaten, but while some use their hands to deliver this food to their mouths, others have developed specific tools for the purpose.
Pottery has been used to make cookware from before dated history. [22] Pots and pans made with this material are durable (some could last a lifetime or more) and are inert and non-reactive. Heat is also conducted evenly in this material. They can be used for both cooking in a fire pit surrounded with coals and for baking in the oven.
To lay spoons and other cooking utensils, to prevent cooking fluids from getting onto countertops Sugar thermometer: Candy thermometer: Measuring the temperature, or stage, of sugar Tamis: Drum sieve: Used as a strainer, grater, or food mill. A tamis has a cylindrical edge, made of metal or wood, that supports a disc of fine metal, nylon, or ...
Kitchenware refers to the tools, utensils, appliances, dishes, and cookware used in food preparation and the serving of food. [1] [2] Kitchenware can also be used to hold or store food before or after preparation. [3] [4]
Kitchen utensils in bronze discovered in Pompeii. Illustration by Hercule Catenacci in 1864. Benjamin Thompson noted at the start of the 19th century that kitchen utensils were commonly made of copper, with various efforts made to prevent the copper from reacting with food (particularly its acidic contents) at the temperatures used for cooking, including tinning, enamelling, and varnishing.
Injera bread being used as a utensil to scoop wat. Edible tableware can be homemade or mass-produced, and is prepared from various foods. [2] For example, homemade tableware can be fashioned using sliced celery as chopsticks, and celery can also be used to scoop foods such as dips and cream cheese. [3]
French travelling set of cutlery, 1550–1600, Victoria and Albert Museum An example of modern cutlery, design by architect and product designer Zaha Hadid (2007). Cutlery (also referred to as silverware, flatware, or tableware) includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in Western culture.