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Silicone Bakeware

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Silicone Bakeware

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  • Silicone bakeware is primarily made of silicone rubber, a synthetic compound, and used for baking or cooking purposes.
  • Silicone bakeware is often used as the cooking container or mould for flour-based products, such as cake, but also chocolate, ice or the like, and it is popular for its non-stick and long life properties.
  • Silicone bakeware is used as a replacement for metal bakeware, baking paper, and non-stick Teflon, the last of which can be a health hazard when used at considerably high temperatures.
  • Silicone bakeware can be treated to temperatures from -50°C to 260°C (-58°F to 500°F), which makes it suitable for refrigerator, freezer and oven use.
  • Silicone bakeware has been moulded into numerous shapes, and can be purchased in similar forms to typical bakeware, like flat sheets, round, square, or muffin tins, but also festive and other more intricately shaped moulds.

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  • Silicone bakeware comes in a very broad range of sizes and colourful colours.
  • Some manufacturers of silicone bakeware include impurities in their silicone products, which has negative effects, such as wear and bad odour, which can be detected as a white colour in the product when it is twisted or stretched.
  • Silicone bakeware has a flexible property that can make it easier to store, but this property can cause spillage or uneven baking, so it is recommended that the bakeware sit on a rigid tray when in use.
  • The Frenchman, Guy Demarle, a chemist, created non-stick silicone bakeware, when he coated baking sheets with silicone in the 1960s, and founded a cookware company named ‘Sasa Demarle Inc’.
  • Silicone bakeware became available for purchase in the 1980s in Europe, and its use spread to other countries by the 1990s.
Bibliography:
Campbell L, Silicone Bakeware the Hype and the Truth, 2007, Culinary Arts 360, http://www.culinaryarts360.com/index.php/silicone-bakeware-the-hype-and-the-truth-30503/
Chechar L, Silicon Cookware Dangers, 2014, EHow, http://www.ehow.com/about_5690548_silicon-cookware-dangers.html

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Vegetable Peeler

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Vegetable Peeler

What would you do without a vegetable peeler?

  • ‘Vegetable peelers’ are also known as ‘potato peelers’ and ‘peelers’.
  • Vegetable peelers are a kitchen utensil, typically used to peel the skin off fruit and vegetables.
  • A vegetable peeler is typically a steel blade with a handle, that is usually made from wood, steel or plastic, some of which have ergonomic features.
  • The handles of vegetable peelers generally are straight, ‘C-shaped’,  ‘U-shaped’ or ‘Y-shaped’, with the straight peeler more like a knife, the C-shaped is like the letter C with a handle, the Y-shaped like a safety razor, and the U-shaped similar but shaped like a ‘U’ rather than a ‘Y’.
  • A vegetable peeler blade usually has a slot, that has one side that is sharp to peel the food, and the other side stops the blade digging into the food as you peel it.

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  • Vegetable peelers have been reinvented hundreds of times in history with numerous patents taken out for various styles, and in the 1800s alone, 500 peeler inventions were patented.
  • Some industrial vegetable peelers have rubber bumps that peel the skin off potatoes or other round foods.
  • Most vegetable peelers have a sharp point or other feature to remove the eyes from potatoes or gouge out other unwanted parts of the food.
  • Many vegetable peelers has a swivel blade, which allows more flexibility for following the curves of the food, making it easier to use.
  • Blunt vegetable peeler blades are more dangerous as they slip easier than sharp blades.
Bibliography:
How do I choose the best vegetable peeler?, 2013, WiseGEEK, http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-choose-the-best-vegetable-peeler.htm
Peeler, 2013, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeler

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Toaster

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Toaster

Pop goes the toaster.

  • Toasters are typically electrical bread cookers found in most kitchens around the world which makes the bread crunchy, and helps to keep bread longer.
  • Two-slice toasters typically toast bread for 1 to 3 minutes using 600 to 1200 watts of power.
  • Bread was originally toasted over a fire with a stick, the basic concept of a toaster, with modern appliances appearing in the late 1800s, but toast was popular throughout the Roman colony.
  • The first practical electrical toaster was invented by Scottish scientist, Alan MacMasters, around 1893, as previous hazardous attempts had been made by multiple inventors.
  • The first pop-up toaster was invented by American Charles Strite, which was patented in 1921.

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  • Some toasters are a small ovens, while others toast bread on a conveyor belt-like mechanism, toasting 350-900 pieces per hour.
  • Toasters have been adapted to not only toast bread, but waffles and crumpets, and even hot dogs.
  • The term ‘toast’, where the word ‘toaster’ is derived from, comes from the words ‘torrere’ and ‘tostum’ of Latin origin, meaning ‘to burn’ or ‘scorch’.
  • There are many designs of toasters, with different colours and shapes, as well as multiple toasting spots with two slots being the most common, although four slice toasters are not unusual.
  • A toaster was invented in 1990 that could be controlled over the internet, and in 2012, a toaster was made that could recognise the toast’s colour shades.

 

Bibliography:
Bellis M, The History of your Toaster, 2013, About.com, <http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltoaster.htm>
Toaster, 2013, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toaster>

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Stove

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Stove

One of the most popular inventions is the stove, what would the world do without them? Well we need to know about them, what would the world do without facts!

  • A stove is an enclosed structure that uses fire or electricity which can be used to heat up the house or to cook.
  • The original meaning of the word ‘stove’ actually meant ‘a heated room’.
  •  There are many stove models that have been invented. The four main stove designs are the wood stove, which burns wood, the coal stove which burns coal and wood, the electric stove which runs on electricity and the enclosed stove which is enclosed versions of the models above.
  • Wood and coal burning stoves pollute the air by giving off lots of smoke and gas.
  • The benefit of stoves is that it is easier to control the heat, than an open fire.

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  • In 1735, Françios Cuvillés invented the first completely enclosed stove.
  • Metal stoves were invented in the 18th century and electric stoves were invented in the late 19th century.
  • The first fully enclosed metal cooking stove was invented in the 19th century but was too large to fit in a normal house.
  • A corn pellet generates the same heat in a stove as wood pellets.
  • In the United States, the maximum amount of smoke allowed to be let off from stoves is 7.5 grams per hour.
Bibliography:
Stove 14 October 2012, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stove>

 

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