Wooden kitchen utensils are a natural product, it is a renewable resource - made of wood, it is a 100% degradable material and very environmentally friendly. Wooden cookware is a safe and better choice when compared to non-degradable plastic cookware types.
In life, many people choose plastic kitchen utensils for beauty, but the harm to the environment caused by the extensive use of this type of kitchen utensils is immeasurable.
Most of the disposable plastic kitchen utensils on the market are non-degradable plastics. Even if they are buried in the ground for a hundred years, the plastic will not degrade. This has contributed to huge environmental pollution, and also caused the harmful hormones in the environment to exceed the standard, which is harmful to the human body. posed a major threat to health.
More use of wooden kitchen utensils can help us solve the problem that plastics and other materials cannot be biodegraded, and it is less harmful to the soil.
Wooden kitchen utensils include wooden spoons, wooden spatulas, etc. Compared with metal spatulas such as stainless steel spatula and iron spatula, wooden spatula is slightly softer, less damage to pans when used, and less scratches on the coating of non-stick pans, not easy to damage the pan, and wooden pans The shovel has good thermal insulation and is more comfortable to use.
Wooden spatula is mainly safe and healthy. When cooking at high temperature, it will not decompose other toxic substances. It is an environmentally friendly tool.
Most wooden cookware is carefully sanded, and smooth cookware is safe to use. However, it may have some chips or cracks that are poorly machined. These cracks can hurt us.
Another disadvantage of wooden kitchen utensils is mainly due to process problems. Generally, they can only be made into straight handles, which are not flexible enough for cooking and frying. In addition, wooden kitchen utensils need to be cleaned and maintained, otherwise it will easily become black or scorched, and it will become moldy if you do not pay attention to cleaning or do not use it for a long time.
To keep wooden kitchen utensils in good condition, we need to maintain them more, which can be learnt from the following points.
1. Cleaning
Wooden tableware should be cleaned in time. After each use of wooden spoons, wooden spatulas and other utensils, rinse them with warm water in time.
When cleaning wooden utensils, it is recommended to use neutral dishwashing liquid, along with hands, dishwashing sponges or other cleaning tools that will not damage wooden spoons and spatulas, and they can be cleaned.
2, to odor
Wooden tableware has been used for a long time and has an unpleasant odor. We can mix hot water and white vinegar in a ratio of 1:1, then soak the wooden utensils in the vinegar water for about 30 minutes, then rinse the utensils with hot water and dry them.
3. Remove dirt
If there is more difficult to remove dirt in wooden tableware, it can be easily removed with baking soda.
First, prepare a spoonful of baking soda powder and pour it on the surface of the bowl-sized wooden tableware (the amount of baking soda powder can be adjusted according to the size of the tableware); then prepare a fresh lemon, squeeze the lemon juice onto the baking soda powder, and lightly use your fingers Rub lightly, and finally rinse the wooden utensils with clean water.
If the dirt is not completely removed, you can repeat the above steps or add a little coarse salt to the baking soda powder for better decontamination effect.