It is quite difficult in the modern world to determine the optimal set of dishes that should be in the kitchen. A huge selection of beautiful pots, salad bowls, plates and glasses attracts to the shelves, tempting with its splendor. But how not to fall for the bait of producers and buy only what is really necessary for the family?
How to choose dishes for the kitchen?
We advise you before going out to the store, to answer yourself to such questions:
- How many dishes can fit in my kitchen?
- What am I going to cook most often?
Rationally dispose of the existing space and avoid chaos - under the power of an experienced housewife. But a novice young girl can be difficult to imagine how much and what will go into the existing lockers and shelves. But still periodically imagine your kitchen at the time of shopping, measuring the liked items with the capacity of the room and furniture.
Remember that over time, you will have a microwave, a multivark, a coffee machine, a bread maker and other electronics. And all this should find its rightful place, so do not score dishes all kitchen to the eyeballs.
Do not try to buy dishes for future use. If there are only two of you in the family, buy 2 items of kitchen appliances. And for guests it is better to have a separate festive set of plates and cups.
And another tip: do not save on the dishes, because good, quality dishes are purchased for the kitchen for many years, but cheap not only does it quickly fail, it can also be harmful to health.
Determining with what kind of dishes should be in the kitchen, rely on your diet. For example, lovers of Oriental cuisine need wok, Uzbek - Kazan, Russian - pancake pan, etc.
A sample list of utensils needed in the kitchen
We list the main items of dishes with an indication of the approximate size and number of objects:
- Pots . Their mistress should have at least three: large, medium and small. In a large you will cook soups, in the middle - cook garnishes, and in small you can warm up ready meals, boil eggs and other small ingredients. Over time, you will be able to acquire several more pans in accordance with increasing needs.
- Frying pans . There must also be several. One - for extinguishing meat, cast iron, with high sides. The other is for quick frying, medium size. Small - for scrambled eggs and omelettes. Do not be superfluous and a sauté pan - a deep half-pan / half-pan for extinguishing vegetables. If you often cook pancakes and pancakes, not too much will be a separate pancake pan.
- Knives . That's exactly what you should not save when buying - so it's at the knives . Cheap sets are quickly dulled, which makes the whole process of cooking food by hard labor. In your arsenal should be a knife for vegetables, cutting fish, meat, bread and a universal cutter.
- Bowls, colander and other auxiliary items for the kitchen . In them you will knead the dough, mix the salads and in them you will recline the cooked food.
- Important trifles : corolla, grater, vegetable cutter, rolling pin, noisy, cutting boards.
- Sets of plates for the kitchen belong to an important part of the dishes. You will need soup, small and dessert plates according to the number of household members.
- Cutlery - forks and spoons (table, dessert, tea). Also purchased by the number of people in the house. However, you can take them with a margin, because these items have a property somewhere to disappear at the most crucial moments.
- Cups - for tea and coffee. And a couple of glasses for water.
In addition to the competent acquisition of all necessary items of dishes for the kitchen, it is important to be able to properly place them. However, this should be decided by each host individually, focusing on their own comfort and convenience for all members of the family.