Monday, 21 March 2016

Tips In Caring For Your Maple Bowls And Other Wooden Utensils

By Martha Richardson


Kitchen and food utensils are very important tools in our house. By the name itself, they are primarily used to cook, serve and eat our food. These things help us in almost all activities at home that involves food.

Kitchenware are made up of different materials. Most utensils that you may see are usually made up of aluminum and iron, but there are also those made up of copper and also of wood. Having wooden utensils, just like maple bowls, may be hard to maintain because they needed much cleaning it looks also good when you have one.

These types of kitchenware needed to be cleaned properly and must be maintained. Some people like to use these wooden tools because they find it very pretty to look at when displayed on their tables, while some might just be fascinated by wooden items, but whatever their reason is, we should always take care of these things and here are some ways on how to do it.

Wash immediately. Food particles usually stick to kitchen wares were not washed immediately after being used. Make sure that after enjoying your meal in your bowl, you were able to wash it through warm water. Warm water is good in taking away food particles that sticks unto your bowl.

Avoid heat. Heat could easily crack woods, that is why it is extremely dangerous to put them to heat. Do not ever use your wooden bowls when you wanted to microwave some food. Use also other kind of bowl for hot soups since it might crack your bowl. And more importantly, do not put these utensils and bowls in a dishwasher. You must hand wash them.

Run some white vinegar. When you have not properly washed your tools, it might leave some small food grains which you may not see. Running some vinegar to would kill the bacteria that stayed in the porous surface of the kitchenware. Run in for about 4 teaspoons of vinegar and set it aside for about 30 minutes.

Use sandpaper. From time to time, try to stroke the surface of your bowls and spoons if they are still smooth. When you feel like there is something coarse or rough area, get a sandpaper and polish it. Just be sure that only those spot where it is a bit coarse that you would rub the sandpaper with to prevent the damaging of any other surface of the bowls and utensils.

Apply oil. Wooden utensils easily loose their glossiness especially of they are used often. In order to maintain its lustrous beauty, apply oil to the entire body of the tool, especially the part where it is a bit dry. Wipe it then with a white clean cloth.

Store it accordingly. The storage of these kitchenware must be in a spot where there is no great amount of sunlight that could come in. The reason for this is because the sunlight could damage your utensils. The heat of the sun can cause discoloring and dryness of the tools.




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