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Setting
Up Your Macrobiotic Kitchen
The following section contains a list of suggested cookware you will
need in order to have a fully equiped macrobiotic kitchen so that
you can easily create delicious, healthy meals. In stocking your kitchen,
it is best to have the finest quality cookware such as stainless steel,
ceramic, untreated wood, and glass. Often people will have a variety
of plastics, including cooking or serving spoons, and storage containers.
Macrobiotics suggests a move away from plastics to stainless steel
(for cooking and serving spoons) and glass containers (instead of
plastic storage containers).
Good quality stainless steel knives will provide the best utility
and duarbility. If you do not already have an excellent knife for
preparing vegetables, the preferred is the MAC Vegetable knife. Recently,
ceramic utiliy and paring knives have come onto the market. While
they perform well, please consider that if they are dropped on the
floor or used by an unsuspecting person to pry open a lid, they will
break.
POTS, PANS, ETC.
Pressure Cooker (Stainless Steel or Enamel)
Tea kettle
Frying Pan (Cast Iron or Stainless Steel) with Lid
Oil Brush
Pots with Heavy Lids
Steamer Basket
Flame Deflector
FOOD PREPARATION DEVICES
Cutting Board
Knives for Vegetable Cutting
Sharpening Rtone or Rod
Graters (Flat ceramic and Stainless Steel)
Vegetable Brush
Suribachi and Pestle
Hand Food Mill
Sushi Mat (Bamboo)
Cheesecloth (Unbleached 100% Cotton)
CONTAINERS
Rice Container
Serving Bowls
Soup Bowls
Tea Cups
Glass Jars for Storage
Shoyu/Soy Sauce Dispenser
STRAINERS, ETC
Colander
Fine Mesh Strainer
Pickle Press
Tea Strainer
SPOONS, ETC
Chopsticks
Mesh Skimmer or Slotted Spoon (for Boiled Salad)
Rice Paddle
Wooden Spoons
Good quality stainless steel knives will provide the best utility
and duarbility. If you do not already have an excellent knife for
preparing vegetables, the preferred is the MAC Vegetable knife. Recently,
ceramic utiliy and paring knives have come onto the market. While
they perform well, please consider that if they are dropped on the
floor or used by an unsuspecting person to pry open a lid, they will
break. |