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Minggu-7
14 Nov 2018
Measuring Cup
A
measuring cup or measuring jug is a kitchen utensil used primarily to measure
the volume of liquid or bulk solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar,
especially for volumes from about 50 mL (2 fl oz) upwards. Measuring cups are
also used to measure washing powder, liquid detergents and bleach for clothes
washing. The cup will usually have a scale marked in cups and fractions of a
cup, and often with fluid measure and weight of a selection of dry foodstuffs.
Measuring
cups may be made of plastic, glass, or metal. Transparent (or translucent) cups
can be read from an external scale; metal ones only from a dipstick or scale
marked on the inside.
Wood Trivets
A
trivet is an object placed between a serving dish or bowl, and a dining table,
usually to protect the table from heat damage.
Trivet
also refers to a tripod used to elevate pots from the coals of an open fire
(the word trivet itself ultimately comes from Latin tripes meaning
"tripod"). Metal trivets are often tripod-like structures with three
legs to support the trivet horizontally in order to hold the dish or pot above
the table surface. These are often included with modern non-electric pressure
cookers. A trivet may often contain a receptacle for a candle that can be lit
to keep food warm.
Modern
trivets are made from metal, wood, ceramic, fabric, silicone or cork. When
roasting any meat in an oven, trivet racks - which typically fit into roasting
pans - are often used to enable the meat joint to be held above the direct heat
of the roasting pan and allow the juices of the joint to drip into the roasting
pan for the subsequent making of gravy. A trivet can also be made of freshly
cut carrot, celery and onion. This not only raises the meat, i.e. chicken, it
has the further advantage of providing a gravy-friendly liquid when the
vegetables and juices are sieved at the end of cooking.
Lemon Squeezer
A
lemon squeezer is a small kitchen utensil designed to extract juice from lemons
or other citrus fruits such as oranges, grapefruit, or lime. It is designed to
separate and crush the pulp of the fruit in a way that is easy to operate.
Lemon squeezers can be made from any solid, acid-resistant material, such as
plastic, glass, metal (usually aluminium) or ceramic.
