18. Non Food
From Chopsticks to Steamers to Mortar & Pestles...
Next to the wide assortment of food products Heuschen & Schrouff also sells a wide range of non food items. During the preparation of Asian food different kitchen utensils are used than common in Europe. But next to these we sourced other interesting items from tableware and cosmetics to decoration items like the waving Lucky Cats.
STEAMER
Steaming food is one of the healthiest ways in which we can prepare our food. From steaming fish and meat to rice and flash steaming vegetables to ensure the best retention of vitamins, food steamers offer a quick, efficient and versatile way of cooking that takes minimal preparation and produces a tasty, healthy meal quickly. While not typically a Western-style of cooking, steaming has become more mainstream with the advent of the electric steamer, whether using stacked shelves or laid out in a side-by-side formation, these modern steamers now allow you to cook multiple dishes at the same time.
BAMBOO STEAMER
In China, people have been using steaming as a cooking technique for over 3000 years. The beautiful authentic bamboo steamers help you to cook Asian food quick with minimum loss of vitamins. Place a bamboo
steamer in your kettle or frying pan and steam easily above boiling water. You can pile up several layers and fill them with a
variety of ingredients.
RICE COOKER
A rice cooker or rice steamer is an automated kitchen appliance designed to boil or steam rice. It consists of a heat source, a cooking bowl, and a thermostat. The thermostat measures the temperature of the cooking bowl and controls the heat. Complex rice cookers may have sensors and other components and may be multipurpose.
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A rice cooker helps you to cook
different types of rice close to
perfection. It’s so much easier than using a kettle! The cooker also keeps your rice warm.
WOK
A wok is a round-bottomed cooking pot, originating in China. It is common in China and similar pans are found in parts of East, South and Southeast Asia as well as becoming popular in other parts of the world.
Woks are used in a range of Chinese cooking techniques, including stir frying, steaming, pan frying, deep frying, poaching, boiling, braising, searing, stewing, making soup, smoking and roasting nuts.
MORTAR & PESTLE
Mortar and pestle are implements used since ancient times to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. The mortar is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, metal, ceramic, or hard stone, such as granite. The pestle is a heavy and blunt club-shaped object. The substance to be ground, which may be wet or dry, is placed in the mortar, where the pestle is pressed and rotated onto it until the desired texture is achieved.
BAMBOO SKEWERS
Bamboo skewers make it easy to serve delicious finger foods in an attractive way. Pieces of fruit can be skewered and served for a healthful, attractive treat; and meats and cheeses alternating on the stick make a delicious kebab skewer. Of course, there is nothing more delicious than marinated portions of chicken, pork or beef served piping hot off the grill. Just take care when using these natural barbeque skewers for grilling meats and vegetables, bamboo skewers need to be soaked in water before using them. Bamboo skewers are environmentally friendly as well; no valuable forests are affected by the use of this readily plentiful natural resource.
SUSHI UTENSILS
One thing that Japan is most popular of globally is Sushi. This raw/non-raw fish dish has become quite popular all over the world because of its unique, amazing taste and health benefits. Normally, to make perfect Sushi, you need to have many years of experience. But with these sushi utensils, everyone can make Sushi.
CHOPSTICKS
Chopsticks are shaped pairs of equal-length sticks that have been used as a kitchen and eating utensil in most of East Asia for over three millennia. First used by the Chinese, chopsticks later spread to other East Asian cultural sphere countries.
Chopsticks are smoothed and frequently tapered and are commonly made of bamboo, plastic, wood, or stainless steel. They are less commonly made from titanium, gold, silver, porcelain, jade, or ivory. Chopsticks are held in the dominant hand, between the thumb and fingers, and used to pick up small pieces of food.
LUCKY CATS
Lined along with the shop windows in Chinatown, perched next to the cash register of your favourite Asian restaurant, chances are you have seen a ubiquitous cat figurine with one paw raised in greeting. This is a talisman of many names: lucky cat, fortune cat, and money cat, for starters. However, its proper moniker is Maneki Neko, and it’s not even Chinese, it’s Japanese.
INCENSE STICKS
Incense sticks are aromatic biotic materials that allow a fragrant smoke to fill a room. The aroma can be used for many reasons – for how it looks, smells and when combined with aromatic oils the scents can aid meditative practice and relaxation. In order to release the fragrance of the incense stick, you simply light the stick and place it on a holder to keep it away from surfaces. Blowing out the flame when lit encourages the stick to produce glowing ash-like embers that release the soothing scent.
