Do boiling water and other soupy dishes annoy you when it
overflows out of the pot when boiling? Me too! I hate the messy spills and the
waste – there should have been more soup to sip minus the wiping job too! Okay,
time to leave that bad feeling behind, learn this tip to keep boiling soup
within the pot.
The simple method is just by keeping your ladle inside so that the covered pot will have an outlet
to release pressure. Make sure that you are using wooden or stainless steel
ladle. If the handle is of different material like mine in the picture (which
is made of plastic), pull it a little bit far from the pot avoiding contact to
the hot surface for the possibility of melting and food contamination.
Another method is to leave the cover slightly-opened even with
just a centimeter gap it surely works; I have been doing that since I learned
the technique.
The one who taught me to peel garlic speedily is also the one
who shared that idea to me, years ago in Cavite – the old lady is a not a
professional chef but always on call by the barrio people for her cooking
prowess. Sharing this to you is just a way of thanking her. Thanks to her J
Scientifically speaking, do you know why it works? When the
pot is sealed with its cover, the tendency is to keep the pressure within since
the cover is not tightly locked it
pushes-up the cover and the boiling soup comes in contact with the pot’s cover
triggering it to ooze-up. The heat flows
to the cooler area, the vacant part of the pot usually the top and detects the
escape between the pot and its cover.
That is the reason why pressure cooker’s cover is locked-tight.
Leaving the cooking pot fully-uncovered is not so advisable,
yes it will sure prevent spills while boiling but the dirt or paint or
sometimes passing insect might be weakened by the hot steam coming from it –
thinking alone makes me sicker that a lizard ‘droppings’ may possibly mix with the
ingredients! Oh my! I remember a very unpleasant experience before, I just
removed the cover of the pan to add onion rings to my pork steak, it so
happened that a baby cockroach fell over without my knowledge, since the sauce
is dark I have not noticed it until my brother tasted it and so I did too. I
can’t remember how many times I vomit tasting it and fishing the roach out of
the sauce! My efforts went to the trash. We would not like that to happen to
anybody anymore sister-moms and grannies! Do not EVER LEAVE a cooking pot or pan
uncovered just to avoid spills when boiling, just keep those methods I shared
with you J Have a nice day!
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