Grip is a device for picking up

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

What is the Russian hut famous for? Of course, with beautiful carved shutters, a heated stove and the smell of baking. Each hostess carefully monitored the state of kitchen utensils, as a new one cost a lot of money. And if clay pots were commonplace, and you could buy them at any fair, then cast iron or cast iron pots were an expensive, rare pleasure and appeared not so long ago.

An essential item in every home with a Russian stove has always been pot iron or crock pot grips.

Stag or Grip?

In the literature you can find many references to the use of grips. This is a primordially Russian household item that has found its place in modern life. Historical illustrations depicting rural life show lush ruddy women in colorful headscarves and with a stag at the ready to the grateful viewer.

In order not to burn the handles, getting the pots of concoction out of the oven, the hostesses used a simple device in the form of a deep crescent. This item was made of metal in a forge, and it was attached to a long wooden handle forspecial sleeve.

Pots and cast irons had different diameters, respectively, in the cubby near the stove there were several assorted grips. And if the word "grip" is a native Russian concept, then in other parts of the world it is still possible to hear the word "horn", which does not change its lexical meaning.

To each his own

The accelerated pace of modernization, as well as the development of the metallurgical industry, has led to various innovations in the production of kitchen utensils. There are lighter alloys with non-stick coatings, universal pans and pots that can be used both for frying and for boiling or baking.

Such super frying pans have a handle with a special fastening that allows you to remove it if the utensils are placed in the oven. These pan grips can be made from a variety of materials (plastic, aluminium, stainless steel).

The mount they have looks like a bracket held by a nut with a cap. This handle makes the multi-size frying pan set more ergonomic, freeing up extra space for other utensils.

And if you think that this is a modern innovation, then you are greatly mistaken. After all, pies in Russian ovens were baked in braziers, which were taken out after cooking in this way, since the cast iron grip could not be fixed on the round sides of the pans.

Jars - bottles

For housewives, the hottest time is the end of summer, the beginning of autumn. A ripened crop requires not only the collection of fruits, but also the correctpreparing them for the winter. Perhaps someone will remember grandmother's pantry, where glass jars with jam, pickles and mushrooms were stored on high shelves.

Do you remember how you got the sterilized container out of the container with boiling water? No?

Glass containers with narrow necks forced the inventors to think a little about how to transport them during sterilization. Something similar to scissors with semicircular arcs at the ends, arranged horizontally. This is what a canning grip looks like, which has been used for a long time in the kitchens of Soviet citizens when rolling up preservation.

It is made of steel and does not lose its relevance today. With it, at the right time, you can pull out a hot jar without fear of scalding with boiling water. After all, what could be better than homemade cucumbers from the garden, harvested with your own hands?

Military

In history, there are documented facts when the soldiers of the Russian army, who went out to fight the French in 1812, used grips. This is not a classic, more familiar kitchen option, but a slightly modified fixture.

It looked like a slingshot with pointed teeth at the ends. With its help, it was possible to immobilize the enemy without entering into close combat with him. In addition, such a horn was often used by women who remained in the villages along with the elderly and children.

What is a "grip"? This is not just a special device for pulling hot pots out of the oven, but an objectof great historical and cultural value. Without it, it is impossible to imagine a real Russian hut, the campaigns of men who participated in the fight against Napoleon's troops, as well as ordinary Russian women, capable of "both a galloping horse and a burning hut."