Cooking big?

Today I'd like to share with you a tip on cooking that I got from a friend. This tip has been used all the time by those who are the expert on big cooking. Perhaps you know it already, but its still good to share and you might want to chip in more tips here too. ;)

Never put your just used pot filled with food on the cement or tile or your kitchen top.

This tip is particularly useful when you are cooking for lots and with big pots. When you cook for say 100 people, you would need the space to cook other food and you would most likely need to cook the night before or early in the morning.


Put your pot (which ada lauklah ok, bukan periuk kosong) on an alas (what is it in english?).If you notice masa kenduri2 people use alas kayu or the kaki besi. And if you have none of those, like me, since I am not one those experts who have all these gadgets, you can use bekas telur (egg holder?)

And what is the reason? To avoid the food from going bad especially whose with santan (coconut milk). Remember most of the time when we are cooking for lots of people, we have to cook early. the risk of the food going bad is there. Perhaps putting the hot food on cold cement would gave a shocking jolt to the food and insult it, giving the reaction of protest thus basi.

Oh the other thing is, don't cover your pot when the food it is still steaming.

Edited..

Someone just gave me another tip. If you do need to cover your pot when the food is steaming hot, seal it with papers first so that the papers will absorb the rising steam and not drop back into the lauk. Thus avoiding it going bad.