It's time to prepare without the hassle! Overview of essential accessories to make preserving and twisting easier

Today you can buy any household appliances and accessories of your own choice and desire. By purchasing everything for preservation, the housewife will make it easier for herself to prepare food for the winter. Spinning compotes, jams, salads, marinades will become pleasant and easy. There are no small things in cooking. Even when preparing fruits and vegetables, modern devices are used that will cost less labor and provide convenience.

Cleaning and grinding equipment

Various devices for cleaning and chopping vegetables and fruits will help process the raw materials, preparing them for packaging in jars. Agree, if you use an ordinary knife and a primitive grater in such cases, it takes a lot of time and does little to inspire you to create culinary masterpieces. You can use modern devices all year round, even if they were purchased during the harvesting season, because we have to cook in our own kitchen almost every day.

Manual vegetable peelers

Products are divided into horizontal and vertical, depending on the location of the blade. Vegetable peeler knives are sharpened in a special way, which allows you to cut the peel several times faster than with a knife. This removes a very thin layer of skin.

Design Features:

1. The advantage of such devices is that they are completely safe to use. It is almost impossible to cut yourself with a blade.
2. The handle is most often made of plastic; its base is rubberized, which helps to hold the device more firmly in the hand.
3. Knives can be made of zirconium ceramics and stainless steel. Ceramic blades do not lose their sharpness even after many years and require virtually no maintenance. Metal knives have double-sided sharpening, which allows you to clean food in two directions.
4. It's more convenient at work. Such knives glide more easily over the surface of the vegetable or fruit being peeled.
5. A serrated blade will allow you to cut the thinnest skin from soft fruits and vegetables (kiwi, tomatoes).

The price of the device depends on the manufacturer and the material from which it is made. You can find inexpensive vegetable peelers on sale for 150 rubles. and the units are more expensive, costing more than 1000 rubles. Multifunctional devices also allow you to cut food into thin strips.

Electric vegetable cutters

If you have to process large volumes of vegetables for preparations, it is better to take a closer look at an electric vegetable cutter. This can be a classic model or a multi-cutting machine with advanced functions. The classic chopper has a simple design and is equipped with a large number of attachments. With it you can get:

• slices;
• straw;
• shavings;
• cubes.

During operation, the equipment creates a minimal noise level.At the same time, the vegetable cutter is characterized by high productivity. Multi-cutter, also called food processors, have advanced functionality. They are used to grind not only raw fruits and vegetables, but also other solid foods of any type.

When choosing, you should pay attention to the material of the case. Metal parts will last longer than those made of plastic. A bowl made of glass will be more reliable. The price of electric vegetable cutters starts from 1.5 thousand rubles.

Manual vegetable cutters

These kitchen appliances differ in their design and cutting method. Multifunctional choppers, similar to graters, also fall into the category of manual vegetable cutters. For cutting vegetables you can purchase:

1. Manual harvester. In appearance, the device resembles an electrical analogue. The difference is that in this case, the process of cutting vegetables occurs by rotating the handle located on the body. The device is equipped with different attachments and allows you to process products in large volumes.
2. Alligator. The shredder design is so named for its resemblance to the open mouth of a crocodile. Vegetables are placed on the bottom panel, after which the upper part of the device is lowered, applying strong pressure. The crushed particles fall into a plastic container. The alligator vegetable cutter is only suitable for soft, raw vegetables.
3. Spiral. This manual vegetable cutter is designed like a pencil sharpener. The vegetable is inserted inside the device, which is then rotated along an axis. The device allows you to cut the product into long thin strips.
4. V-knife A vegetable cutter is a set of graters fixed on a plastic container. Each nozzle is equipped with knives of a certain shape.The chopper helps in cutting vegetables into strips and shredding cabbage. The vegetables are first cut into large pieces.
5. Slicer. The design of the device resembles a vegetable peeler. Externally, the device looks like a metal grater with a diagonal slot in the middle. The slicer allows you to cut vegetables into thin rounds or strips.

When choosing a vegetable cutter, it is better to give preference to those models in which the maximum number of parts are made of metal - such products last longer. The number of attachments included in the kit also matters.

Despite the simplicity of the device, the cost of manual vegetable cutters can reach several thousand rubles. Standing apart are devices designed for chopping and processing specific products, for example, an apple slicer, a garlic press, and a core remover.

Weighing and measuring instruments

Electronic scales will be needed where greater weighing accuracy is needed, for example, to measure the amount of salt, sugar, and spices. In order to weigh fruits and vegetables, mechanical scales are suitable - they are distinguished by their simplicity and reliability.

To immediately weigh a bag or basket of fruits and vegetables, a steelyard is usually used. This small device is not particularly accurate in measuring small weights, but when weighing large volumes the error is not particularly important.

You can quickly measure the required amount of water, salt, sugar using a measuring cup and a set of measuring spoons of different sizes. Spoons can have the simplest design, or they can look very nice if they are made, for example, from colored transparent plastic.

Important little things for preservation

During preservation, special care and caution must be exercised, because there is a risk of getting burned when pouring marinade or putting hot salad into jars. Those who regularly prepare for the winter should purchase important little things that make the process of transferring and pouring the hot product easier.

Funnels

To work with hot liquids and thick substances, it is better to use not ordinary plastic funnels, but special products made of silicone. They can be of different diameters. Folding models are especially convenient. When folded, such a funnel is a flat disk.

Before using the product, unfold it by lowering the spout into the jar. The funnel is useful for putting freshly cooked jam or salads into separate containers. Silicone is not damaged by high temperatures. The product is easy to clean and lasts a long time.

Drain covers

The drain cap can be screw-type or regular. It is difficult to imagine the process of pouring hot brine without such a device. The top of the lid is perforated; it may have elongated slits or through holes through which liquid pours out. During the heating process, the product does not emit toxic substances and is not deformed.

Can holders

Getting a hot jar out of the pan after sterilization is quite problematic. To make the task easier, special plastic tongs will help to grasp the neck and securely fix it. There is also a metal analogue.

A wire gripper with spreading half-rings can replace the pliers. The product is supplied to the market by the domestic brand “Moskvichka”. It will be impossible to get burned when using it.

Strainer sieve

To prevent vegetables from floating after canning, but remaining immersed in liquid, a straining sieve is installed in the jar. The perforated part is installed in the brine, after which the jar is sealed. The sieve is made of high quality plastic and is completely safe to use.

Separator

If the harvest of small cherries is to be processed into jam, even an experienced housewife’s mood will be spoiled. Removing the seeds will take a lot of time, which could be devoted to other important matters. In such a situation, a seed separator will be an indispensable assistant. The device will carefully remove the drupes from the berries, leaving the cherries themselves intact, and splashes of juice will not spoil the cleanliness of the kitchen and the appearance of the housewife.

Stickers for jars with blanks

Self-adhesive stickers will help speed up the search for the right workpiece in winter. Stickers are sold as a set. There are options with ready-made names and an empty field. In the latter case, the housewife signs the sticker herself immediately after filling the jar with jam or salad. On stickers with images of fruits, vegetables and berries, space is left to enter the date of production of canned food.

Jar sterilizer and juicer

Large harvest volumes require a large-scale approach to processing. For example, sterilizing many jars takes a lot of time. A sterilizer can simplify the task. This device is otherwise called an autoclave. It can automatically prepare canned vegetables and meat.

The sterilization process occurs under high pressure conditions. Such canned food retains more vitamins and other nutrients. In an autoclave, all pathogenic microflora are completely destroyed.The volume of the tank is selected depending on the number of workpieces.

A juice cooker is indispensable for the happy owners of an apple orchard. In good years there are so many apples that it is impossible to process them completely. If you buy a juicer, the problem is easily solved. All that remains is to wash and cut the apples into large pieces, and then roll up the jars with delicious apple juice. The price of the device depends on the material of manufacture. Juice cookers can be made of aluminum and stainless steel.

The list of accessories for workpieces can be continued. Today the market offers a variety of devices to make work easier in the kitchen. Many gadgets have an affordable price. More expensive products are suitable for people who value durability and versatility. For those who do not yet have such helpers in their home, it is not too late to purchase them.