Food, Cooking, Recipes

If you ever eaten food in a Mexican restaurant or home, there were possibly some authentic Mexican cooking utensils. Maybe you notices pottery that was used to make the dishes. Mexicans use a variety of different cooking methods. This includes slow roasting, deep-frying, baking, and they have unique pots and pans for these methods. Mexicans like to use a lot of fresh produce in their cooking, They can use herbs and spices and you will find sharp knives and a mortar and pestle in every Mexican kitchen.

The Traditional Mexican Cooking Pots called Ollas, also known as Barros, are deep clay cooking pots. They are perfect for simmering beans, stew or soup, and clay is a great form of cookware because it distributes heat evenly and avoids burn spots. Barro means clay or mud and olla means pot. These cooking pots are durable enough to put over a direct flame all day long. You do need to warm clay before using it because it can crack. So exposing it to a high heat is not recommended. If you are going to be baking, let the pot warm up the same way as the oven. Your Mexican dishes will tend to have a subtle earthly taste when you cook in a clay pot.
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People like to collect things. It also gives a personal touch in your home, your living space or your kitchen. But have you ever heard of a cat cookie jars collection? Somehow I never made a connection between felines and kitchens.

That is until my sister chose this unique theme for her cooking space. She added great decorative details like a wallpaper border filled with images of kitties and items like cat cookie jars peppered throughout the space.

The area looks fantastic and I was really taken back by her excellent display of cat cookie jars. These items give the room character and charm but they are not overwhelming in the large area. The cat jars are placed strategically throughout the room but there are a few shelves dedicated to displaying them.
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