What is the glory of the Russian hut? Of course, beautiful carved shutters, a heated stove and the smell of muffin. Each hostess carefully monitored the state of kitchen utensils, since the 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 expensive, a rare pleasure and appeared not so long ago.
An important thing that is necessary in every house with a Russian stove has always been hooks for a cast iron or clay pot.
Stag or grab?
In the literature you can find many references to the use of grips. This is an original Russian household item, which has found its place in modern life. Historical illustrations depicting rural life show a grateful viewer of lush ruddy women in colorful scarves and with a stag at the ready.
In order not to burn the handles, taking out pots with concoction from 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 for a special sleeve.
Pots and cast irons had different diameters, respectively, in a corner near the stove there were several variegated grips. And if the word “grabber” is an original Russian concept, then in other parts of the world it is still possible to hear the word “stag”, 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 were lighter alloys with non-stick coating, universal pans and pans, which can be used both for frying and for cooking or baking.
Such super pans have a handle with a special mount that allows you to remove it if the utensils are placed in the oven. Such grips for the pan can be made of various materials (plastic, aluminum, stainless steel).
The mount on them looks like a bracket held by a nut with a cap. Such a handle makes the set of different-sized pans more ergonomic, freeing up additional space for other dishes.
And if you think that this is a modern innovation, then you are greatly mistaken. After all, pies in Russian ovens were baked in roasters, which they got after preparation in this way, since the iron grip could not be fixed on the round sides of the pans.
Jars - phial
For housewives, the hottest time is the end of summer, the beginning of autumn. The ripened harvest requires not only the collection of fruits, but also their proper harvesting for the winter. Perhaps someone will recall grandmother’s pantry, where glass jars with jam, pickles and mushrooms were stored on high shelves.
Do you remember how to get sterilized containers from a container with boiling water? Not?
Glass containers with narrow necks made inventors think a little about how to transport them during sterilization. Something like scissors with semicircular arcs at the ends, located horizontally. This is exactly what the grip for cans looks like, which has been used for quite a while in the kitchens of Soviet citizens when rolling conservation.
It is made of steel and does not lose its relevance today. With its help, 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 home-made pickles from the garden, harvested by your own hands?
Warfare
There are documented facts in history when the soldiers of the Russian army, who came out to fight the French in 1812, used grips. This is not a classic kitchen option that is more familiar to the average person, 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, women who stayed in villages along with old people and children often used such a horn.
What is a grip? This is not just a special device for pulling hot pots from the oven, but an item of great historical and cultural value. Without it, it is impossible to imagine a real Russian hut, campaigns of men who participated in the fight against Napoleon’s troops, as well as ordinary Russian women, capable of “riding a horse and a burning hut.”