WORTHWHILE PURCHASE : TRADITIONAL POT by "ARITSUGU"〈買って大正解☆京都「有次」の段付き鍋〉

ある生活の知恵専門のブロガーさんの本を読んでから、日本の伝統的な料理道具にかなり興味を持ち、渡米前に長谷園のかまどさんや松野屋さんの古道具などかなり買い揃えていきましたが、その中でもかなり気に入っているのが有次の段付き鍋です。日常的につかっていたのですが、最近黒ずみが目立つようになり落ち込んでいたんだけど、クエン酸とお湯で煮沸すればOKと分かりやってみたら見事ピカピカになったので嬉しくてUPしてます。笑

(Recently I was so inspired by a blogger who was writing about the life ideas and got so into the traditional Japanese cooking tools, so I bought before coming to CA for example traditional rice cooking pot by Nagatanien or lots of cooking tools from Matsunoya. But I have to say my favorite is the Pot by Aritsugu in Kyoto. I was using this pot in daily basis but was bothered by the black stain which recently I could't remove. Then my husband told me to boil once with citric acid and it got all shiny so my article is motivated by my happiness!)

まずなんといっても見た目の美しさが。。。♡アルミなのでものすごく軽いのと、中に段があるのでふきこぼれません♪あと綺麗な銀色なので出汁をとった時にその濃さがすごく分かりやすいです。1つだけデメリットがあるとすれば取手のところが熱くなるので要注意。でもふきんを添えてまぜたりするのもなんか昭和の主婦になった気分で悪くありません。

(First of all, I love it's look. So simple but so beautiful. Also the material, which I think it is aluminum makes it super light and easy to use, and the inner bump will prevent the water from boiling over. Also I love the color due to the fact you can see clearly the color of the dashi with it's beautidul silver base color. Only 1 disadvantage is that the handle gets super hot so have to be careful but using cloth over the handle makes me feel like a good old days house wife so it's all good. lol)

もともとは刀鍛冶なので包丁のほうが有名なのです。なので京都の錦市場の店舗は外国人のお客さんでかなり人気！貫禄ある名前の刻印もうっとりなのであります。

(Traditionally Aritsugu was a sword smith so knifes are very famous and popular among tourists. I also love the beautiful sign of the brand.)

しかも包丁だけかと思ったらお鍋にも無料で名前をほっていただけます！こんな時古臭い名前で良かったなと。笑　本体のお値段は鍋にしてはかなり高価な1万円前後。でも個人的には一生モノなので全然アリでした。

(It came to me as surprise that they also do free name carving on pots too! The pot itself is around 100$ so it is pretty expensive but when you think it as handmade traditional pot by sword smith brand? It's a good deal.)

ほうとうつくってこんな感じ♪やっぱりこのお鍋でつくると日本食ものがすっごく美味しそうに見えるん♪

(So I made udon with this. I think any Japanese soup base food looks so good when cooked with this pot♡)

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日本で買ってよかったシリーズ (Other worthwhile purchase from Japan)

COOKING RICE with "DONABE" 〈長谷園の土鍋でごはん〉

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