Clay Vs Glazed
MEC’s Pure Clay Cookware Metal, Ceramic, Enameled, Glazed cookware. 1 Is 100% Inert. No metals, chemicals or toxins. No leaching. …
Read MoreNo Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium or any other toxins in MEC’s 100% Pure Clay.
It was recently brought to our attention that an individual running a site had purportedly attacked the integrity of Miriams …
Read MoreHow is MEC different from Ceramic, stoneware, porcelain, and glazed ware?
Ceramic clay, porcelain, stoneware are a composition of different chemicals, oxides and metal ores. Unfortunately the glazes and enamel used …
Read MoreTest what’s leaching from your pot: The Alkaline Baking soda Test
The Baking Soda test is an easy to do home-test to check the toxicity and leaching of metals and/or chemicals …
Read MorePure-Clay Pot Fish Curry
Even after people of the ancient Southeast Asian culture gradually switched from cooking in clay to metals, they have always …
Read MoreMake Jams, Jellies & Pickles — Without any Additives
Ingredients: 3 -4 cups of Strawberries – washed and sliced 11/4 cup of brown sugar or Jaggery (sugar cane syrup) …
Read MorePressure Cooking with MEC:
Because of the unique design and the purity of the raw material, MEC pots have the ability to naturally lock almost all the steam inside the pot, letting food cook with its own steam. There are many valuable benefits to using MEC pressure pots instead of a conventional pressure cooker and those benefits are discussed here:
Read MoreWhat Is A Pressure Cooker And Which Is The Best?
When evaluating something to be the best, the most important criteria is to find out how well it can fulfill its core purpose: in this case it is to cook your food safely and nutritiously?
Unfortunately most conventional pressure cookers are made of highly reactive metals and the high amounts of pressure inside can quickly and easily destroy the delicate nutritive cells in your food.
As a result of this forceful cooking, your food…
Is Ascorbic Acid really Vitamin C?
If I were to explain this in simple terms, ascorbic acid that is added as a preservatives to packaged food (including baby food), that which is conveniently labeled Vitamin C is not really vitamin C. It is a synthetically derived ingredient that is chemically extracted from corn (most probably GMO) or rice starch. This derivative is 10 times more acidic than the pure & natural one found in a vitamin complex as found in whole foods…
Read MoreThe Ideal Yogurt Maker:
You can make excellent healthy, home made yogurt in your MEC pots. It turns out more delicious, thicker and for sure healthier… and all you need is the pot! No need for any additional gadgets.
It’s easy to make, and there are 3 steps involved: heat the milk to just before boiling point (till small bubbles form on the surface), let it cool down to about 110 degrees. Add yogurt culture. Set in the oven with lid on and oven light on. Let it incubate for 6-8 hours….
Read MoreA Dutch Oven:
The thickness of the walls, the difference in finishing the bottom versus the side walls, the inert and toxic free nature of the raw material, the design and position of the stay-cool handles… all of these features make it by far the best and safest Dutch Oven in the market.
The thickness determine the weight, so with extensive testing & research we’ve arrived at just the right thickness that will allow food to cook perfectly without burning and at the same time make the pot lighter and easy to carry, For example…
Read MoreCooking Healthy Beans & Lentils: Different Types, Cooking time, Nutritional Value & Taste
If you are looking for a healthy substitute for meat, lentils are for you. Teeming with nutrition especially protein and Iron and low in fat, lentils fill you up without feeling the need for fatty foods. Lentils are tiny beans belonging to the legume family. They add color to your kitchen racks as they come in black, green, red, white, yellow and brown shades. Lentils are available throughout the year and can be stored fresh in air tight containers for up to 2 years!
Read MoreWhat Exactly Is A Dutch Oven, And Which Is The Best?
By Definition, a Dutch Oven is a name given to a two piece cooking utensil that includes a pot along with its well fitting lid. It has thicker walls than a regular pot and it is used on the stove top or in the oven for cooking anything from soups, stews to all kinds of rice and other casseroles dishes.
Ideally a Dutch oven should work both on the stove-top and in the oven; this gives the pot greater flexibility & makes it multi functional.
…MEC Dutch ovens require little to no monitoring when cooking. You’ll have to stir only occasionally. Heat given to the pot is held inside so all recipes can cook beautifully just on medium heat, and many times you can conveniently…
Read MoreCooking with Lentils
If you are looking for a healthy substitute for meat, lentils are for you. Teeming with nutrition and low in …
Read MoreSafest Cookware | Why Glazing Was Not An Option.
So what is so bad and unsafe about this paint like substance and why is it strictly labeled “toxic, do not pour in the drain”? Glaze is a composition of about 10-17 different chemicals –different ones put together to form a ceramic paint that is toxic in its raw form and generates toxic fumes during firing. How much of it could then leach into food, and the harm thereof, was another big question?
Just out of curiosity, I searched some more to see if there were really any non-toxic glazes –surprisingly…
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