Supers: overview of species, popular models and selection criteria

Tureen - dishes that are not in every kitchen. Not everyone considers it necessary to use this capacity, considering it a relic of the past and overkill. But those who prefer to pour the fragrant first course into the tureen and bring it to the common table, they are assured that this supply has many advantages.

The word “tureen” today means two things: the first is spacious dishes, where you should pour soup or broth in large quantities (for all diners), the second is portion dishes for soup. And that, and another definition will be true.

Most often the tureen is called the total capacity, served on the table instead of the pan, in which the first dish was cooked. Of course, the pan on the table looks out of place, disrupts the harmony of serving and generally negates the aesthetics of food intake. But the point is not only in the beauty of the serving: in the tureen the first course insists and does not cool.

In the old days, the soup tureen used to know, and since the distance from the kitchen to the dining room was decent, it was both inconvenient and impractical to carry soup to the table in plates. He corny cooled. Today, dishes for serving the first dishes remain a companion of an elegant table setting. Yes, and the soup itself looks more appetizing in a beautiful dish.

General rules for serving soups.

• Transparent broths and vegetable light soups served in a cup with one or two handles, less often - in a soup plate. Eat them with a dessert spoon, turn the cup forward with the handle. Served in the tureen such types of first dishes less often, soups, mashed potatoes served according to the same scheme. Sometimes a “pocket” is attached to the cup - a place for toasts.

• Filling soups (soup, borscht, as well as pickle, hodgepodge, thick vegetable soup) are eaten from deep soup plates with a tablespoon. These dishes are more often served in a beautiful beautiful tureen. For an individual soup plate you need a stand.

• National Soups more often brought in ceramic / clay pots. The pot should also be carried out on a support plate or on a wooden stand.

• Family dinners - The best way to file a tureen. According to etiquette, it should stand on the table, which is located next to the dining table. But now they rarely adhere to such a rule, because the tureen is often placed in the center of the table.

Capacities for serving the first dishes may look different, have characteristic features. The standard tureen is not just a deep plate with two handles, but a spacious beautiful container with a lid.. In terms of volume, the dishes also differ and can be from 2 to 5 liters and more. If you plan to use the dishes for ordinary family meals, and your family is small, then a modest tureton of 2.5 liters will be enough.

If we talk about the soup cup, they can be:

• resembling serving pots;
• trapezoidal, with handles extending upwards;
• cylindrical;
• in the form of a mug;
• designer

In recent years, the tureen circle has gained special popularity. This is partly due to the decrease in portions: people began to follow the diet more, to reduce the diet. Mugs, tureens, unlike deep plates, did not give the opportunity to get enough "to the limit", to regulate the amount of consumed product.Yes, and for serving such dishes in many cases more suitable, because it looks nice and modern.

But the supply of tureens on a stand gradually lost its relevance: less and less often the housewives use the support plates and their substitutes. And there was a replacement for the classic volumetric tureens with a lid - in many families their electrical counterparts "got accustomed". But in them, as in disposable tableware, there is no that charm of classic serving, unhurried dinners in the company.

The shape of the “common” tureens are similar to each other - their roundness has variations, but not so significant. But the materials for the manufacture of such dishes are very different.

• Clay. Traditional "root" material, warm and very homely. Clay tureens with lids are usually small, they can replace the roaster, as they are suitable for cooking in the oven.

• Ceramics. Option no less worthy than described above. It retains heat for a long time, it looks both modern and vintage (there are different models), inexpensive in price. Perhaps the most popular were the tureen in the form of a pumpkin or a dish, on the lid of which a “hare”, a duck, a chicken “hid”. Such dishes are suitable for serving the first courses, and for roast, for example.

• Porcelain. Can be part of a set of tableware, sold separately. There are luxurious models, expensive, elegant, in the spirit of the “royal table”. But you can find models of porcelain tureen made in minimalism. Porcelain is easier and more tender than ceramics, but at the same time it is durable. Such ware is steady against temperature differences, is not afraid of acid and alkaline influence. But porcelain and porcelain are different: the soft appearance has a creamy hue, the hard one is distinguished by its whiteness and the greatest strength, and the bone form is something between these two options.

• Faience. At first glance, pottery dishes are difficult to distinguish from porcelain, but even the materials sound differently. Faience is deaf and low, and it is also heavier, its walls are thicker. Temperature contrasts material is afraid and can simply crack.

• Glass. Such items look somewhat simpler, more modest, but convenient because they can be warmed up in the microwave. Such containers are made of heat-resistant glass, for convenience, ears are attached to them. Good glass tureens that their contents are appetizing peeking out from behind the walls. For example, a bright pink fridge or thick okroshka looks picturesquely in a transparent dish.

• Silver. Such dishes are akin to family values: luxurious, aristocratic, enhancing the status of lunch or dinner. They should always shine and look perfect, otherwise the flow itself is meaningless.

• Food plastic. In this case we are talking about portioned plastic tureen: if the dishes are reusable, you can take it with you to work or to a picnic.

Interestingly, the hostesses of the moths find alternative use. In this dish you can store the remnants of the first and second courses, It is convenient to serve pasta and dumplings. It is convenient to keep baked pies in the tureens (they will stay warm longer).

For those who understand the dishes, knows well-known brands and currently fashionable types of dishes, the choice of a tureen turns into a search for a relevant option. I want to guess with the trend, get an interesting model in my collection.

Such demanding customers will benefit from this review:

• Gzhel (Leander). Czech dishes offer many interesting options that are actively purchased by porcelain connoisseurs in different countries. The round tureen made of porcelain "under Gzhel" contains 2.5 liters.Elegant, not cumbersome, dishes recognizable by the print will perfectly take root in your kitchen, if the aesthetics of Gzhel is close to you, or even if you just love the combination of white and blue.

• Tomato (Bordallo Pinheiro). Another recognizable model that will look good in a bright interior, perhaps in an interior with rural motifs. For country dinners and dinners, this option is just perfect. Fitted in a tureen 4.5 l first course. It is heavy, but the brightness and interesting design overlaps this conditional minus.

• Blue Sky (Tunisie Porcelaine). Elegant modern tureen with a capacity of 3.2 liters made of porcelain. Its design is classic, so it will easily “make friends” with other dishes from your collection.

• Food Warmers Line. And this is the famous tureen heated made of heat-resistant glass. It is equipped with a steel stand. It is heating that allows the contents of the tureen to stay cool for a long time. The kit includes a stainless steel ladle.

• A set of Luminarc tureens. These are portioned tureens with handles, complete with 4 pieces. It is acceptable to use the dishes in the microwave oven, as well as in the dishwasher. Products of a gentle-milky color and laconic form will be a great addition for lovers of the classic serving. This company also offers black dishes.

• A set of Loraine tureens. These are ceramic portions of tureen, which are made on a stand. In the set of 5 items. Production material - ceramics. The original design allows you to use the tureen and every day, and in preparation for the festive table.

It is not necessary to look for branded dishes: In a modest shop or in the department of ceramics and pottery you can find very interesting options. Some housewives prefer to have two tureens - one is used every day, the other is used for special occasions.

The tureen remains the main dish for serving the first courses. If you honor traditions and do not want to abandon this beautiful ritual, it should occupy a place of honor in the cupboard or cupboard for tableware.

1. The size. Think about what size would be best for your family. There are miniature models in 2-2.5 liters. They look compact, suitable for serving on a small kitchen table, it is unlikely that there will be surplus in such dishes. If you expect that at the table on weekends or holidays it will be crowded, it is more sensible to take a roomy model from 3.5 liters. Then everyone will have enough of the first one and it will be convenient to pour the soup without residue from the cooking pan.
2. The form. Adherents of the classics buy rounded tureens with handles (possibly twisted), a lid with a hole for a ladle. If your interior is minimalistic, you appreciate the geometry and simplicity of the forms, it will look better in the tureen, which is close to the square in shape. Glass tureens are often triangular in shape and fit to the serving of glass.
3. Decor. Today, various branches of country style, rural motives, unpretentious furnishings are in fashion - if this is old, then inexpensive, not refined vintage, but retro sweet heart. In such an interior will look great clay tureen with a floral ornament or pattern. The colors of the earth prevail - beige-brown gamma, terracotta and others. Some craftswomen paint such dishes themselves, using flowers, twigs, birds, butterflies as decorations.

If you follow the interior fashion, you probably know that today the direction of the lag is actively developing. This concept is a feature of the Swedish national character. If you translate it literally, there will be something "just right, adequate." This word is based on prudence, rationality. Today, this word in the aspect of interior and housekeeping is meant restraint, modesty, lack of excess.

And if this trendy direction is close to you, then stick to it in relation to the dishes.Do not buy something just for the sake of fashion, do not spend money on branded items that could be more necessary in another, but take care of what you have. The silver tureen looks very impressive, but such showiness is not always appropriate. Even a modest ceramic or earthen tureen that you inherited from older relatives can serve you for a long time.

Put it in order, polish it to a shine, and one day bring it to a family dinner — a new life for old dishes might be the best solution.

By the way, serving guests soup - a tradition that is slowly forgotten. But for a dinner party or dinner, its beginning is quite appropriate. If the soup is nourishing, thick, the main course can be light (and vice versa). Thanks to the introduction of tureens into a familiar set of tableware in your surroundings, a pleasant tradition may arise to gather for the occasion of “branded borsch with donuts” or “mother's hodgepodge.”

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