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Mexican Pottery - Your First Choice for Slow Cooking

Mexican pottery comes in all sorts of colors, sizes and glazes and there are a variety of uses for Mexican pottery, from flowerpots to cook ware. Mexican pottery is very popular and collected all over the world. Mexican pottery is earthenware made from clay, fired with low heat and glazed only on the inside. This low firing process produces a more delicate and fragile pot, so larger pots are not often seen.

Because of the slow firing process, Mexican pottery cookware releases heat slowly and evenly and is excellent for slow cooking meal such as beans, stews and soups. The clay in the earthenware adds a specific flavor to Mexican cooking that can not be reproduced in a metal pot, so traditionally only clay has been used in Mexican pottery cookware. When using Mexican pottery for cookware, make sure it is lead free and the cookware is stamped with "safe for food". Before using Mexican pottery, you must season it over a direct flame or a diffuser (never use Mexican pottery on an electric stove) by filling the pot with water and letting it boil and then pouring the water out.

When caring for your Mexican pottery cookware always allow the Mexican pottery to cool before you wash it. You must also take care not to subject your Mexican pottery to extreme shifts in temperature as doing so may crack the Mexican pottery. After the Mexican pottery cools, soak it in warm soapy water and then scrub with a non-abrasive pad and rinse the Mexican pottery well and allow it to air dry. Never put your Mexican pottery cookware in the dishwasher.

Sources:
http://www.mexicanceramic.com/aboutceramics.htm
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/mexicanpotterycookingpots.htm
 

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