7
Caring for your Clay Pot
Unglazed natural clay promotes health by preserving all
essential nutrients and vitamins in your foods. It creates
excellent texture and intensifies flavors of food. In order to
preserve the quality and lifespan of your clay pot, here are
a few helpful tips and instructions to follow:
•
ALWAYS
avoid temperature shock: never add frozen
items to a very hot pot or place a hot pot on a cold,
marble counter or directly into the refrigerator. Use a
cloth trivet for the counter and allow to cool down before
placing in the refrigerator. Do NOT place the clay pot in
the freezer. Similarly, Do NOT add boiling water to a
very cold pot (out of the refrigerator). Allow the pot to
normalize to room temperature before adding very hot
or very cold items.
•
DO use your Smart Organic Multi-Cooker
with
adequate water-based liquids.
Be sure that water-
based liquids are always present in the clay pot during
cooking to prevent the pot from becoming too dry and
overheated.
ALWAYS
cook with liquid present at a
minimum of 2 cups (US cup) in the pot but the recipe
may need more.
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For first-time cooking use
that is longer than 1
hour, please
CHECK
your liquid levels halfway
through cooking time to see if liquid is running low,
add same temperature or room-temperature liquid as
needed. If the liquid is almost gone, turn the machine
off and allow it to cool down before adding more
liquid and then restart the cooking process. Use the
Cooking Chart
for the first-time cooking and reduce
or add liquid amount as needed thereafter.
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If the liquid completely evaporates, the clay pot will
begin “dry heating”, immediately unplug the power