The kitchen is an important area for cooking and taking care of the family’s health. The arrangement of the kitchen is extremely important because it not only relates to ensuring food safety and hygiene but also to ensuring safety with “fire spirits”.
However, many kitchens in families are cramped, so they are often utilized to save space, such as using the space above the stove as a shelf to place objects, or keeping things close to the stove for convenience when using them.
However, sometimes this arrangement can be dangerous and cause fires. Moreover, many items placed near the stove deteriorate quickly, and perishable food expires faster. Therefore, experienced and intelligent chefs always advise against placing the following items near the stove:
Bottles of cooking oil
Cooking oil is an indispensable item in the kitchen, whether it’s for vegetarian or non-vegetarian families. But cooking oil is easily degraded at high temperatures, and many people do not notice because they do not have a strong, foul smell, so they become complacent. Having cooking oil too close to a gas stove can cause a fire or explosion. Moreover, high temperatures near the stove cause the oil to oxidize, making it lose its aroma and when frying, it can produce harmful toxins, affecting the taste of your food due to the unpleasant smell of oxidized oil. Oxidized oil is very toxic to health, as it can increase the amount of bad fats in the body, leading to obesity…
Fish sauce
Fish sauce is very salty, so it is usually not spoiled and many people do not worry about heat damaging it. But at high temperatures, fish sauce oxidizes, darkening its color and making its taste less delicious. Therefore, the best solution is not to place fish sauce near the stove. Fish sauce should be stored in a cool, dry place with a temperature below 30 degrees Celsius, avoiding direct sunlight. Discolored fish sauce makes the food less appetizing and has an unattractive color when making dipping sauce.
Pickles
Pickled vegetables, pickled onions are highly sensitive to high temperatures, causing them to spoil and lose their taste. Therefore, these types of items should be stored in a cool, well-ventilated place.
Dry powders such as flour, glutinous rice flour, cornstarch…
Powders have a high potential for ignition, but many people are not aware of it. This increases the risk of fires in the house. Moreover, when placed near the cooking stove or in a damp environment, such as steam from boiling pots, the powders can become moist, clumpy, and moldy, resulting in a decrease in their taste and aroma. Therefore, keep the powders away from the kitchen.
Alcohol
Alcohol is often used in cooking, but flammable alcohol poses a serious fire hazard. Therefore, never place alcohol near the cooking stove. When near the stove, alcohol is exposed to high temperatures, causing it to deteriorate and change its properties.
Lighter
Gas lighters, when dropped, can also cause explosions, so keeping them near the cooking stove is even more dangerous as it can significantly increase the risk of fires.
Onion, garlic, chili strings
Onion, garlic, and chili strings placed near the cooking stove at high temperatures can cause them to become soft, dry, spoil quickly, and lose their aroma. Therefore, these types of items should be stored in breathable bags and in cool, low-temperature areas.
Plastic bags
Plastic bags made of polyethylene are highly flammable and spread fire quickly. Therefore, never place items in plastic bags near the cooking stove.
Mobile phone
Keeping a mobile phone near the cooking stove while cooking is also very dangerous. They heat up the phone, which can damage the device and cause explosions, battery damage, or battery swelling.
Electric rice cooker
Placing an electric rice cooker near the cooking stove also causes many disadvantages, as it damages the electronic circuits when placed near the cooking stove. They quickly deteriorate, causing the rice cooker to malfunction, not cook well, easily burn or not cook properly. Continuous exposure to heat also accelerates their deterioration.
Microwave
Having a microwave near the cooking stove poses a great risk of fire. Moreover, if the microwave is an electrical appliance placed near the cooking stove, high temperatures cause it to deteriorate faster.
Insect spray bottles
Various kinds of insect spray bottles also have flammable components. Therefore, avoid placing them near high-temperature areas and the cooking stove.
You should have a separate kitchen away from the storage area. When cooking, take the items out to cook, avoiding being within the range of heat from the stove.
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