Our unique range of Kisii-stone kitchenware is designed and handcrafted especially for us by our Partners in Kisii, Kenya
This is a handcrafted 4 inch / 10 cm tall Beer-barrel shaped beer-cooler suitable for standard 330 ml beer cans - especially designed for beer-lovers!
Kisii-stone is 100% natural and great for keeping cold beer cold for far longer than other materials
This barrel can also be used to hold any hot or cold food or drinks or to hold pens and trinkets - a sure hit for any beer-lover!
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With our Kisii-stone pots, griddles & pizza-stones, stone cooking is a healthy and natural low-fat method of cooking your favourite food. Food cooked on your stone grill tastes fresh because it is cooked with no fat or oil and is healthier for you than other conventional methods of cooking.
The heat of the stone sears the outside of the food locking in the taste and flavour. Meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, eggs, fruit or bread, in fact almost anything is suitable for cooking on the stone.
Soapstone's most interesting qualities are cooking without altering food flavour so you get the true flavour of each food. Because it is stone, the cookware heats up evenly. After the food is cooked, soapstone cookware can go straight to the serving table because of it's beauty and most importantly because it keeps food warm for a long time.
All items can go in the oven and directly on top of the stove, and any type of food can be cooked in them since it does not react with acidic foods. Soapstone is a very non porous stone.
The thermal qualities of soapstone work both ways, hot or cold, which makes soapstone also great to keep what needs to stay cool, cool. Soapstone wine coolers and beer mugs are very efficient for keeping the liquids cold.
See what Green-life guru Deborah Lynn Dadd has to say about the benefits of cooking with soapstone on her website:
www.dld123.com/debraslist/athome/athome.php
The main benefits of soapstone cookware:
· 100% natural
· Ideal for low-fat cooking
· Virtually non-stick after curing
· Even and constant heat
· Imparts no odour or taste
· No leaching or breakdowns
· Does not react with acidic foods
· Stovetop and grill safe (most)
· Oven safe
· Keeps foods hot or cold much longer than metal cookware
· Easy to clean
· Darkens to a beautiful marble-like appearance
· Lasts for generations
Suggested uses:
♦ Pots - For stovetop, oven or grill. Excellent for stews, risotto, slow cooking, stir-fries, home fries, fondues and for serving.
♦ Griddles - Thicker ones for stovetop, oven, grill, and serving; thinner ones for oven, and serving. Great for hot or cold hors d'oeuvres, broiled fish, pizza, tabletop cooking of bite-size foods like shrimp and veggies, and for serving.
How to Cure New Soapstone Cookware
♦ Before curing, wash with a sponge or brush in hot water, and allow to dry thoroughly.
♦ To begin curing, amply grease all surfaces of your soapstone cookware with your choice of cooking oil. (Use care in handling the oiled utensil.)
♦ Set it in a warm location for at least 24 hours. The oil will be absorbed and the stone will become almost dry.
♦ After that drying time, fill the pot with water up to the line of the metal band. Put on the stove at low setting and gradually up to medium or medium-high to bring the water to a boil. Allow the water to boil uncovered for 30 minutes.
♦ Then let the water return to room temperature on its own before draining.
♦ For a longer lasting, deeper curing, repeat the greasing, drying, heating and cooling.
♦ During the first few uses, turn up the heat only gradually.
How to Clean Soapstone
♦ Allow the soapstone to cool to room temperature on its own before cleaning.
♦ Generally, rinsing with a sponge and hot water is sufficient to clean soapstone.
♦ You will usually only need to use detergent when frying or sauténg some foods. Reapply a little oil after using detergent, and after you cook a liquid.
♦ Avoid using abrasive products.
Please note:
Soapstone is beautiful & natural and will last a lifetime or more if cared for.
Pots, griddles etc are heavier than "standard" cooking items and remember that they should not be used in the microwave or washed with a dishwasher. Soapstone will mark if, for example, cut with a blade, therefore items are not suitable for use as cutting boards.
As each item is individually made there may be variations in colour / pattern of stone from that seen in the photograph - for example the Pizza Stone shown below displays the beauty of the natural stone
Every item you purchase will be re-ordered from our partners in Kisii and we also return a percentage of our profits for each item directly back to the group.
