Nowadays, we can cook in many ways, such as wok, aluminum pot and casserole. But more than a thousand years ago, that is, before the Song Dynasty, there were basically no woks, and only a few nobles used them. It was not until the Song Dynasty that woks entered ordinary families and ordinary people really used woks to cook. Then it was impossible for ordinary people to eat barbecue with whatever they used to cook!

According to archaeological research, iron appeared relatively late, at the latest in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the output of iron ore was very low, so iron was also precious. In the Han Dynasty, iron was controlled by the state.

It is also impossible to popularize iron pots. At that time, a lot of weapons were needed for conquering everywhere. There were extra iron pots, but a small number of iron cookers appeared, which could only be enjoyed by nobles.

We know that wok can cook many delicious dishes, such as frying and frying, a variety of dishes, such as fried tripe in Beijing, vinegar fish in West Lake, fish-flavored shredded pork in Sichuan, stewed fish in northeast wok, and stir-fried kidney flower, which is popular among most male compatriots.

Now we feel so happy that we can cook so many delicious foods in iron pots, but we didn't even think about it more than a thousand years ago. We must have something to cook!

At that time, of course, the most commonly used things were kettles, retort, wok, tripod, etc. These things were also the most primitive and traditional, which lasted for many years until the appearance of the Iron Age, which was of course in the Song Dynasty.

after reading these kitchen utensils of ancient people, I can't help sighing about the good life now. Nowadays, people really live in a very happy era, with all kinds of kitchen utensils with super practicality. In the past, big iron pots were rarely used now, and everyone began to use lighter stainless steel pot, non-stick pans and the like. These pots are lighter in weight, more convenient for cooking, especially strong in thermal conductivity and high in safety. Therefore, it is really lucky for all of us to live in such an era of convenience brought by high technology.