Handling a chugun with an ukhvat
Chugun (pronounced "chooGOON"; small one: chugunok) is a crock initially made of cast iron, hence its name: "chugun" in Russian means "cast iron".[1] It has a special shape: narrow at the bottom quickly turning into a round bowl, that permits handling of it in the Russian stove with a special implement called ukhvat, a long wooden handle ending with the two-pronged metal "grabber". Later chuguns were made of aluminium as well. This kind of ware had become widespread in Russia since the break of the 19th and 20th centuries.[2]
Standalone small stoves had special metal rings to fit bottoms of chuguns of different sizes.
A variety of chuguns and chugunoks are used to prepare an entire meal
Ukhvats of varying sizes, fire iron, and chapelnik (to handle pans)
A stovetop with iron fitting rings
The implement gave rise to Russian surnames Chugunov and Chugunkov.
See also
References
- ↑ s:ru:ТСД2/Чугун
- ↑ Русская изба. Иллюстрированная энциклопедия. [Russian stove. An Illustrated Encycliopedia] — St.Petersburg, Искусство-СПБ, 2004, pp. 359—360
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