Make the Old New Again -- Tuscan Cooking School Introduces a Traditional Cooking Method for the Eco-Friendly Cook
Italian Cooking academy Good Tastes of Tuscany is introducing an innovative and sustainable refrigeration system to its cooking classes an evaporative cooling system called a Zeer pot. A Zeer pot is an evaporative cooler used in rural Africa and the Middle East to keep vegetables fresh. Consisting of two terra cotta pots, nested inside one another, with a layer of wet sand, the pots create a thermal mass that helps keep the inner pot cold. This "technology" can chill down to 40 ̊F (or 4 ̊C) without using any fuel or electricity. Zeer pots are a superior choice for the authentic Italian cook and the modern generation: they are cost-effective, sustainable, and perfectly suited to traditional Tuscan ingredients.
LASTRA A SIGNA FLORENCE, Italy, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lower your Carbon Footprint while picking up some authentic Italian cooking skills, as Good Taste of Tuscany rolls out its innovative refrigeration technique the Zeer pot!
Good Tastes of Tuscany, a cooking school based near Florence, Italy has made the old new again as it introduces a Middle Eastern cooling system called the Zeer pot a simple system of terracotta pots stacked between layers of sand that keep ingredients cold and fresh using no electricity or additional energy. Simply load your ingredients into a terracotta pot nested inside a larger pot with a layer of sand for insulation and let your ingredients cool literally under the Tuscan sun. Or at least, in a shady spot nearby. This environmentally friendly "technology" is perfectly suited to the regional ingredients of Tuscany and offers a cost-effective, sustainable approach that delivers truly authentic Italian recipes. Appealing to the traditional Italian chef, as well as the younger, more experimental and environmentally conscious DIY generation, the Zeer pot is bringing a quiet revolution to Tuscany.
Zeer pots are the cost-effective, sustainable cooking solution to an overflowing refrigerator. A fridge-freezer labelled with an EU energy rating of A+ consumes 116 kilograms of CO2 per year and a fridge with an A rating consumes up to 175, according to Carbon Footprint.
Refrigerators and freezers can also damage ingredients, causing 'freezer burn' or cross-contamination. With professional-grade refrigerators costing 1000 Euro or more, Good Tastes of Tuscany is rolling out the innovative solution that truly preserves Italian tradition. Zeer pots are cost-effective not only because they save money on energy bills, but because they can easily be built at home with terracotta pots and sand purchased at a hardware store. This DIY approach calls back to traditional Italian methods of centuries gone by, when there were no headlines about the destruction of our planet or outbreaks of salmonella in the supermarkets.
Are you ready to Eat, Pray, Love the Zeer pot? Try your hand at real Italian cooking with Good Tastes of Tuscany at Via Livornese 334, 50055, Lastra a Signa, Italy.
For more information, contact Massimo Brogi at info(at)tuscany-cooking-class.com
Good Tastes of Tuscany is a Cooking school in Italy near Florence that offers hands-on Cooking Classes in Tuscany since 1999. Through many years of experience, we have shaped our authentic Italian Culinary Vacations to reveal you the authentic face of that Italian way of life that is so attractive to all.
SOURCE Good Tastes of Tuscany Cooking School
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