Can you suggest a lightweight, sturdy trivet?
Madeline616
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Comments (36)I love my Joseph Joseph accordion trivet. I can use it with any size pan or casserole dish. Even though I have lots of fun ceramic and wood trivets - JJ gets used in the kitchen. I also love the Andréas silicone trivets. They come in colors and patterns - one of my favorites is my dragonfly one but I am showing my lemons today. You can induction cook on them as well as toss in the DW - although, I usually don't do either. The other one is a tile I picked up in Tacoma....See MoreWhat is the trivet in a dutch oven actually for?
Comments (11)I had to look it up and was going to post a pick. Put the hole in my head now, i want one. It is more difficult to regulate your heat source on a wood fired cookstove. My surface steel is close to a 1/2 inch, probably more like 3/8's. Just one big flat surface that has zones from boil to simmer so you have to slide the pot around. Quite the dance when a few things are going along with a kettle. I use lots of base veggies as a trivet but as they cook down the weight of the meat can, not that often, cause some trouble on the bottom. That trivet would be just enough for a nice gravy. And prevent scorching. Love the lid zig-zag for moisture to drip back down. Probably some of the first gas and electric stove were also tricky to regulate. If you want to use it as intended, take half your root veggies and onion and chop those a bit smaller and put in the bottom under your roast. Halfway/two thirds through roasting add the larger diced veg...potato, carrot, onion etc till tender to serve with your roast and make a nice gravy with the bottom sauce....See Morea2gemini
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