Early humans gathered fruits, nuts and herbs for survival and invented fire for cooking. The discovery that meat could be cooked over fire led to experimentation with cooking methods and use of shells and stones as early cooking pots. Clay pots then allowed for variety in cookware shapes and sizes, and developments in metallurgy introduced steel, stainless steel and aluminum pots and pans. Modern kitchens now utilize glass cookware safe for microwave and stovetop use.

1. Evolution of Cooking And Cookwares

2. Life was not easy! No gun, No Fishing gear. It
was a real challenge to get foods.

3. Had to gather
fruits, nuts and herbs for
survival

4. It needs fire to cook foods –
Invention of Fire

5. One chilly night, sitting around it for warmth from the winter cold,
some clumsy cave man dropped his raw piece of meat into that fire
and it get cooked.

6. Invention of spices to preserve foods

7. The shells of
turtles or large
mollusks provided
a source for
cooking pots.

8. Inhabitants of the Tehuacan Valley began using large
stone bowls as early as 7000 BC.

9. Then comes the clay
pots..

10. The development of pottery allowed for
the creation of fireproof cooking pots in a
variety of shapes and sizes.

11. Uses of Coating the earthenware with some type of plant
gum, and later ceramic glazes started.

12. By the 17th century, it was
common for a Western
kitchen to contain a
number of skillets, baking
pans, a kettle and several
pots, along with a variety of
pot hooks and trivets.

13. Improvements in metallurgy during
the 19th and 20th centuries allowed
for pots and pans from metals such
as steel, stainless steel and
aluminum to be used.

14. 21’st Century –
Evolution of Glass
Cookwares.

15. We’re more advanced - Microwave and Flame
proof Glass cookware
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