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IMUSA’s Tamaleras<br />
IN DEPTH:<br />
IMUSA USA Explains How to Stock a Latin Kitchen<br />
At the International Home + Housewares<br />
Show in March, IMUSA USA’s booth was<br />
filled with retailers looking for products<br />
to satisfy Latin cooks. With 75 years<br />
experience in the Latin market, IMUSA<br />
USA prepared some guidelines to help<br />
retailers understand how to stock the<br />
essential Latin kitchen. The following is an<br />
excerpt from information provided by<br />
IMUSA USA.<br />
Doral, FL – Latin cooks tend to have an<br />
extensive collection of cookware, including<br />
many pieces that might not be found in a<br />
typical American kitchen. A recent study<br />
found that Latin cooks have four regular<br />
pots and pans, four calderos (or stock pots)<br />
of varying sizes, two tamaleras (or ollas) of<br />
varying sizes, a tortilla maker, pressure<br />
cooker and an electric rice maker.<br />
According to Latin cookbook author,<br />
Elsie Ramos, “IMUSA cookware is<br />
authentic, mixing traditional Latino<br />
values of great home cooking with<br />
modern concerns like convenience. If<br />
you're pursuing Latin authenticity in your<br />
kitchen, you might want to consider adding<br />
some of the following cookware.”<br />
• Caldero: Similar to a Dutch oven in<br />
its versatility, a caldero is used<br />
primarily to make rice and beans.<br />
Latin women prefer calderos made<br />
of cast iron because they get seasoned<br />
with use. A caldero also can be used<br />
for making soups, spaghetti and<br />
roasts—and for frying and browning.<br />
• Comal: A rounded griddle used to<br />
warm tortillas, cook pancakes and<br />
sauté meats and other foods, a comal<br />
is typically made of cast iron,<br />
cast aluminum or carbon steel for<br />
even heating.<br />
• Electric rice maker: While most<br />
Latin cooks admit that rice is not<br />
as tasty made in an electric rice<br />
maker—preferring, instead, to use<br />
a caldero or saucepan—they use<br />
an electric rice maker to make<br />
large quantities of rice or to keep rice<br />
warm for a long period of time.<br />
• Molcajete:<br />
A Mexican<br />
stone tool that<br />
serves as a mortar<br />
and pestle for grinding<br />
various foods, a molcajete is considered<br />
essential for making guacamole.<br />
• Tamalera/olla: A tamalera (or olla),<br />
used as a stock pot or sauce pot<br />
primarily for making tamales, can<br />
range in size from 12 to 21 quarts.<br />
Unlike a caldero, a tamalera is not<br />
used for fried recipes.<br />
IMUSA cookware is specifically designed<br />
for cooking Latin-style recipes, from<br />
arroz con pollo to tortillas and everything<br />
in between. IMUSA offers a full<br />
range of cookware, accessories and<br />
serving items to make authentic<br />
Hispanic cuisine at home. Visit IMUSA's<br />
Web site, www.imusausa.com, to<br />
see the full range of gadgets, tools<br />
and accessories.<br />
JURA-CAPRESSO’S<br />
CAFÉ PUMP ESPRESSO MACHINE<br />
Jura-Capresso reaches out to<br />
today’s consumer with the new<br />
Capresso Café Pump Espresso<br />
and Cappuccino Machine. It<br />
features a handsome new look<br />
and a state-of-the-art design that<br />
fits snuggly into a corner on the<br />
counter, saving space while serving<br />
up great espresso.<br />
The highly efficient ThermoBlock<br />
heating system offers 16 bars of<br />
pressure to create perfect highpressure<br />
brewed espresso. The handy<br />
self-locking filter holder has a thumb<br />
guard for safe and secure placement.<br />
The Capresso Café comes with<br />
two filter sieves to produce one or two<br />
thick crema espressos at a time. A<br />
concealed storage compartment<br />
holds one sieve so it never gets lost. The<br />
easy-to-use selector switch allows the<br />
user to choose espresso/cappuccino<br />
or steam/hot water functions. Its large<br />
48-ounce water container produces<br />
35 espressos before refilling.<br />
Suggested Retail Price: $159.99<br />
Jura-Capresso, Inc.<br />
[tel] 800-767-3554, 201-767-3999<br />
[email] contact@capresso.com<br />
www.capresso.com.<br />
KITCHEN RESOURCE<br />
ADDS TO CLOER LINE<br />
Kitchen Resource expands its line<br />
of Cloer small appliances with an<br />
elegant collection of black and<br />
white products. These elegant new<br />
black and white appliances<br />
continue the Cloer focus on design,<br />
functionality, ergonomics and<br />
intelligent features.<br />
The Cloer company was founded<br />
in 1898 by Casper Cloer and has<br />
been managed in family ownership<br />
ever since. The present CEO, Achim<br />
Cloer, is a fourth generation family<br />
member. Kitchen Resource<br />
specializes in exclusive brand<br />
distribution of such names as Bosch,<br />
L’equip, Bamix, B/R/K and Cloer.<br />
Kitchen Resource<br />
[tel] 800-692-6724<br />
[fax] 801-261-3235<br />
[email] info@kitchenresource.com<br />
www.kitchenresource.com<br />
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