It is a silicone lid that prevents things from boiling over. As you can imagine, on any given day I have a few things going on simultaneously and I get distracted from things on the stove on occasion. Just the week before I received this gift I had accidentally let a pot of sweet pickle syrup boil over (really really sugary syrup I might add)!!!! It was a huge sticky mess! I had to lift the top of the stove and wipe it all up from under the burners, then I unplugged the burner and took out the drip bowl and washed and dried it as well. With that time consuming mess freshly on my mind, it is safe to say, I was pretty excited to receive this gift!
Doesn't this look daring having a pot so full? This is a tall pot of corn I am boiling to hot pack into jars for canning. It is almost ready to boil over now!
I placed the fancy lid over it and waited, wondering if it could possibly work with the pot this full!
Here is a close up of the name of it. Kuhn Rikon made in Switzerland. I really like the colors too!
Here it is starting to boil hard and the foam is coming up through the center softer silicone "petals". The "petals" almost flap the bubble down a little like it is giving it a talking to about settling down and not making a mess.:)
Here it is several minutes still on high heat when by now without the lid we'd have had a HUGE mess to clean up without this handy lid on there. The foam never amounted to more than this even when I left it longer. This is going to be a very handy item to have in my kitchen for sure!
A heartfelt THANK YOU to my dear friend who thought of me and got this great gift for me. I feel loved!
If you'd like one of these handy lids, they are available HERE and they have several sizes and colors to choose from.(I receive no incentive, I am just pleased with this item!) I am sure they are available in other places as well.
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