Ko te rimurapa tino pai, te ngawari o te pai e rewa ana i roto i tō waha, te haruru pakari o te taro rewena e tapatapahia ana—ko ngā wā penei e whakaatu pono ana i te uara o tētahi huinga taputapu kai kua oti pai te hanga. Mai i te taumaha i tō ringaringa ki te piko o te kakau, ehara i te mea he taputapu noa iho hei whakawhiti kai mai i te pereti ki te waha (ahakoa he mea nui tēnā); ka whakarei ake i tō wheako kai. Heoi anō, he take anō ka taea ai e tētahi huinga taputapu kai kua oti pai te hanga te noho hei taonga tuku iho a te whānau, ka tukuna iho i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi whakatipuranga.
Mā te rapu i ngā taputapu kai hou i runga ipurangi ka kitea he maha ngā momo kāhua rite kāore i te taketake me te motuhake. Engari ki te mea kei te rapu koe i ngā taputapu kai tino pai e whakakotahi ana i te whai hua me te ataahua, ka taea e mātou te āwhina. Ahakoa he hiahia koe ki tētahi momo kāhua o te wā waenga, he mea tawhito rānei, he mea tika ēnei huinga taputapu kai hei tāpiri atu ki tō kohinga.
Kei tō āhua noho te tikanga. He maha āu manuhiri, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki tētahi huinga taputapu kai e tino pai ana, e ātaahua ana, e pakari ana hoki? He pai ake ki a koe ngā rihi e ngāwari ana te whakamahi, e taea te horoi ki te mīhini, ā, e pakari ana mō ngā wā kai o ia rā me ngā tamariki? He pai ake rānei ki a koe te waihanga i tētahi āhua ataahua ki runga i te tēpu, me te whiriwhiri i ngā rihi e rite ana ki te hoahoa, kaua ko te kai noa iho?
Kāore he huinga taputapu kai tino tika, engari ko te mea anake e pai ana mō tō momo noho. Nō reira, ko te taahiraa tuatahi ko te whakatau me pēhea te whakamahi; mā tēnei koe e āwhina ki te kimi i te taputapu kai e tino hiahiatia ana e koe.
I te hoko taputapu tunu kai, he mea nui kia aro ki ētahi tohu kounga e whakatau ana i tōna pakari. Ki te hiahia koe ki tētahi haumitanga tino whai hua e mau tonu ana mō te wa katoa, karohia ngā taputapu tunu kai i hangaia mai i te maitai kore waikura iti te kounga (kei raro i te 18/8, 18/10 rānei). Ko ēnei ōwehenga e tohu ana i te nui o te chromium me te nickel; ki te iti te uara, ka ngawari ake te ngaro o te kanapa, te pakaru, tae noa ki te waikura o te taputapu tunu kai. Ā, ehara tēnā i te mea pai!
Me karo hoki i te whiriwhiri i ngā taputapu tunu kai he mama rawa. Ahakoa he ātaahua te āhua o tētahi hoahoa, he maha ngā wā ka pā kino te mahi a te mama, ā, he iti te pakari, ka nui ake te tūponotanga ka piko, ka rakuraku, ka ngaro rānei te kanapa o ngā taputapu tunu kai i te wā wawe.
He kupu whānui te kupu "flatware" e kapi ana i ngā taputapu katoa e whakamahia ana mō te mahi kai, tae atu ki ngā marau, ngā maripi, me ngā pūnu, ahakoa te rauemi i hangaia ai. Ka taea te hanga i te maitai kore waikura, te whakakikoruatia ki te koura, ngā kakau kapia, te rakau, me ērā atu mea anō hoki—he mutunga kore ngā mea ka taea.
I tētahi atu taha, ko te tikanga, ko ngā taonga hiriwa e pā ana ki ngā taonga tēpu i hangaia ki te hiriwa tūturu, tae atu ki te hiriwa parakore, te hiriwa whakakikoruatia rānei. I roto i ngā wā, ka whakamahia e te tangata ngā kupu "taonga hiriwa" me te "taonga tēpu" hei tohu i ngā taonga tēpu katoa, engari i te tikanga tino parakore, ko te rerekētanga kei roto i te rauemi, ehara i te wāhanga.
Ko te mea nui ko ngā rauemi me te kounga o te mahi. He aha te āhua? He aha te pakari? Ko te paerewa koura mō ngā taputapu kai kowiri tira ko te 18/10, 18/8 rānei. E tohu ana ēnei tau i te ōrau o te chromium me te nickel, e ārai ana i te waikura, ā, e hoatu ana ki te konganuku tōna kanapa āhua.
Hei tāpiri atu ki tēnā, ko te kounga o ngā taputapu tunu kai e whakawhirinaki ana ki tōna taumaha, tōna taurite, me tōna mahi toi. Me māro te āhua o ngā taputapu tunu kai kounga teitei ki te ringaringa, ā, me maeneene, kia ōrite te mata, me te kore he tuitui e kitea ana, he taratara rānei. Ka whakaatu ngā kaihanga rongonui i te kounga teitei o ā rātou mahi me ngā kereme pakari, ngā pūtāhui rānei; ko te mea pai, me mau tonu te kanapa o te huinga taputapu tunu kai ahakoa te whakamahinga auau o te mīhini horoi rihi.
I te hoko taonga hiriwa, ko ngā tau kei roto i te whakaahuatanga hua—hei tauira, 18/0, 18/8, me te 18/10—e tohu ana i te nui o te chromium me te nickel i roto i te koranu. Ko te tau tuatahi (18) e tohu ana i te ōrau o te chromium, e homai ana ki te maitai tōna ātete ki te waikura me te kaha.
Ko te tau tuarua e tohu ana i te ōrau o te nikara. Ka whakanui ake te nikara i te kanapa, ā, ka pai ake te ātete ki te kakahu. Nō reira, ko te 18/10 te mea nui rawa atu te ihirangi nikara, ā, ka roa ake te mau, ka tino kanapa hoki; e kiia ana ko te kounga teitei rawa atu. He iti ake te ihirangi nikara o te 18/8 engari he pai tonu te ātete ki te kakahu me te āhua ataahua. Kāore he nikara o te 18/0, ā, e kiia ana he ngāwari ake te poke, ā, he iti ake te kanapa, engari he pai mō te hunga he mate pāwera ki te nikara, he iti rānei te tahua.
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