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A kazan, qazan,〔 qozon, qazghan or ghazan ((アゼルバイジャン語:qazan), ; (ウズベク語:qozon), ; (カザフ語:қазан) (:qɑzɑ́n); (キルギス語:казан) (:qɑzɑ́n); (トルコ語:kazan); (アルメニア語:ղազան) (ロシア語:казан); (セルビア語:казан / kazan), (ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():cazan); ), is a type of large cooking pot used throughout Central Asia, Russia, and the Balkan Peninsula, roughly equivalent to a cauldron, boiler, or Dutch oven. They come in a variety of sizes (small modern cooking pots are sometimes referred to as kazans), and are often measured by their capacity, such as "a 50-litre kazan". Usually their diameter is half a meter.〔 Kazans are made of cast iron or in modern times aluminum〔 and are used to cook a wide variety of foods, including ''plov'' (pilaf), sumalak, shorpa, kesme, and bawyrsaq, and as such are an important element in celebrations when food must be prepared for large numbers of guests. Kazans may be suspended over a fire in a variety of ways. Sometimes metal frames (a tripod called ''sajayaq'')〔 are made, or alternatively (especially for large kazan), a hole may be dug in the ground which will hold the kazan and provide enough space underneath to keep a fire under it—in this case, an access hole is built in the side to allow the fire to be tended, and to let in air. Smaller kazans may be used on (gas ) stoves with the help of a specially designed piece of metal that lets the heat (the flame ) transfer to the kazan while at the same time holding it upright and steady. ==History== Kazan means ''"the hollowed-out thing"'' in the Turkic language.〔 Kazans seem to have been invented by the Turkic nomads and were used as their basic cooking utensil. They resemble in shape the Chinese wok or the Indian Karahi but differs from them in shape and they also lack a handle.〔 The Scythians and other Iranian peoples inhabitants of the western steppes before the Turkic migrations, used different cooking utensils.〔 They used round bottomed clay and bronze pots having a more big-bellied shape than the hemispherical profile of the kazan.〔 Some peoples neighboring the Turkic peoples adopted the kazan for its usefulness.〔 Especially in making ''pilaf'' (rice) for occasions like weddings.〔 In the Ottoman Empire, the kazan was the common symbol of the janissary regiments and they would overturn it to indicate a quarrel with their superiors. This has led to the Turkish expression of "''Kazan devirmek''" "to overturn the kazan" as a synonym for mutiny.〔 The kazans of Turkey have adopted the typical flat-bottomed shape of the middle east.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kazan (cookware)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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