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• Tips
• Warnings

1 Use a small saucepan to warm up milk for a recipe, for a toddler, or for an adult. There are special pots for milk with a thick bottom, you can buy one if you like.

2 Heat milk over low heat. If the milk gets too hot, bubbles will appear and the milk will run away before you know what's going on. Heat milk over low heat and watch it constantly.

3 Heat milk slowly. Be patient. Resist the temptation to turn up the heat and boil the milk faster. Stir the milk constantly to prevent it from burning and sticking to the bottom of the pot.

4 Check the temperature. Make sure the milk is warm, not hot, or you will burn your mouth. Take a spoon and put some milk into it, hold your wrist over the spoon. If the milk is not hot, you can taste it gently.

5 To warm up milk for babies, pour it into a sterile bottle. Heat the bottle in a pot of water, in the microwave (if the bottle is microwave safe), or in a bottle warmer.

Tips

• If the milk cools down, froth may form on the surface. Spoon the foam and throw it into the sink. Rinse off the foam in running water into the sink drain.
• When you heat milk, do not leave it unattended and stir constantly. Milk boils very quickly, which means it can easily burn and run away, creating chaos on the stove (in addition, milk can burn you or someone who is nearby).
• If the milk is overheated, discard it. Superheated milk may taste burnt in its entirety, not just near the bottom of the pan. Such milk cannot be used for baking, as the burnt taste will transfer to the dough. Rinse the pot with warm water and start over.
• The simplest bottle warmers cost from 750 rubles, warmers with many functions are more expensive, from 3000 rubles. Before you buy, decide what price you are willing to pay and what features you will need from a bottle warmer.
• Rinse the pan with cold water before pouring milk into the pan to reheat it to keep burning to a minimum.

Warnings

• If the milk boils and runs out, do not grab the pan. Turn off the stove, let it cool down. When the stove and milk have cooled down a bit, take a saucepan and pour the milk into the sink.
• Be extremely careful when heating a baby milk bottle in the microwave. The microwave does not heat food evenly, so milk can burn your baby's mouth if it gets too hot. Also, uneven heating can overheat some of the milk, reducing its valuable properties, even if the average temperature of the milk remains normal.
• Have a long-handled metal spoon ready by the stove and dip it into the saucepan. As soon as the milk starts to boil. Since metal has good thermal conductivity, a metal spoon will instantly help reduce heat in the pot.
• Be careful not to burn yourself with hot milk or touch the hot stove.