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1. A method of frying or cooking foods that release splattering grease droplets, comprising:
providing a splatter shield comprising an upper rim, lower rim, and an inwardly sloping sidewall extending contiguously between the upper and lower rim, said upper and lower rim defining an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface of said shield, the upper surface defining an upper opening that is sufficiently large to permit entry of cooking utensils therethrough, admit the use of cooking utensils to manipulate the food within the cooking vessel positioned beneath the splatter shield while the food is cooking, allow substantially all the steam to escape from the cooking vessel, and allow the removal of the food from the cooking vessel through the upper opening, all without removing the shield from the cooking vessel; placing said splatter shield atop a cooking vessel such that the lower rim of the splatter shield is contiguous with and covers an open upper surface of said cooking vessel, heating said cooking vessel; placing one or more food items to be cooked into the cooking vessel by inserting them through the upper opening of said splatter shield; allowing the one or more food items to cook within the cooking vessel; and turning, stirring, or otherwise manipulating the one or more food items as they cook by inserting a utensil through the open upper surface of the splatter shield. |
