Special period, hoard two dishes at a time? How to store to prevent rapid deterioration?

Special period, hoard two dishes at a time? How to store to prevent rapid deterioration?

For the health of themselves and their families, many small partners began to choose to reduce takeaway and cook at home. To minimize your risk of infection, you mustReduce the number of outings / callsThis way, every time I shopThere must be a lot of stock.

In my own experience, "I finally managed to grab the delivery time from instacart and bought vegetables and meat for a week, but because I didn’t store it properly, I wanted to eat a green vegetable on the weekend and I took it out of the refrigerator and found that the leaves were all yellow. After that, I made up my mind to study it. Under the demand for a large amount ofHow to extend the fresh "lifespan" of ingredients.

 How to store food longer

Prolonging the "edible period" of food is an effective way to strengthen the use of materials in special periods.
 First of all, these basic storage methods can refer to:

1. Frozen food: "Frozen food is one of the best ways to extend the life of food. Not only our well-known meat and cooked food can be frozen. Milk, bread, cheese and raw eggs can be frozen. (Before freezing, eggs should be cracked slightly)

 

2. Organize your refrigerator regularly: Sometimes the refrigerator is too full, and some horny things will be forgotten. If the food hidden in the corner is moldy or spoiled, it can easily contaminate other food in the refrigerator.


3.Do not wash fruits and vegetables before putting them in the refrigerator

After washing, it will accelerate the decay rate of fresh fruits and vegetables.Most fruits and vegetablesThey should be bought directly in the refrigerator, and washed before eating ~

4.Avoid storing some different kinds of fruits and vegetables together

Apples, bananas, avocados, etc. emit vinyl, etc. on their ownNatural ripening gasFood should be stored separately;

And relatively stable vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and broccoli will not have much impact on storage.

The most worrying thing is green peppers, sweet peppers, etc. It doesn't matter who you put them in in the refrigerator. [It feels that green peppers and a variety of ingredients are also suitable for a wok, really a good player! 】


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5.Don't throw the ripe fruit: Ripe bananas, apples, and citrus are all good raw materials. Ripe fruits are very sweet. Although the taste may not be the best, it isMake a milkshakeJiapin! You can search for the Amazing Waste Cookbook online to discover more ideas.

I also helped you check some specific,

 How we eat fruits and vegetables


1.Leafy vegetables

After buying it home, wash the dirt attached to the dish and directly remove the yellowed or slightly broken parts.Wipe off surface moisture, Put in a fresh-keeping bag, whileTuck in a few napkins / kitchen paper. Exhaust the air from the bag as much as possible, seal it, and store it in the refrigerator.


The picture shows the red bean paste students who can't live without vegetables for a day.


2.celery

According to the recommendations of The Kitchen, if you want to maximize the preservation time of celery, you can put itWrapped in tin foilAfter that, put it in the fresh-keeping box of the refrigerator. andTry not to cut off before eatingDo not wash.

3.tomato

It is said that tomatoes for all-purpose ingredients that Chinese loveDecide how to store based on its maturity. Green tomatoes that are not completely ripe can be put in paper bags with their stems facing down; while ripe red (hard) tomatoes should be stored at room temperature, separated from each other and out of direct sunlight.


Image from almanac.com

For overripe (softer) tomatoes, in order to prevent their further ripening and causing spoilage, you can put them in the refrigerator, but putting them in the refrigerator may lose some of the taste and nutritional value of the tomatoes. (I always buy refrigerators when I go home, do I always make a mistake ...)

4.Blueberries, raspberries and other berries

Similarly, leave it in a well-ventilated place after buying it home. Do not wash it in advance or put it in the refrigerator. Wash it before eating. However, actuallyBerries are not suitable for long storage, Not recommended to store ~

5.milk

A tip for milk storage. Although the structure of the refrigerator door seems to be tailor-made for the milk carton, in fact, because the refrigerator door is often opened, the temperature is unstable, which may accelerate the deterioration of milk. So if you want to store milk longer, you should put itPlaced in a lower temperature place in the middle and lower layers of the refrigerator.


Image via New York Times

5.Ginger

Ginger, which is indispensable for Chinese food, is too easy to dry directly at room temperature. The correct way to store it is to putFresh-keeping bag, Try to exhaust the air in the bag, and then putrefrigerator.

6.bread

Bread is not suitable for refrigerated storage, the best way to store it isRoom temperature protected from light. If you buy more than a week at a time, you can actually considerwillPut the bread into the freeze. But if you choose to store frozen, remember to put the breadSliced ​​into portionsAvoid thawing the whole bread multiple times + repeated freezing.

7.egg

According to Eggs.ca According to the statement, fresh eggs that have not been washed have a natural protective film on their surface,No need to put in the refrigerator. (Recall carefully, it seems that grandma never put eggs in the refrigerator when she was a child, and put them directly in the kitchen); However, according to the science popularized by the little food fans before us, because the boxed eggs sold in American supermarkets are washed and disinfected It is necessary to keep the refrigerator to keep fresh.


Pictures from Foodiesfeed

8.mushroom

There are also some tips for keeping mushrooms fresh. The cartons used to sell mushrooms on supermarket shelves are not their best destinations. After buying it from the supermarket, you should firstClean the dirt on the mushroom roots, And then dry the remaining water on the surface or wipe dry, useWrap the mushrooms in a paper towel and put them in a paper bag, And then put it in the refrigerator for longer lasting freshness. If you buy more at one time, you can pack them in different paper bags and eat one bag at a time.

9.Raw meat

Put in a fresh-keeping bag, try your bestAfter emptying the air in the bag, separate and freeze. Tips for exhausting air, using a basin of water, immerse the lower part of the bag in the water to squeeze out the air in the bag, then seal the seal, you canEffectively prevent meat from being frozen in a short time.


Image from Serious Eats

 

Avoid eating food that may have deteriorated 

However, even if you use these methods to keep the ingredients longer, once you find the foodwill get May deteriorate, justNever eat. Food poisoning may cause irreversible damage to the body.
During special times, hospitals are also high-risk areas for virus transmission. If we can live healthy and healthy, we try to avoid going to the hospital as much as possible.
I hope everyone can eat, drink, and have sufficient supplies, health, and well-being to spend time together. If you have your own exclusiveTips for storing food, Remember to share comments ~~

Information reference

https://scottscompostpile.com/2019/02/11/my-year-of-eating-expired-food/
https://www.insider.com/what-happens-if-you-eat-food-that-went-bad-2019-2
https://www.insider.com/foods-most-likely-make-you-sick-food-poisoning-2017-8#shellfish-bottom-feeders-concentrate-bacteria-5
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/574663/americans-dont-understand-food-labels-expiration-dates
https://www.insider.com/how-to-store-food-so-it-lasts-longer-2018-9#treat-herbs-like-flowers-by-keeping-them-hydrated-1


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