Keeping trick Foods Stay Fresh

There are times when we shopped at fruit and vegetable markets or supermarkets excessively because just happy to see it or it costs a relatively modest cost. In fact, some types of fruits and vegetables have the characteristics of perishable and fast decay.


If you do not like wasting food, it will attempt to keep fruits and vegetables to keep them in a fresh condition. Not all fruit or vegetables it turns out to have the same storage method. They require different storage techniques in order to be fresh and lasting longer. If you know the tips to keep your groceries, you certainly can present the best food every day.


The kind that does not need refrigeration
There are several types of fruit and vegetables that need not be stored in the refrigerator for several days. Fruits and vegetables should be stored in a dark place with a room temperature, keep away from direct sunlight and heat.


* Banana: Save the bananas in the fruit bowl for about the first three days, then put in refrigerator.
* Apples: Place in a bowl of fruit for the first five days and then put in refrigerator.
* Jeruk Bali (Chakotra): This fruit stand is placed outside for seven days.
* Plum, black raspberries, and other hard type of stone fruit: When raw, these fruits do not need to be placed in the fridge, just put in a brown paper bag. But as soon as they mature, these fruits should be refrigerated.
* Onions and potatoes: They do not require refrigeration, keep it in a dark and dry.


Which require refrigeration:
* Sweet beets, carrots, and radishes: Cut off the green top and store in a dry bag.
* Cucumber, Japanese cucumbers, peppers (capsicum) and pumpkin: Place in plastic bag or a special bag in the refrigerator, they should also always be dry.
* Leafy Vegetables: This species needs special attention. Besihkan leaves and let dry. When visible it is dry, store in plastic bag or a special bag in the refrigerator.
* Corn: Save the corn with sabutnya to prevent the corn kernels are dry.
* Mushrooms: Store unwashed mushrooms in a plastic bag.
* Legumes: if you do not want to be used immediately, store beans in plastic kontong.


It is important to keep all the fruits and vegetables in separate bags in order to increase their level of freshness. Fruits and vegetables release ethylene gas, odorless gas, which accelerates the ripening of other fruits and vegetables around them and can lead to premature damage.
Some vegetables categorized as 'heavy breathers', for example spinach. These vegetables can damage the vegetables around it if kept together.


Other Food Storage Tip
* Meat and poultry: Raw foods should be kept in a special place of meat, and should be used within two days. If you need long-term storage, wrap the meat with aluminum foil and freeze. Bacon and ham must be covered with a cloth dipped in vinegar water.
* Fish: Because the fish has a strong scent, do not keep fish with other food, in order to prevent food exposed to the smell of fish. Fish must be immediately put into freezer.
* Eggs: Fish can be stored in an egg carton storage rack or enter into a terdat eggs in the refrigerator.
* Milk: Milk has a tendency to soak up any flavor with ease. Therefore keep the milk from the grocery that has a strong aroma.
* Cheese: Because cheese easy quick-drying, wrap cheese in wax paper or plastic cover before storing.
* Spices: To keep the smell of spice in a long time, always keep the spices in glass bottles.
* Grains: In order for seeds fresh for much longer, keep the seeds with a few bay leaves in an airtight container. (M10-11)
Sources: lifemojo