Food Saving Tips

Perhaps  you do not know how to save food, you're used to store food in the refrigerator. Risks are commonly encountered, rotting food and cooked immediately because not too long kept in the refrigerator. So that no foul, consider the following storage tips:

1. Eggs

If you buy eggs in a clean state, you can simply store in the fridge. But if the eggs in a dirty, wash, dry, then store in refrigerator. Eggs survive four weeks from date of purchase.

2. Meat and chicken

Keep meat and poultry in a sealed container in the refrigerator, to be used up to 3-4 days. If will be processed in a long time, freeze the meat in the freezer. How:

* Rinse meat or chicken, cut into pieces, put in place once closed with the amount for cooking.

* Keep meat or chicken in a refrigerator (chiller) before inserting it into the freezer. The goal, for cold air to spread evenly into the meat, and avoid decay in the center of the meat.

* To facilitate the disbursement of the meat, remove the meat or chicken from the freezer to the chiller overnight before cooking. The goal for meat or chicken is no longer frozen but still be fresh when cooked.

3. Cheese

Wrap the cheese to be stored in plastic or aluminum foil is airtight. In this way, the cheese can be used 2-4 months from date of purchase. Keep away from strong-smelling food or smell that is easily absorbed because it will affect the taste of cheese.

4. Milk and yoghurt

Store yogurt in the chiller at a temperature of 4-6 degrees Celsius, so that beneficial bacteria survive digestion. Milk or yogurt that has been opened should be consumed 2-3 days from the date of opening, although the written expiration date is still long.

5. Vegetable

To keep vegetables fresh in the fridge, vegetables should be washed clean first. Then wrap vegetables with kitchen paper, put into plastic bags, then store in the freezer. In this way, vegetables such as broccoli freshness can last up to one week.

As for cabbage, you should not be in store in the fridge along with other food ingredients, because the gas can damage the vegetables from the cabbage.

Brussels sprouts also need special treatment. Because the bean sprouts nonperishable, boiled bean sprouts before inserting it into the refrigerator, then drain. After that, wrap it with kitchen paper, put into plastic, and store in refrigerator.

For the mushrooms, avoid washing mushrooms before being stored in the refrigerator, because the fungus does not hold water. Apply the same way for the carrots, red chili and green chili. Then wrap tightly with kitchen paper, plastic wrap, then store in the freezer.

6. Fruits

Keep fruit in plastic containers that have ventilation. Avoid storing apples in the refrigerator. Because apples produce ethylene that can make other vegetables and fruit quickly decay.

Tomato fruit is too ripe can be rejuvenated if I keep it true. The trick, soak tomatoes in cold water is added a little salt. Soak tomatoes in the refrigerator overnight.

7. Fish and seafood

Before the store in the refrigerator, clean the fish by removing the entrails and gills. Enter the fish or seafood in a container, season with lemon and salt water, let stand 5-10 minutes, drain water and blood-soiled, then rinse in clean tap water. Wrap in plastic bag, then store in freezer. For shrimp and fish, preferably cut into his head before storing in the refrigerator. Taken from : Warta Klub Nova/Erwin Kuditawati ; http://female.kompas.com