When it comes to storing food, the refrigerator at home that needs to be undertook to assume the function of home storage must be indispensable.
You know, the refrigerator is not a panacea, the use of refrigerators for food storage, there are some precautions, if the way of storage is wrong, but will accelerate food corruption, affecting people's health.
1. Some foods cannot be stored in the refrigerator.
In the eyes of many people, the refrigerator is a stored treasure chest, there is nothing that cannot be put in the refrigerator, this idea is very wrong! Some foods will rot faster when left in the fridge!
Tropical fruits that are not ripe should not be placed in the refrigerator. Tropical fruits are generally picked when they are not fully ripe, and then rely on their own ethylene to ripen themselves, but at low temperatures will inhibit the release of ethylene, so if they are not ripe, they are put in the refrigerator, but cook more slowly, and may be frostbitten and decay.
Powdered foods such as coffee and milk powder that have been opened should not be placed in the refrigerator. Powdery food is most afraid of moisture clumps, the temperature in the refrigerator and room temperature difference is too much, when they are taken out of the refrigerator, the water vapor in the ambient air encounters a lower temperature of food, it will liquefy, food is easily damp. In the same way, tea is also a food that is afraid of moisture and should not be stored in the refrigerator.
Chocolate is best not to put in the refrigerator.
2. Raw and cooked should be stored separately, and vegetables and fruits should also be stored separately.
I believe that many people have never summarized and partitioned the storage area of the refrigerator, and every time they buy food, they are all stuffed into the refrigerator for storage, but in fact, the food in the refrigerator also needs to be classified for storage!
First of all, raw and cooked need to be stored separately.
Listeria bacteria are likely to be carried on raw seafood and meat foods, which are low-temperature resistant, so even in the freezer's low temperatures, it can survive unharmed.
If raw meat and cooked food are not stored separately, it is likely that cooked food will also be contaminated with this bacteria, and if people eat food with listeria, they will have symptoms of food poisoning such as fever, nausea and vomiting.
Therefore, the storage of raw food needs to have its own grid.
In addition, raw meat should be sealed before being stored in the refrigerator to prevent listeria from contaminating other foods.
Secondly, vegetables and fruits should also be stored separately.
Vegetables can stay in the refrigerator for a short time, generally after a few days began to spoil, and many fruits can release ethylene, such as apples, bananas, mangoes, avocados, etc., although the low temperature environment can inhibit the release of some ethylene, but because vegetables are too difficult to keep fresh for a long time, so these ethylene will still accelerate the rot of vegetables.
3, eggs do not need to be washed before putting in the refrigerator.
Eggs can indeed be stored in the refrigerator, but many people will feel that the surface of the egg is very dirty, so they will wash it, clean it and then put it in the refrigerator, which is a bit redundant.
This is because the outer surface of the eggshell has a protective film that can prevent bacteria from entering the egg, if the egg is cleaned, the film will be destroyed, but it will make it easier for bacteria to enter and accelerate the deterioration of the egg.
4, the refrigerator should be cleaned regularly.
The refrigerator can only inhibit the multiplication of some bacteria, play a temporary storage role, and can not kill all kinds of bacteria, moreover, there are many bacteria that cannot be suppressed by low temperatures.
If the refrigerator is not cleaned for a long time, it will become a "paradise" for bacteria, and the refrigerator will not have the effect of preserving freshness, but it will also accelerate the decay of food.