Grapes are one of the most classic fruits in the fruit world, not only sweet and sour taste, but also rich in vitamin C, fruit acid, sugar and other nutrients, delicious and nutritious.
Although grapes are delicious, they are a very difficult fruit to clean, and they contain a lot of dust, pesticides and insect eggs, and it is difficult to completely clean them if they are simply washed with salt and flour, which we commonly use.
The large particles contained in salt and flour can only be used to scrub the dust off the grape skin, but they cannot completely remove small insects and residual pesticides.
In addition, the grapes picked are easy to have a break in the fruit pedicle, and after washing, it will not only wash the stain into the pulp, but also easily cause the grapes to rot and stink.
So, how do we wash the grapes cleanly and hygienically? I'm going to teach you a trick so that you don't have to worry about eating grapes anymore.
【Grape washing method】
1. Cut grapes
Use scissors to cut off the stems of each grape, taking care to leave a small stalk on each grape. This is a good way to avoid breaches and bacteria and pesticides from entering the pulp.
2. Soak edible soda and baking soda
Prepare a pot of cool boil, pour the cut grapes and cool boiled into the basin, pour 1 spoon of edible alkali and 5 spoons of baking soda into it according to the ratio of 1:5, stir well, and soak for 10 minutes.
Edible alkali can react with pesticides on the skin of grapes to remove pesticides; Baking soda has strong adsorption and can absorb dirt and small insects from grapes.
After high-temperature sterilization, the bacteria and viruses inside are relatively low, which can make the grapes more clean.
3. Soak cool and white
After 10 minutes, gently scrub the grapes and remove them, pour them into another pot of cool boiled water, and continue to soak for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, scrub gently and scrub the remaining edible alkali and baking soda clean.
Soaking for 5 minutes can fully wash away the edible alkali and baking soda residues, making us feel more at ease when eating.
4. Eating and preservation
Once soaked, the grapes can be eaten as is, and if you can't finish them for a while, you can drain or dry them and store them in the refrigerator.
【Tips for Selecting Grapes】
Although the skill of cleaning the grapes is important, the taste of the grapes is the key to the whole plate of grapes, so I will share with you 3 tips for selecting grapes, so that you can easily eat delicious and fresh grapes.
First, look at the fullness
When buying grapes, we can pick up the grapes, and give preference to grapes that do not lose the pulp and have a full and tight gap between the grapes, which will be more delicious to eat.
Second, look at the fruit stalks
Pinch the stems gently, if the stems are green, hard and watery, then they are high-quality grapes with high freshness and good quality.
If it is a grape with a brown color and a shriveled stem, it is likely to be a defective grape that is not too fresh.
3. Touch it
Touch the fruit with your hand, the fruit is hard and soft, and the fruit is slightly elastic, the sweetness is usually higher, and the juice will be richer.