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Thanks to the new breathe of fresh air in the
recent regular supply of few hours of power
provided to major towns and cities in which is
seemingly better than what it had been about a
decade ago. Asides these few weeks, Nigeria
and other contries are notable for constant
blackout or incessant power supply, so the
need for house wives and our mothers to
preserve their food stuffs lies in the use of
other alternatives to prevent these items from
deteriorating. <br /><br />
<b>How To Store Some Common Foods
Without Refrigeration</b> <br /><br />
In this short post, you will be learning how
best to preserve some of our common food
items without necessarily affecting the quality
to an unacceptable level. <br /><br />
1. <b>EGGS</b>: There has been a serious
debate particularly between the Americans
who believe eggs are to be refrigerated to
prevent bacteria proliferation and the Britons
who disagree and feels that eggs can be stored
at room temperature long enough without
leading to bacteria infestation. <br /><br />
As this argument continues, a research centre
took time to subject these claims to a test and
found out that after a period, both storage
forms of eggs were free from bacteria and safe
to consume. <br /><br />
In view of this, it is clear that you can keep
your eggs at room temperature on the shelves
of your kitchen particularly the Nigerian types
that had been vaccinated against salmonella
and other bacteria.
My simple advice is that without refrigeration,
do not buy eggs you do not plan to consume
within two weeks. Although, eggs stored at
room temperature have been found to store
longer than two weeks.
<img src="http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/userfiles/images/allergens/eggs.jpg" /> <br /><br />
2. <b>MEAT</b>: Staying at quite a distance
to the market seem to make many households
to imbibe the culture of storing meat as they
can not dash out to the meat stores whenever
they feel like to purchase fresh meat. So, they
buy in bulk. While you cannot trust the
electricity situation in Nigeria, the tested ways
that can prevent meat spoilage is salting and
drying. The salting inhibits the growth of
microbes and pushes out more moisture while
the drying eliminates the moisture which
usually acts as a conducive environment for
bacteria multiplication leading to spoilage.
The truth is, nothing taste better than fresh
food items. However, avoiding spoilage while
still retaining some nutritive value is key.
My advice is when you are ready to cook your
meat, wash it well in water to remove or
reduce the salt concentration. <br /><br /> Usually you do
not need to add salt to the soups or
stews.<img src="http://www.rivesqualitymeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rives_quality_meats_2013.jpg" /> <br /><br />
3. <b>VEGETABLES</b>: The way to follow in
storing vegetables is quite broad and one
needs to be extra careful. If you go to the
grocery store and pick up any vegetable you
find; then, you seem unserious in your quest in
keeping vegetables as most of the vegetable
displayed are either too ripe or have been
infested. You have to be picky. <br /><br />
Also, particularly in super store where
vegetables are sold, some of them have been
refrigerated in the past. <br /><br /> So, no form of other
storage will help apart from refrigeration. It is
advisable to choose your veggies with varying
degree of ripeness so that they can be kept at
room temperature and last a week or two. <br /><br /> It
should be noted that vegetables store
differently. <br /><br />
For leafy veggies, it is smarter to remove the
coloured ones to avoid the spread of the
colouration. <br /><br />
Aerating them will also help in moisture loss
and this method can keep them from few days
to a week.
<br /><br /> Do share how you preserve your food items
asides from refrigeration.</div>
trbidi="on">
Thanks to the new breathe of fresh air in the
recent regular supply of few hours of power
provided to major towns and cities in which is
seemingly better than what it had been about a
decade ago. Asides these few weeks, Nigeria
and other contries are notable for constant
blackout or incessant power supply, so the
need for house wives and our mothers to
preserve their food stuffs lies in the use of
other alternatives to prevent these items from
deteriorating. <br /><br />
<b>How To Store Some Common Foods
Without Refrigeration</b> <br /><br />
In this short post, you will be learning how
best to preserve some of our common food
items without necessarily affecting the quality
to an unacceptable level. <br /><br />
1. <b>EGGS</b>: There has been a serious
debate particularly between the Americans
who believe eggs are to be refrigerated to
prevent bacteria proliferation and the Britons
who disagree and feels that eggs can be stored
at room temperature long enough without
leading to bacteria infestation. <br /><br />
As this argument continues, a research centre
took time to subject these claims to a test and
found out that after a period, both storage
forms of eggs were free from bacteria and safe
to consume. <br /><br />
In view of this, it is clear that you can keep
your eggs at room temperature on the shelves
of your kitchen particularly the Nigerian types
that had been vaccinated against salmonella
and other bacteria.
My simple advice is that without refrigeration,
do not buy eggs you do not plan to consume
within two weeks. Although, eggs stored at
room temperature have been found to store
longer than two weeks.
<img src="http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/userfiles/images/allergens/eggs.jpg" /> <br /><br />
2. <b>MEAT</b>: Staying at quite a distance
to the market seem to make many households
to imbibe the culture of storing meat as they
can not dash out to the meat stores whenever
they feel like to purchase fresh meat. So, they
buy in bulk. While you cannot trust the
electricity situation in Nigeria, the tested ways
that can prevent meat spoilage is salting and
drying. The salting inhibits the growth of
microbes and pushes out more moisture while
the drying eliminates the moisture which
usually acts as a conducive environment for
bacteria multiplication leading to spoilage.
The truth is, nothing taste better than fresh
food items. However, avoiding spoilage while
still retaining some nutritive value is key.
My advice is when you are ready to cook your
meat, wash it well in water to remove or
reduce the salt concentration. <br /><br /> Usually you do
not need to add salt to the soups or
stews.<img src="http://www.rivesqualitymeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/rives_quality_meats_2013.jpg" /> <br /><br />
3. <b>VEGETABLES</b>: The way to follow in
storing vegetables is quite broad and one
needs to be extra careful. If you go to the
grocery store and pick up any vegetable you
find; then, you seem unserious in your quest in
keeping vegetables as most of the vegetable
displayed are either too ripe or have been
infested. You have to be picky. <br /><br />
Also, particularly in super store where
vegetables are sold, some of them have been
refrigerated in the past. <br /><br /> So, no form of other
storage will help apart from refrigeration. It is
advisable to choose your veggies with varying
degree of ripeness so that they can be kept at
room temperature and last a week or two. <br /><br /> It
should be noted that vegetables store
differently. <br /><br />
For leafy veggies, it is smarter to remove the
coloured ones to avoid the spread of the
colouration. <br /><br />
Aerating them will also help in moisture loss
and this method can keep them from few days
to a week.
<br /><br /> Do share how you preserve your food items
asides from refrigeration.</div>
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