My methods for food preservation at home

Assalam O Alaikum

Hello dear friends! Welcome to my post. How are you all? I hope you will be doing well by the grace of Almighty Allah. I'm also fine and enjoying my day. Today I'm here to participate in this amazing contest organised by @mvchacin in this Steemit Iron Chef community. The topic of this contest is about "My methods for food preservation at home". So let's start without any more delay of time.

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_Freepik

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What are the preservation methods you use most at home (refrigeration, freezing, dehydration, pasteurisation, maceration, salting, vacuum-packing, pickling and others)?

Yes, the preservation of food is very important as sometimes, we can't waste food and want to use it for a longer interval of time, so in that cases, we go towards the preservation of that food. People use different types of methods to preserve foods and then use them any time they want. The food can be preserved through different methods like, dehydration, freezing and pasteurization etc.

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_Freepik

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But in my house, the food is preserved through the refrigerating and freezing methods because these are very easy methods as compared to others. We usually cook as much food as we can eat within the specific time i.e in breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is why we don't need to preserve food for a longer period of time. But if ever there is excess food or leftovers, we preserve it in these two ways.

When you buy food do you check the expiry date? What is the minimum limit for you in terms of expiry date to buy a food?

Yes of course, while buying food, the first thing we check is their expiry dates as it is one of the most important things to check during shopping of foods. This is because, if we eat expired unknowingly then we can suffer in major problems especially the disease like, diarrhoea, food poisoning, vomiting and allergies etc. So, it is most important to check the expiry dates of foods which we buy or want to buy.

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_Freepik

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Usually, we buy food of our single use only i.e if we want to prepare breakfast, then so we will only buy as many things as will be used to make this meal. But there is many others food items which requires in a small quantities like spices and herbs so we have to buy them in a large quantity. For these items our limits of expiry is about 3-6 months only.

How and for how long do you keep the leftover food from the day's meals?

Actually, we don't keep the leftover food for a longer interval of time because, one of our family member wants to eat the leftover food in the next day or during any other meal. I also don't like to eat the leftover food because of the change in their tastes. So, due to all these reasons, we try our best to consume all the food of the day's meals and try to left nothing. Yes, there are many ways through which we can keep the vegetables fresh at home. Let's have a look at them:

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_Freepik

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Ways to keep vegetables fresh at home:

• Always try not to wash the vegetables before preservation as the moisture boosts spoilage.

• Try to keep the vegetables in a bag or towel while storing as it will increase the lifespan of vegetables.

• Try to store airtight vegetables in refrigerator because as in that temperature they will not spoil.

So friends, that was my entry about that topic and I hope you will enjoy reading it. Now it is a time to say goodbye to everyone and I want to invite my friends @josepha, @ulfatulrahmah, @dasudi and @lirvic to take a part in this amazing contest.

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Written by @abdullahw2

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