Tips for Storing Food at Home For Long Lasting

Tips for Storing Food at Home For Long Lasting

You can spend days off to spend days. Well so as not to stale quickly or rotten, first read the following tips when storing food at home. Besides saving money, storing food
properly can also reduce the production of household waste.
  Tips for storing food in the refrigerator

storing meat
Food ordered in the refrigerator is usually durable and safe until the expiration date stated on the package.
Here are some list of foods that can be stored in the refrigerator:
 Pasteurized milk
 Fresh chicken, fish, beef or other seafood
 Canned meat
 Butter
 Orange
 Strawberry
 Melon
 Apple
 Green vegetables such as mustard greens, spinach and cabbage
However, do not just mix and stack food in the refrigerator. Do not leave or mix meat, vegetables, and fruit in an open condition.
Store ready meals such as corned beef, cheese, milk, tofu and tempeh, cooked meat, packaged foods, and cooked leftovers on the upper and middle shelves.
Store fresh vegetables and fruits in the bottom drawer, but keep the cut and peeled fruit clean in a closed container before placing it in the refrigerator. As for fresh or frozen meat
stored in the freezer, also in airtight containers (not still in plastic).
Give a little space between food so that air circulation in the refrigerator is still going well. Set the minimum temperature of the refrigerator below 5 ° Celsius to slow the growth of
harmful microbes in food.
Another important tip: do not store foods that are still hot directly in the refrigerator. After cooking or heating, let the food cool down first, then put it in the refrigerator. If not, the
hot steam will replace the refrigerator engine that functions harder to cool the temperature inside. Consider, you will be more wasteful of electricity.
Tips for storing food on a shelf or cupboard packaged food

Not all food must be stored in the refrigerator. However, not all food can also be stored in a cupboard or kitchen shelf.
Fast food that is usually safe stored in a room or kitchen cupboard are:
 bread
 Biscuits
 Jam
 Sugar
 Bottled syrup
 Canned drink
 Cheese
As for vegetables and fruit, only a few can be stored in the classroom as long as they are out of the sun. When exposed to direct sunlight, it is feared that the fruits and vegetables
will overripe until moldy rot.
The following is a list of fresh ingredients that can be stored outside the refrigerator:
 Potato
 Rice
 Banana
 Onion
 Avocado
 Pear
 Tomato
 Cooking spices such as hazelnut, coriander, ginger, turmeric, galangal
Before storing food on a shelf or kitchen cupboard, make sure to store it in a tightly closed airtight jar or container. Make sure the cupboards and storage containers are really
clean. Store away from direct sunlight.
Do not place directly on the floor. Food placed on the floor can trigger insects such as ants and rats to damage or take away your food.
Store food based on the best before and use by date on the packaging
When storing food in a cupboard or refrigerator, arrange it based on newly purchased food with a longer expiration date in the back row. This helps you spend food that is about to
expire first. But besides having to know the expiry date, you also need to know the meaning of the terms best before and use by which are printed on some food packages.
Launching The European Food Information Council, best before is the deadline for warning to consume / process food before the date stated. Food quality will be the best in that
time span. After the best before date, the food is still safe to eat but the quality in terms of taste, texture, or aroma may not be too good anymore.
Foods that are usually listed on the best before are canned foods, foods that are dried, frozen, and fresh fruit or vegetables.
While Use By is a warning about when the last safe date for consuming the food. The purpose of Use by is almost the same as the expiration date or expired date. After passing the
set date, the food should be no longer consumed even though the smell, texture or taste is still good.

Use date of Use By is usually found in ready-to-eat foods, such as packaged milk, processed meats, and ready salads.