Don't think of the refrigerator as a "safe"
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Last Update: 2011-02-09
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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The Spring Festival has already passed for the most part, but the food and the gifts of human relations in the festival seem to be hard to digest At this time, the refrigerator becomes a "big warehouse", regardless of whether fruit or vegetables, dried fruit or peanuts, all of them are stuffed in Although refrigerators are available at home and can be used by everyone, some precautions may not be known by everyone In response, Professor Shen Yanying of Chaoyang Hospital in Beijing reminded that many people think that the food in the refrigerator can be preserved for a long time and taken at will, which is obviously wrong The refrigerator is not a safe There is a certain period of time for keeping food in the refrigerator If the time is too long, the nutritional value will be reduced "Some people think that they buy antibacterial refrigerators, and the things they put in will not go bad, which is a misunderstanding." Shen Yanying explained that the anti-bacterial refrigerator mainly adds special anti-bacterial agent to some components of the refrigerator, which can inhibit the bacteria reproduction on the inner wall, door handle and other surfaces of the refrigerator, but this kind of refrigerator can not inhibit the growth and reproduction of the bacteria inside the food Shen Yanying revealed that some people buy a large number of fruits and vegetables and put them directly into the refrigerator if they can't finish eating in a day, which is the most inappropriate The right way is to clean the fruits and vegetables before storage For example, vegetables should be rinsed with water first, then fully soaked with water Change water in the middle of the process and then continue to soak After soaking, remember to filter the water and put it into the refrigerator It becomes a clean vegetable, which can be used directly before frying Generally, fruit can be washed clean, but also remember to dry, it's best to put it in the refrigerated fruit box in the refrigerator If it's too wet, it's prone to mildew and rot "It can't be done, so the most lazy way is to use fresh-keeping bags, put them in different categories and wrap them up It's best to have a sealed box " Shen Yanying said that it's better not to eat vegetables after three days of cold storage, even if they don't change color Like celery and carrot, there is a kind of bacteria called enterobacteria This kind of bacteria is very suitable to grow in the environment of 0 ℃ - 4 ℃ in the cold room The longer cold storage time is, the more reproduction will be Eating such vegetables is easy to cause intestinal infectious diseases Meat products should not be kept in the freezer for more than two months, otherwise, the protein will decompose the toxin Leftovers and leftovers should not be used for more than one day, which will not only affect the flavor, but also breed microorganisms In addition, many people are used to thawing frozen meat products in the air Professor Shen Yanying points out that such thawing is not scientific Because the surface of meat products thawed first, the microbial breeding is very fast, it is recommended to thaw with microwave oven, or put the meat in the refrigerator for a period of time before taking it out "There are some taboos in the storage of refrigerators and frozen food From the perspective of food hygiene, raw and cooked food should be stored separately It's better to wrap it in a safety bag to avoid cross contamination of food." Shen Yanying explained that fresh fish, meat and other food can not be put into the refrigerator without treatment Fresh fish and meat should be packed in plastic bags and stored in the freezer Vegetables and fruits should be dried on the outer surface and put into the bottom of the box It is better to store them at zero temperature At last, Shen Yanying reminded that he believed too much in the fresh-keeping and sterilization functions of refrigerators and regarded them as food "safes" As a result, the "safe" is not safe, the loss of nutrition is a small matter, and there may be many problems At the same time, don't think of the refrigerator as a "garbage can" Everything will be fine if you throw it in One should clean the refrigerator regularly When the refrigerator has peculiar smell, you can put grapefruit peel, orange peel, lemon slices, as well as the bamboo charcoal, tea and other deodorant sold on the market It's better to let the refrigerator have a thorough rest in the first half of the year, turn off the power and do a big cleaning for it.
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