Proper Ways To Storing Food In The Freeze

In this era, there is hardly any home without a freezer.  We are all busy today, so we do not have much time to go to the market to get fresh vegetables and cook every day. Thus, we buy the vegetables once in a week and try to store them for the rest of the week. Not only in case of vegetables but also in case of cooked food or packed food. However, has anyone of you thought about whether you are storing the foods in the right way? If the foods are not stored properly then there are chances of degrading the quality of the food and thus wasting the food. Hope, you do not want to waste the food and would look for the ways of proper freezing techniques of food. Well this article would like to help you to know about the ways of proper freezing of foods.

1. Dry food

In case of storing dry food, tins, jars and drinks you must remember the following ways to store such foods such as

• Try to keep food in sealed bags or containers. This helps to keep them fresh and stops anything falling into the food by accident
• Don't store food or drinks near cleaning products or other chemicals
• Don't use old food containers to store household chemicals, and don't store food in containers that have been used for other purposes
• Only reuse plastic water bottles if they are not damaged and you can clean them
• Don't store food on the floor because this can encourage mice, ants and other pests
• Keep the storage area dry and not too warm
• Remember that some types of food might need to be kept in the fridge once you have opened them. Follow any storage instructions on the label

2. Storing Eggs

Eggs are best stored in the fridge as they are kept at a constant temperature. There are two ways for storing eggs. Two ways of storing eggs:

• Crack the egg and separate yolks and whites into separate plastic containers or food bags before freezing. This is handy for baking.
• Crack the egg into a plastic tub and beat it before freezing - great for omelettes and scrambled eggs.

You can safely store a boiled egg in the fridge for a couple of days. Boiled eggs can also be frozen.

3. Storing Meat and Poultry

It is important to store meat safely in the fridge to stop bacteria from spreading and avoid food poisoning.

• Store raw meat and poultry in clean, sealed containers on the bottom shelf of the fridge.
• Follow any storage instructions on the label and don't eat meat after its use-by date.
• Keep cooked meat separate from raw meat and ready to eat foods in general.

4. Ways to Store Leftover Food

• Store all leftovers in airtight, leak proof clear containers or wraps.
• Divide leftovers into small, flat containers so that they cool faster. (Some bacteria spores survive the cooking process and may germinate if the food is at room temperature long enough.)
• Refrigerate leftovers within two hours of cooking. And there's no need to wait for piping-hot foods to cool down before storing them. Modern refrigerators can handle the heat.
• Remove the stuffing from the turkey and refrigerate it in a separate container. Left together, they may not cool fast enough, which can be unsafe.
• Don't refrigerate leftover cranberry sauce or other foods in cans. Once a can is opened, residual metal on the rim can leach into food and leave a metallic taste.
• Don't stuff the refrigerator too full. Cool air needs to circulate to keep food at a safe temperature.

5. Fruits and Vegetables

• Keep fruits and vegetables separate and store like with like: apples with apples, carrots with carrots. Fruits and vegetables give off different gases that can cause others to deteriorate.
• Store fruits and vegetables susceptible to drying out in perforated or unsealed plastic bags to maintain a moist environment yet still allow air to circulate.
• Don't wash produce before refrigerating it. The dampness can make it mold and rot more quickly.

6. Dairy

• Leave cottage cheese, yogurt, sour cream, milk, and cream in the containers they came in. But after transferring milk to a pitcher or sour cream to a serving bowl, don't return them to the original containers. Instead, tightly cover the pitcher or bowl with plastic wrap.
• Store hard cheeses in the store wrapping until you use them, then wrap them in wax paper, foil, or loose plastic.
• Plastic milk bottles make more sense than cardboard cartons, since bacteria can grow near the cardboard spout and enter a glass of milk every time you pour. Nevertheless, as long as you use the milk within its shelf life, it should be safe to drink.

If you store foods according to the above ways then you will be able to store foods properly in the fridge. Hope, this would be of some help for storing food in the fridge.