2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
You arrived at the dacha, and the electricity was cut off or the refrigerator broke. You may have recently received a site and have not yet conducted the light. How to incur minimal losses and preserve perishable food. There are several proven ways that we will tell you about
Preservation of dairy products
Milk
• Boil with a pinch of baking soda or sugar. Pour the cooled milk into a jar. Place it in a bowl or pot of water, so that the level reaches only the middle. Cover with a cloth, the edges should sink into the water. The whole structure is placed in a draft, farther from the sun.
• Compared to the first method, the fabric is replaced with cotton wool. The bank is completely covered with a cotton layer, which it is desirable to secure with threads. You need to put in a plate / bowl, the level of cold water does not matter, but when absorbing, you will often have to add water.
Oil
The oil will not turn rancid and the oil will remain perfectly at room temperature. Dissolve the salt in water and put a piece of oil in there. Add a few drops of vegetable oil. Alternatively, wrap it in a cloth soaked in vinegar.
Cheese
Cut soft varieties into cubes and immerse in saline. Rinse before eating. Wrap the hard cheese in parchment covered with salt water.
Cottage cheese
For storage, you need a sterilized bowl. Sprinkle salt on the bottom. When transferring, try to compact it more so that there are no air chambers left. Cover the top with gauze dipped in saline solution. It is advisable to put a press on top in the form of a plate and a load. Please note that cottage cheese deteriorates quickly. In this form, it can remain edible for a day.
Meat and sausage products
Meat
It is better to store meat without a refrigerator by removing the flesh from the bones and dividing it into small portions. The most effective way of our ancestors is wrapping in nettle foliage. Put the meat "packed" in greens in the coolest place.
Horseradish leaves work similarly to nettle. Wrap each piece in horseradish greens, then in parchment and place in a cool place. There is another way - a cloth soaked in vinegar. In this case, the wrapped pieces of meat are placed in a saucepan with a lid.
Rubbing with lemon and sprinkling with salt gives a good result. In this case, before use, it is required to thoroughly rinse the pieces. If the refrigerator stops working, then wrap the frozen meat in several layers of foil or paper and wrap it up with a blanket. The defrosting process will increase significantly.
Sausages
Grease a loaf of boiled-smoked sausages with sunflower oil. Uncooked smoked - wrap in foil. In such a "package" they will lie well.
The grandfather's way. Put all sausage and sausage products in plastic bags, put them in a bucket and in a cellar. You can use a well - the bucket is half submerged in the water.
Fish
Fishermen-tourists know how to keep fresh fish. First, be sure to gut, salt the inside (ridge and head), then outside. Stuff with rowan or nettle leaves, wrap in parchment or a cloth soaked in vinegar. Washing before storage is not recommended.
What can be done to store perishable food?
Mini cellar
It is done quickly, perfectly helps out in case of force majeure and serves for more than one year. It will take you a couple of hours to work. Choose a dry and shady location for your mini-cellar. Do not place next to compost, cesspool. If there is a problem with the shade, then a trellis with loaches will serve as a shelter from the sun.
Take the plastic / iron barrel. The container should be without holes so that water does not seep inside. A pit is dug under it with a margin of 30 cm on all sides. Before installing, at the bottom of the pit, create a sand cushion. After immersing the container up to the neck, it is better to fill all the gaps with sand. It will prevent the barrel from deformation during winter freezing.
The cover must be solid and tight. Better yet, if you make an insulating pad over it. A plastic bag of sawdust is suitable for this. The tightness of the closure of the lid ensures that your store is free of rodents / ants.
It is more convenient to store food separately. It is better to tie each bag to a long rope and fix the end at the top of the cellar. This will make it easy to pull out. In order not to get confused and not to look through, taking out each package in turn, make an inscription on the edges of the rope with a marker on a cardboard.
Atmospheric refrigerator
The device consists of a bucket with a lid, a towel, and a basin of water. The principle of operation is based on the dew point, and the temperature always remains below atmospheric by 10 degrees. So, we put the products in a bucket. We seal it with a lid and put it in a container with water. We cover with a large cotton towel, the ends of which are immersed in water. The evaporation takes away heat and the temperature in the bucket does not exceed the dew point.
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