Contest: Preserve food, preserve life

Hello great steemians, I am so glad to be among the contestants in this very contest which is about preserving food and life. In all I want to use this medium to appreciate the organiser and the community for working up to make this contest a success.

Food can be defined as any substance either solid or Liquid absorb or taken in to sustain life and growth. Food is an essential human needs that humans can't do without so there are different methods and ways human preserve food inorder to preserve life too.

What do you understand by food preservation

Food preservation is a method of keeping safe food against decay, spoilage and wastage for future use. Preserving food is an essential act by living things to store and keep food safe for future use. There are different methods food can be preserved and stored for future use after harvest which we will get to know more as I explain further.

List and explain 3 reasons why we preserve food

❤️To reduce food wastage
❤️ To preserve and save money
❤️To increase the nutritional value of the food

❣️To reduce food wastage:
Preserving food helps keep food safe and nutritious till when there are needed in the future. Most perishable food are kept safe by using different food preservation methods to keep them longer.

❣️To preserve and save money:
Preserving food can help save money by reducing purchase of food every time. Food are kept safe for future consumption rather than dumping the food to get another when damaged.
❣️ Increase the nutritional value of the food:
Food preservation adds nutritional value to the food when preserved, methods like cooking, smoking and canning adds more value to the food.

List and explain five methods of preserving food

Methods of preserving food are:
❣️ Drying
❣️ Smoking
❣️ Freezing
❣️ Canning
❣️ salting

❣️ Drying:
Drying is one of the best method of preserving food, Here food like meat or fish are being dried by the sun and wind which helps prevent bacteria from growing on it.
❣️ Smoking:
Smoking is just like drying but it's done by exposing the food to firewood smoke to prevent it from spoiling. The smoke comes with light heat that helps the food gets dried and safe.
❣️ Freezing:
Most food are being kept in a cold area to keep them safe, food like fish, meat and fruits are kept in freezers for future use.
❣️ Canning: food like beans, fish and meat are kept in cans inorder to prevent them from spoiling for the future.
❣️ Salting: salting should be one of the oldest method of preserving food against bacteria and fungi growing on them. Adding a pinch of salt to some of the food can preserve them for long.

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