Preserve Food, Preserve Life.
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Hello good evening to all steemians here in healthy steem community, I am happy coming back to participate in a contest Preserve Food, Preserve Life. organized and published by @sahmie here in Healthy Steem community.
As long as we eat everyday, food preservation is necessary to prevent food spoilage and extend the expiring date of, preservation helps in maintaining food nutritional value, quality of the food and it flavor, which makes it safe for consumption for a longer period of time.
In my todays post I'm gonna give some highlight about what I know about food preservation and the methods i do use.
Read below...
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Food preservation simply refers to the various techniques or methodsused to prevent food from spoilage and decay, which extend its shelf life and also maintain its quality and safety for consumption or future use.
The main reason for food preservation is to ensure that food remains edible and nutritious for a long period of time, this actually reduces food wastage. Preserving food has various methods in which we will discuss about some in this post.
Three seasons preserve store food is stated below.
- Extending shelf life/expiring date: One of the reason for preserving and storing food is that it helps to extend its shelf life, which allows us to consume it over a longer period most especially for perishable items like vegetables and fruits, which can get spoiled quickly if not properly preserved.
- Food availability: Storing food will allows us to have a consistent supply of essential items, especially during times of food scarcity or emergencies, by preserving and our storing food, we can actually have access to necessary nutrients though the fresh options of the food may be limited.
- Maintaining nutritional values: using Proper preservation techniques can actually help retain the nutritional value of food. This means that we can consume food with good nutrients even when they are out of season or not available.
- By canning: This is a method whereby food are placed in jars or cans and heating them to kill bacteria and other microorganisms that may cause spoilage. After that the jars will then be sealed to create a vacuum.
- Refrigerating/Freezing: Refrigerating our food it slows down the growth of bacteria and that cause food spoilage.
By drying: Drying removes moisture from
our food, resist the growth of bacteria and enzymes that causes spoilage. This can be done by either sun drying,sun drying, air drying, or using specialized equipment like dehydrators(drying machines).By Salting: Salt acts as a preservative in our food by making it uncomfortable for bacteria to grow. It is commonly used for preserving fish, meat, and some vegetables.
By smoking: This method involves exposing food to smoke under burning woods or other materials. The smoke contains what they called antimicrobial compounds which preserve our food.
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Food preservation is good for maintaining food quality, food availability and safety, It helps in reducing food waste and ensure food security along side supporting it sustainability.
Thank you all for your precious time, love you all.
Here I will love to invite @ngoenyi @bela90 @ukpono and @manuelhooks to participate in this contest.
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Okay, if you come to South Africa, there is one thing that is a must-have, and that is "biltong." South Africa will not be South Africa without its biltong. Expats, like my brother, pay nearly 300 STEEM for one kilogram.
It is air-dried meat, and it is to die far.
Good luck with the contest, and thank you for the invitation.
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