Hello Healthy Steem

Hello everyone 👋
Today I am going to participate in this contest which is organized by honourable @sahmie .

What do you understand by food preservation?

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Food is preserved to prevent it from spoiling. Due to which the food material can remain safe for a long time, its biggest advantage is that the grains become available to the poor also. If the food material starts getting wasted then its prices in the market will increase a lot due to which it will become difficult for the poor to get the grains.

List and explain 3 reasons why we preserve and store food.

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1- Natural Calamities

Disaster means draught, calamities, flood and viral biological diseases like covid. No one knows when the disaster will come, but at the time of disaster we are confined to our homes. Markets are closed due to which we are not able to get the necessary food items if we stay in our house. If we preserve and store food, we will not have to remain hungry and we will come out in time.

2- Increment in prices

Whenever the crop is less or the fertilizer material is not available in the country internationally, then the price increases very much in the market. In such a situation, if we preserve and store the food at home then our money is saved from getting wasted.

3- Saves time

If we do not preserve food at home, we have to go to the market every second day to buy fertilizer. There is so much crowd in the market that it takes at least 2 to 3 hours to prepare our own food. It will become very disturbing, distracting, and frustrating. One will be unable to pay full attention to important work.

There is tension in the mind that we have to go to the market and buy fresh food, but by preserving and storing food. Our time is saved and by using that time in our development, we can live a successful life.

List and explain any five methods you use to preserve food.

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Some of the ways for preserving food at home are::

1) Lemon -

This is a better method that I use to preserve fruits and vegetables. I use them mainly for pickles.

2) Vinegar -

I use it to preserve salad and sauce.

3) Neem 🍃 -

I use it to store whole grains. When a large quantity of whole grains is there, I add dry neem leaves in containers. This prevents insects from getting into them.

4) Fridge -

I use it to store vegetables and fruits.

5) Half Boiling-

To preserve green peas throughout the year, I half boil them and now add a little sugar to it so that its sweetness remains. And then store in refrigerator.

I invite : @mdkamran99 , @bonaventure24 and @isha-rehman .

Thankyou

India , September 27
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@moyeon