Contest Alert 🚨 : Preserve Food, Preserve Life
Hello good people of healthy steem how are you all doing today I hope all is well and you all are enjoying your day, today I will be taking part in an amazing contest organize by @sahmie with the theme "Preserve Food, Preserve Life"
• WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY FOOD PRESERVATION?
The process of food preservation is very necessary and important in a way that it helps prevent wastage of food meanwhile according to my own personal understanding of it I can easily defined it as;
Food preservation is simply the process which includes the various action a person takes in treating and handling food in such a way that it would help slow down spoilage thereby maintaining it's nutrients, texture as well as it's flavour
LIST AND EXPLAIN 3 REASONS WHY WE PRESERVE AND STORE FOOD.
Also when it comes to the reasons why we preserve food there are so many and they are;
One of the reasons for food preservation is to prevent food spoilage till when it is due for usage or consumption
Another reasons for food preservation is to keep food at it's best quality
And lastly one of the most important reason why we preserve food is to save money both in an individual or commercial setting
• LIST AND EXPLAIN ANY FIVE METHODS YOU USE TO PRESERVE FOOD.
When it comes to food preservation processes there are so many methods which can be used to execute them and there are;
- Canning
- Salting
- Freezing
- Smoking & Drying
CANNING
Food canning as one of the methods of food preservation is simply the process of packing prepared food and storing them inside a tight and sealed can to prevent spoilage
SALTING
Salting which is one of the methods of food preservation is the process of rubbing salt all over a food item to drain out water and stop bacterial growth in the food so as to prevent spoilage
FREEZING
Freezing is one of the best method of food preservation because since bacteria cannot grow in frozen environment frozen food can remain safe for months or more.
SMOKING AND DRYING
We can as well preserve our food through smoking and drying take for example fish 🐟 is easily preserve through smoking meanwhile in the northern part of Nigeria known to have high heat temperature they are known to preserve most of their food by drying them with the heat from the sun.
SUGARING
The process of preserving food in a high sugar environment can help reduce the food water level and also helps in stopping bacteria growth thus reducing the risk of spoilage.
CONCLUSION
The process of food preservation is a must do activities because it saves money as well as resources especially in a bad economic system we are living in here in Nigeria
Line of the day
"He who does not economise, will have to agonize"
I will like to invite
@aaliarubab
@aviral123
@astilem
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