How to keep food without refrigerator

Turned off the lights indefinitely. The main kitchen unit ordered to live long. It is a long trip. At the cottage there is no cellar. Common situation? And let's remember how our ancestors lived, and learn how to keep food without a refrigerator.

General rules

There are conditions that must be observed in order to avoid food spoilage. It:

1. Darkness. Most bacteria begin to actively proliferate in sunlight.
2. Cool. Everyone knows that in the heat products deteriorate much faster.
3. Isolation from air. After all, the airborne spores of fungi and pathogens are transferred.

The first two points are quite simple to follow. They choose a dark cool place in the house, then put the products there.

But with the third paragraph will have to work hard. Even vaunted vacuum containers do not provide absolute sealing.So, you just need to block the path of all kinds of bacteria. This can be done in various ways:

• scald in boiling water
• grease or sunflower oil
• fill with brine
• wrap in a damp salty cloth
• wrap in a cloth dipped in vinegar
• smear chicken egg protein

We read below all the details. Because for each type of product there is a method.

Meat products

What starts to spoil the very first after 2 hours without cold? That's right, meat, sausage, sausages and their ilk. Therefore, they must be saved first. Yes, and throw out the foul - it means quite hit on your own pocket. There are several ways.

Boiling water. You need to miss a piece of meat or chicken for 30 seconds in boiling hot water. Do not be afraid that the surface will turn white. This curled up protein. Exactly the obtained surface will protect the meat from rotting. True, not for long. In the dark and cool - a maximum of 2 days. But, during this time, you will definitely figure out where to attach it.

Salt. You have to make a strong solution of salt in water. Approximately 7 tbsp. l on 1 liter. In this solution, moisten cotton fabric, slightly squeeze.Now you need to thoroughly blot the moisture from the surface with dry wipes. Then the meat is wrapped in a damp, salty cloth and cleaned in a dark, cool place. It may be:

• pantry
• Kitchen Cabinet
• place under the sink or bath
• space under the bed

Periodically check the humidity of the fabric, if necessary, moistened with brine. This method allows you to save meat for about a day.

Ice. If you want to keep frozen meat, then wrap the pieces in the plastic wrap as soon as possible. And then remove them under a thick blanket, sweatshirt, blanket. The thicker the layer is, the later the heat gets to your reserves.

For complete reliability, ask neighbors or relatives to freeze you a few plastic bottles of water. Then cover them with frozen meat, and wrap. This design allows you to save meat products as long as the shelter keeps the cold.

Council Always keep an empty cooler bag at hand. You will see that she will help you out in unexpected situations.

So, with the meat figured out. What to do with sausage or sausages? Of course eat, if their little bit.But if the stock is significant, then you can again make a kind of refrigerator with frozen bottles.

Another option is to coat the sausages with a thick layer of fat and hang them in a draft. So do the sausage. But only with boiled. Smoked or smoked sausage is better to coat with vegetable oil, and then wrap in parchment paper. This method allows you to save food up to 3 days.

Important! Meat products are not washed before storage. On the contrary, they are wiped with kitchen towels or dry with a dry cloth.

A fish

Fresh fish starts to deteriorate sometimes even faster than meat. Forced to disappoint you: it is not stored without freezing. You will have to choose between:

• roasting
• boiling
• salting
• pickled

In any case, it is necessary to eat fish as soon as possible. Crude it can not be kept, otherwise you can easily get poisoned.

Milk products

In second place in terms of spoilage are milk products - cheese, butter, cottage cheese. And of course, the milk itself. By the way, there are two strange recommendations on how to keep it without a refrigerator:

• Boil twice a day.
• Boil once, but add baking soda and granulated sugar.

And nowhere is it indicated how much to pour. Therefore, we strongly advise against following these tips. Yes, and for sure after all the procedures, something inedible will turn out. Agree, boiled milk or soda several times is ... Let us leave room for fantasy.

It is much easier to leave the milk sour naturally. So you will have delicious sour milk or cottage cheese. By the way, about him. It is unlikely that you will be able to keep it for more than 3 days without a refrigerator. Then it will turn into a slippery stinky mass. But these 3 days can not just keep the cottage cheese in the open air. It must be placed in a glass or ceramic container, and covered with the same salty cloth. From time to time it is necessary to moisten the cloth.

Now the cheese. It can be wrapped in oiled parchment paper and stored in a dark cool place. Such precautions will be enough for about 5 days.

Another way: pour the cheese with a weak pickle. This is 2 tsp. salt to 1 liter of water. If you change the brine 1 time per day, then the cheese can be stored without a refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.

Council Be prepared for the fact that the cheese absorbs the salt from the liquid.In the final version, a completely different taste awaits you.

Butter is preserved in the same way as cheese, which is filled with brine on top. But the shelf life is significantly reduced - only 7 days. We recommend to melt the oil, drain the excess serum. In this case, it can be stored in brine for up to 12 days.

Eggs, lard, canned food, vegetables

Look carefully at your fridge. A good third of it can be safely stored in the kitchen cupboard. And these are products that you do not need to take care of for months - eggs and vegetables. The first feel great at room temperature for a month. And the latter do not even lie so much, for they will wither. With preservation, you can not worry.

By the way, do not try to cook eggs! They begin to deteriorate already on the 4th day. It is better to leave them raw, so safer. Or smear the shell with protein, wait for drying. This film will prevent damage to eggs.

Fat. Smoked wrapped in cheesecloth and hung in a draft. Shelf life - 8 days maximum. Salt is placed in containers, sprinkled with a small amount of salt. Top cover with a dry cloth. Storage time - from 30 to 60 days, depending on the air temperature.

Now an unexpected unpleasant surprise will not take you by surprise. You know how to keep food without a refrigerator. In turn, we recommend that you still eat them as quickly as possible. Because no popular method provides such safety as the best kitchen friend.

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