In order to freeze vegetables they should be boiled mildly and pass those through cold water at once. By boiling them completely and freezing them and defrosting them their colour and taste are deteriorated. Wash the meat (beef, chicken, and fish) and put them in a plastic or glass container, that are available easily in every market.
The most useful machine in your house and kitchen is refrigerator that saves both time and money. Forty to fifty years ago this invention was used only in a few houses. But today this is the need of every house. This facility of refrigerator converts into a nuisance when it becomes dysfunctional frequently, or does not give desired results. Reason? Keeping it overloaded with things and open it frequently. That is why it does not freeze things neither are cooled properly. And despite keeping the food in the fridge, it deteriorates. And often the milk becomes sore. User's manuals are provided with every fridge. It has instructions about all things ranging from how to use its thermostat to cleaning the deep freezer. The bottom part of a refrigerator is relatively easy and special instructions about its cleaning are not provided. Whereas the upper portion or the freezer requires special care about its use or cleaning. In this portion things are stored for prolonged freezing. Following are a few things about freezing the food and cleaning the fridge. For example the process of freezing the food is aided by the water content. As the water content cool does, the food also starts freezing. When the food defrosts it becomes soft.
Be cautious about freezing the food that by keeping warm and a lot of food in the fridge all of the food does not cool properly. And due to inappropriate freezing point that degrades quickly as well. Freeze a small amount of food at a time and try to cool it down to the room temperature before putting it in the fridge. Those foods and natural eatables that have a lot of water content do not freeze quickly. Foods with less water and natural foods cool down quickly and remain usable for a long period of time. Similarly hard vegetables like potatoes, turnips and radishes freeze quickly. Meat freezes completely due to its hardness, whereas milk and mayonnaise are not included in this list. Spices can also be frozen. But what would their taste be when they are defrosted? This is hard to say. First of all stop thinking that by freezing the food the bacteria in it finish. Rather freezing the food only slows down its bacterial decomposition. It does not remove the bacteria. In order to freeze vegetables they should be boiled mildly and pass those through cold water at once. By boiling them completely and freezing them and defrosting them their color and taste are deteriorated. Wash the meat (beef, chicken, Fish) and put them in a plastic or glass container, that are available easily in every market. These containers do not crack in case of air, dampness, leakage or freezing. Other than these metallic containers can also be chosen. Sandwiches can also be prepared and frozen. For their filling use peanut butter, meat slices, cheese, salad dressing or margarine. Before freezing the sandwiches apply this filling. Freeze them by putting them in wrapping them in foil or putting them in an airtight container. Fruits and vegetables should be frozen in boxes of small sizes and volumes. The reason is that as much large are the boxes, longer will it take to freeze things. Keep preserved foods and sauces in no-metallic wrappers. Because due to metallic foils the chemicals present in these foods or sauces can react with the foils and increase acidity. Foods should not be kept warm in the freezer. Before freezing put the food in the refrigerator and cool it down. Due to this the food will cool faster and retain its taste for a longer period of time. Put fresh food in a container and keep it in room temperature for a while then cool it in the refrigerator and shift it to the freezer. If your fridge has a mechanism for controlling the dampness, then use it according to the manual of the refrigerator. In this regard please remember that vegetables with leaves such as lettuce leaves require less dampness and for vegetables for peels for example tomatoes, aubergines, cabbage and cauliflower require a lot of dampness. Vegetables should not be washed before putting in the fridge. Also do not put them in the refrigerator by wrapping them in paper packets. Paper absorbs all the dampness of the refrigerator. Many women buy meat and poultry in such packets and put them as such in the fridge or wrap them in plastic bags. This method is altogether wrong. So clean meat and poultry and wash them then wrap them in zip-locked or special plastic bags for the freezer. If you intend to preserve meat or poultry for weeks or months then put them in special plastic wrappers according to the requirement. And put labels having dates types of meat and the dish that needs to be prepared with that meat on them. Like this you will be comfortable in remembering the quantity of meat. Germs present in the air can infect the meat very fast that is taken out of the freezer. This increases acidic fluids in the meat. That is why defrost the meat in the refrigerator. Put things in the freezer in a certain order. The more it is full, the more power it will require operating. Make a list of all things that have been frozen and put it on the freezer. Or put them in the kitchen. Every time before putting new things write down the date on which they were frozen. Keep on monitoring the freezer after small intervals so that unnecessary or unusable things can be thrown away. In order to use the frozen food for a long time the temperature of the freezer should be adjusted accordingly. For this carefully read the users' manual of the fridge carefully. If you plan to freeze the food after cooking it, then this is also not a bad idea. But do not put all the food in one container. Because what many women do is that they put the container in the oven and heat it up. And then they take a small amount of food and put the rest of it back in the freezer. And this is repeated many times. This reduces the freshness and taste of the food and its utility. So freeze the food in small boxes. So that whenever you want, you take it out according to your needs and use it. Remember! The correct usage of freezer or refrigerator saves you both you precious time and money. You will also not have to panic if guests arrive at once. Because you have already prepared the food and frozen it. So what do you think? These wise rules should be remembered.
(Amber Shahzad, Gujranawala)
In order to freeze vegetables they should be boiled mildly and pass those through cold water at once. By boiling them completely and freezing them and defrosting them their colour and taste are deteriorated. Wash the meat (beef, chicken, and fish) and put them in a plastic or glass container, that are available easily in every market.
The most useful machine in your house and kitchen is refrigerator that saves both time and money. Forty to fifty years ago this invention was used only in a few houses. But today this is the need of every house. This facility of refrigerator converts into a nuisance when it becomes dysfunctional frequently, or does not give desired results. Reason? Keeping it overloaded with things and open it frequently. That is why it does not freeze things neither are cooled properly. And despite keeping the food in the fridge, it deteriorates. And often the milk becomes sore. User's manuals are provided with every fridge. It has instructions about all things ranging from how to use its thermostat to cleaning the deep freezer. The bottom part of a refrigerator is relatively easy and special instructions about its cleaning are not provided. Whereas the upper portion or the freezer requires special care about its use or cleaning. In this portion things are stored for prolonged freezing. Following are a few things about freezing the food and cleaning the fridge. For example the process of freezing the food is aided by the water content. As the water content cool does, the food also starts freezing. When the food defrosts it becomes soft.
Be cautious about freezing the food that by keeping warm and a lot of food in the fridge all of the food does not cool properly. And due to inappropriate freezing point that degrades quickly as well. Freeze a small amount of food at a time and try to cool it down to the room temperature before putting it in the fridge. Those foods and natural eatables that have a lot of water content do not freeze quickly. Foods with less water and natural foods cool down quickly and remain usable for a long period of time. Similarly hard vegetables like potatoes, turnips and radishes freeze quickly. Meat freezes completely due to its hardness, whereas milk and mayonnaise are not included in this list. Spices can also be frozen. But what would their taste be when they are defrosted? This is hard to say. First of all stop thinking that by freezing the food the bacteria in it finish. Rather freezing the food only slows down its bacterial decomposition. It does not remove the bacteria. In order to freeze vegetables they should be boiled mildly and pass those through cold water at once. By boiling them completely and freezing them and defrosting them their color and taste are deteriorated. Wash the meat (beef, chicken, Fish) and put them in a plastic or glass container, that are available easily in every market. These containers do not crack in case of air, dampness, leakage or freezing. Other than these metallic containers can also be chosen. Sandwiches can also be prepared and frozen. For their filling use peanut butter, meat slices, cheese, salad dressing or margarine. Before freezing the sandwiches apply this filling. Freeze them by putting them in wrapping them in foil or putting them in an airtight container. Fruits and vegetables should be frozen in boxes of small sizes and volumes. The reason is that as much large are the boxes, longer will it take to freeze things. Keep preserved foods and sauces in no-metallic wrappers. Because due to metallic foils the chemicals present in these foods or sauces can react with the foils and increase acidity. Foods should not be kept warm in the freezer. Before freezing put the food in the refrigerator and cool it down. Due to this the food will cool faster and retain its taste for a longer period of time. Put fresh food in a container and keep it in room temperature for a while then cool it in the refrigerator and shift it to the freezer. If your fridge has a mechanism for controlling the dampness, then use it according to the manual of the refrigerator. In this regard please remember that vegetables with leaves such as lettuce leaves require less dampness and for vegetables for peels for example tomatoes, aubergines, cabbage and cauliflower require a lot of dampness. Vegetables should not be washed before putting in the fridge. Also do not put them in the refrigerator by wrapping them in paper packets. Paper absorbs all the dampness of the refrigerator. Many women buy meat and poultry in such packets and put them as such in the fridge or wrap them in plastic bags. This method is altogether wrong. So clean meat and poultry and wash them then wrap them in zip-locked or special plastic bags for the freezer. If you intend to preserve meat or poultry for weeks or months then put them in special plastic wrappers according to the requirement. And put labels having dates types of meat and the dish that needs to be prepared with that meat on them. Like this you will be comfortable in remembering the quantity of meat. Germs present in the air can infect the meat very fast that is taken out of the freezer. This increases acidic fluids in the meat. That is why defrost the meat in the refrigerator. Put things in the freezer in a certain order. The more it is full, the more power it will require operating. Make a list of all things that have been frozen and put it on the freezer. Or put them in the kitchen. Every time before putting new things write down the date on which they were frozen. Keep on monitoring the freezer after small intervals so that unnecessary or unusable things can be thrown away. In order to use the frozen food for a long time the temperature of the freezer should be adjusted accordingly. For this carefully read the users' manual of the fridge carefully. If you plan to freeze the food after cooking it, then this is also not a bad idea. But do not put all the food in one container. Because what many women do is that they put the container in the oven and heat it up. And then they take a small amount of food and put the rest of it back in the freezer. And this is repeated many times. This reduces the freshness and taste of the food and its utility. So freeze the food in small boxes. So that whenever you want, you take it out according to your needs and use it. Remember! The correct usage of freezer or refrigerator saves you both you precious time and money. You will also not have to panic if guests arrive at once. Because you have already prepared the food and frozen it. So what do you think? These wise rules should be remembered.
