Food cleaning guide: fruit, rice, raw meat, this is the right way to wash

However,Cleaning is not the same as cleaning.In fact, whether food should be washed, why it should be washed, and how to wash it is a science and an important step to ensure food safety, which should not be treated carelessly.

Here are some recommendations for cleaning methods for common foods.

Natural water contains more or less arsenic, while rice grows in paddy fields and canenriched arsenic, so there is also arsenic in the rice we eat every day.If the rice meets the safety standards, you don’t need to worry too much about the hazards of arsenic, just simply rinse it.But if you are more concerned about the problem of arsenic, you can passsoakway to further reduce risk.

Some researchers have done experiments and found that soaking rice in 5 times the volume of water overnight, and then rinsing, can80% less arsenic.Soaking will remove some of the starch from the rice, but will not cause loss of nutrients such as folic acid, iron, niacin and thiamine, although be aware that during the subsequent washing process,Do not rub the rice too much with your hands, otherwise the above nutrients will be lost.

Washing legumes, mainly to remove visible and invisibleImpurities。

Start by placing the beans in a flat container, picking out any smallstones, broken leavesWait.Then put the beans in a container that can be strained, and usecold water rinse。

If it is dried beans, they need to be soaked in hot water and boiled. If they are cooked directly, the beans will be difficult to ripen.

bought from the supermarketEggs are packaged intact and can be left unwashed.These eggs are commercial eggs, most of which have been washed during processing, and after washing, a layer of edible light mineral oil is applied to the surface of the egg for protection.Even if it has not been washed, clean and fresh eggs have their own protective film, which makes it difficult for bacteria to invade. If you wash the eggs extra at this time, it will increase the health risk.

But if it is found that the surface of the egg hasdirty, it is better to clean it.One thing that needs to be mentioned is that the storage of eggs should be done after cleaning, so after cleaning, put the eggs in the refrigerator.

In order to affect the protective film as little as possible, the preferred method is'dry cleaning'. The specific method is to use a clean dry sponge, loofah pulp, etc. to wipe off the dirt on the egg, and do not touch the clean place too much, so as to make the protective film as complete as possible.

Dry Sponge 'Dry Clean' Eggs | jefney.com

shellfish, such as clams, because they contain moresand and gravel, so it needs to be washed thoroughly, otherwise these dirty things will be eaten by you.

Before cooking shellfish, rinse to remove some of the sediment.then put themPut it into a basin of cold water, and add an appropriate amount of salt to stimulate spit sand,Put it in the refrigerator for another 20 to 30 minutes, remembering to stir it a few times while waiting.After taking it out of the refrigerator, do not pour it, but fish out the shells with your hands. At this time, fine sand can be seen at the bottom of the pot.Finally, rinse the casing again and scrub the casing with a small clean brush.In this way, clean shellfish can be obtained.

Cleaning the shell with a brush | Food52

At present, most of the pesticides used in China are low-toxic and low-residue varieties, and the rate of pesticide residue exceeding the standard is relatively low, so there is no need to worry too much.However, it is still possible to further reduce the amount of dirt on fruits and vegetables by cleaningpesticide residues.The specific and feasible methods are:Wash, Peel, Blanch。

Cleaning can be usedrunning waterway, and by handrub gently, Such an external force can remove pesticides remaining on the surface of vegetables and fruits.

If there is at homebaking soda, You can also use it to wash vegetables and fruits.Some studies have used ordinary water, disinfectant, and soda water to remove pesticide residues on the surface of apples, and found that soda water is the most effective.Simply add a spoonful or so of baking soda to the container, let it soak for a few minutes, then rinse as above to remove even more pesticides.

After washing with a baking soda solution, the least amount of pesticides remained on the surface of the apple | Reference 9

Most of the pesticides generally remain on the skin of fruits and vegetables, so the peeled vegetables and fruits can reduce the pesticides on the surface.But peeling also causes someloss of nutrients, especially dietary fiber and some vitamins and minerals, need a reasonable choice.

Boiled waterThe efficiency of removing pesticide residues is also very high, somestem and leaf vegetablesThis method can be used.

You might think that washing livestock or poultry meat before cooking it will remove bacteria and prevent disease, but that's not really the case.The water used to rinse them won't be scalding hot enough to kill germs, and instead risks splashing germs onto the countertop or elsewhere in the kitchen.Then when you prepare other foods on the same surface, cross-contamination is more likely to cause illness.

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In fact, the temperature and time of daily cooking are sufficient to remove these common bacteria on raw meat, so,It is recommended not to wash the raw meat of livestock and poultry, but to cook it directly.

'The disease enters from the mouth' is still very reasonable.So don't feel troublesome, wash the ingredients carefully, so that you can eat with peace of mind.

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