We are taught from childhood that the purity of the guarantee of health, and the products brought from the store before it is necessary to wash the cooking. It does not always correspond to reality, and you will be surprised to learn that after washing some of them, on the other hand you can harm your family's health. In this case, there is a category of products to wash that we do not come to mind, and it is in vain. Let's try to figure out which of the products brought into the kitchen, demanding water treatment, and how it is contraindicated.
Products that can not be washed before eating. Eggs. We know that the egg shell can live such a dangerous bacteria as salmonella and try as carefully as possible to wash them, and even rub the sponge with baking soda. But eggs for poultry disinfectant handled specially, and when washing the protective film is washed off and microorganisms can penetrate inwards.
A hen. Salmonella and other dangerous microorganisms may be crude and chicken. To get rid of them, we put the chicken in the kitchen sink and transfer the dangerous bacteria on it and in the hands, which can then contribute to the contamination of other products. It is better to proceed immediately to a heat treatment. If you cook chicken soup, after the water is boiled, drain it and rinse the chicken, cover with clean water and boil the broth.
Meat. All of the above applies to raw meat (beef, pork, veal, lamb). In order not to spread bacteria, wash the meat is not recommended, it is better to dry it with a paper towel and begin to heat treatment, and then wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.
Pasta. Who came up with that they need to wash hard to say. But this is nonsense. It is completely useless and even harmful occupation. Pasta washed starch and the sauce is absorbed worse. Wash the pasta after cooking can only and only if you decide to cook them a salad or Asian noodles stir frying.
Fresh mushrooms. Quickly rinse the mushrooms under running water, and then immediately dried with a paper towel necessary. And it should be done immediately before cooking, otherwise you will spoil them. But they can not be soaked in any case. They quickly saturate the moisture, because of what will become loose, watery and lose their elastic consistency.
Foods that need to be washed before eating. Cans. Which way went cans during transport and storage, we do not know, but for sure they were on the set of dusty warehouses. And, of course, they accumulate dirt and germs. If banks do not wash, all this will be after the opening in the contents of canned food.
Nuts. This should be done for two reasons, especially if the nuts are cleaned from the shell. Firstly, it is not known where they were, and how many people they touched hands, and, secondly, in the raw nuts contain phytic acid, whereby they are protected from pests, and which may be dangerous for the human body.
Dried fruits. For the same reason, you need to wash and dry fruits, especially those that are sold in bulk. Furthermore, they simply dirty, they can be processed by the sulfur oxide, so it is not easy to wash them, and for a few hours to soak in cold water.
Vegetables and fruits with edible peel. Even if the supermarket fruits have a clean and shiny cloth and provided with the inscription "washed", they definitely need to wash. Besides the fact that during the lying in the supermarket they have to touch them and there are microbes, the fruit can be treated with special protective substances that increase the shelf life.
Vegetables and fruits with inedible rind.For example, wash before eating bananas, melons, watermelons and tangerines not all. And it's sure to do otherwise germs to get peel and edible pulp.
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