What is the best way to store cabbage? Can it be dried and stored in the sun?

In my hometown, the cabbage is preserved, that is, it is dried first, the water is dried to prevent it from rotting, and then it is bundled, and it should be put in the cellar, and the sauerkraut should be stored in the cellar. The older generation will be rectified, and they will be born in the 90s.

In this generation, not to mention storing cabbage, there are few people who can cook.

It is best not to put it directly in the refrigerator, you should first air dry the moisture on the surface, then wrap it in a clean paper towel, put it in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for storage, or lay a layer of paper towels in the refrigerator crisper box to absorb moisture and prolong the freshness time. Keep it this way for 3-5 days.

Drying, friends who have a yard in the countryside can put the cabbage in the yard, as long as the rules are placed neatly, natural ventilation and drying for about a week, evaporate the excess water, keep the surface of the cabbage in a dry state, and the taste of the cabbage will be more tender after drying, which is why many people buy cabbage now, dumplings or stir-fried vegetables, will feel that there is a lot of moisture, not fresh and not delicious, stored in the fresh vegetable preservation area, can be placed in a plastic bag, but poke the eye, In this way, excess moisture and ethylene can be discharged. Ethylene will turn the leaves yellow. Dry the water, wrap it in kitchen paper and put it in a plastic bag and store it in the refrigerator, and the bag should also be poked into the eye, and it should be washed when eating.

When storing such vegetables, you should first put green leafy vegetables.

Rinse with water, rinse and dry to make sure there is no moisture on the leaves, wrap the leafy greens in a paper towel and put them in a sealed bag and store them in the refrigerator. It should be noted that storage must be root-down, root-down, and root-down, which can extend the storage time.

The outer help of Chinese cabbage is cold-resistant and bump-resistant, which can play a role in protecting the cabbage, so it is necessary to protect the external side more to ensure the safety of the cabbage. The place where the Chinese cabbage is stored should be ventilated, and it is advisable to have a slight freezing of the leaves on the surface, but not to be frozen.

If possible, you can also dig a small vegetable cellar semi-underground. However, the cellar of Chinese cabbage should pay attention to ventilation to keep the air in the cellar fresh. In the process of storing Chinese cabbage, it is necessary to pick out the rotten and spoiled vegetables in time, otherwise it will infect other vegetables.

If you want to store cabbage well, it is best to dig a cellar to store it if you have conditions at home. If you can't pickle it into sauerkraut, you can also do it, I think the cabbage will be dried in the sun, its flavor will be greatly reduced, and it is not recommended to dry it.

I think cabbage is mainly pickled into sauerkraut and stored the best, if it is directly dried and stored, it will affect the taste of sauerkraut, and I don't think it is very delicious.

It is best to store the cabbage in a dark and dry place, because it can slow down the decay rate of the cabbage, and it is also possible to store it after drying, but it is more troublesome.

1. Refrigerator preservation:This method is the simplest and most convenient, the refrigeration area of the refrigerator can keep the Chinese cabbage color and fresh, keep the original flavor, but the space is limited, and the Chinese cabbage is generally larger, and it will affect the placement of other foods after being put in.

2. The balcony should be dried before storageIf you store Chinese cabbage on the balcony, it is best to dry the Chinese cabbage for one to two days, and when the leaves are slightly wilted, put the cabbage roots close to the wall, when the temperature is not very low, generally do not need to cover, if the temperature drops to below zero, it is best to cover the vegetables with a layer of plastic sheeting, and pay attention to regular ventilation, in addition, every ten days or so, it is necessary to turn over the Chinese cabbage, tear off the bad leaves outside, to prevent rot.

3. Plastic bag preservation method:If you don't buy a lot of Chinese cabbage, then when the indoor temperature is relatively low, you can use a plastic bag to cover each Chinese cabbage and tie the bag mouth. If the temperature rises and the indoor temperature is above freezing, you can use a plastic bag to cover the cabbage from top to bottom, but you don't need to seal it, just put the cabbage root down on the ground.

This method allows the cabbage to be stored for a longer period of time, and the leaves also retain moisture.

4. Newspaper Preservation Law:This method is to wrap each cabbage in newspaper and put it in a cool place, so that the cabbage can be kept fresh for a week.

Cabbage selection tips:

1. Look at the color.

Fresh Chinese cabbage, its leaves are two colors, the leaves are pale green or some yellowish, and the stem part is white. Therefore, when choosing Chinese cabbage, you can distinguish it by color, if the leaves are green and the stems are white, then it means that such Chinese cabbage is relatively fresh. If the color has slowly turned black, especially the stem part has begun to turn yellowish, it means that the Chinese cabbage has begun to deteriorate a little at this time, and the Chinese cabbage will be relatively soft and unpalatable.

Therefore, you should first identify the freshness of Chinese cabbage according to the color.

2. Look at the texture.

Fresh Chinese cabbage has more moisture, so it is crispy to the touch, especially the leaves, which are easy to crumble when you pinch them gently. But if it is Chinese cabbage that has been left for a long time or has begun to deteriorate slowly, it is soft to the touch, and there will be some mucus on the surface, such Chinese cabbage means that it has begun to deteriorate, try not to choose.

3. Smell the smell.

Fresh Chinese cabbage smells of the special fragrance of cabbage, and there is no other peculiar smell except for the fragrance. However, the spoiled Chinese cabbage will smell pungent, so you can tell if the Chinese cabbage is fresh by the smell.

4. Feel the touch.

Fresh Chinese cabbage is smoother to the touch, and there is no sticky feeling on the hands. However, if it is a spoiled cabbage, mucus will be produced on the surface of the cabbage, which will be sticky to the touch, which indicates that it is not suitable to choose if it has deteriorated.

<>1. Put the dried vegetables in a fresh-keeping box or sealed jar, isolate the air and store them in a cool place, which can be stored for about half a year.

2. Cryopreservation: If there is no ready-made slippery fresh-keeping box or sealed jar at home, you can also put the dried vegetables in a plastic bag and tie them tightly and put them in the freezer for about half a year.

3. Soak in cold water fiber to remove salt: because the dried vegetables are placed outside to dry, it is inevitable that there will be dust, so they need to be washed before use, and then soaked in cold water for 30 to 60 minutes to remove excessive salt. If it is a dried vegetable without salt, just soak it.

Remember to use cold water so that the dried vegetables will not mature and lose their original sweet taste.

1. Look at the variety

When buying cabbage, not all varieties of cabbage are suitable for long-term storage, if you want cabbage to be stored for a long time, you must choose cabbage with green leaves to buy. If the cabbage you encounter is yellowish leaves, then such cabbage is not suitable for long-term storage.

2. Remove rotten leaves, yellow leaves, and roots and smear liquor

After buying the cabbage at home, we have to pick it first, and pick all the rotten leaves on the surface of the cabbage and the yellow leaves. Because these parts belong to the place where the cabbage has already deteriorated, if you continue to store it, it will cause the cabbage to become infected and the whole piece will deteriorate. Secondly, the root of the cabbage, we also remember to smear it with liquor, because the root of the cabbage is the most susceptible to infection, and after a simple smear with liquor, it can be well sterilized and disinfected, so as to avoid the infection of the cabbage root.

3. Temperature control

When preserving cabbage, it is also very important to control the temperature, whether the temperature is too high or too low, the cabbage will deteriorate in the process of preservation. Therefore, when preserving cabbage, it is necessary to create a constant temperature environment for it and control the temperature at 3 8 degrees.

4. Dry it

Before the cabbage is preserved, we had better dry it first. When drying cabbage, it is not put in the sun directly, but put it in a ventilated place to blow it for a few days, and the moisture on the surface of the cabbage can be dried. Because the cabbage will be squeezed in the process of preservation, if its surface is not kept dry, the cabbage will rot due to long-term squeezing.

Therefore, when storing cabbage, you must make sure that its outer layer is dry and do not let it always be moist.

5. Wrap plastic wrap

It is best to cover the surface of the cabbage with a layer of plastic wrap to prevent the loss of water during the preservation of the cabbage. After wrapping the cabbage in plastic wrap, in addition to being stored at room temperature, we can also put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. However, when the cabbage is preserved, we must check the cabbage at any time, and once it is found that it has deteriorated, it must be eaten as soon as possible.

The best place to store Chinese cabbage is the refrigerator, no matter what vegetables can be stored in the refrigerator, but the refrigerator storage space is limited, it is okay to put 7-8 Chinese cabbage, and dozens of Chinese cabbage can not be placed. When storing in large quantities, the following methods can be used:

The first method: the oldest way of storage - cellaring. In the early days, when there was no cold storage, vendors would dig a large cellar to store cabbage.

Now, if you live in the countryside, you can dig a 1-meter-deep pit in the shade of the courtyard wall to make a cellar, and when the outside temperature drops below freezing, put the Chinese cabbage in the cellar and store it. This is the wisdom left by the old generation, so that the cabbage will be green next year, not rotten, and not dry leaves. Here I would like to remind everyone that before burying the cabbage, the rotten leaves and yellow leaves of the cabbage should be removed, and the roots should be dried facing south for a few days.

Depending on the weather conditions and the time of exposure, decide how long to dry, so that the cabbage can be stored for a longer time after it is buried.

The second method: buy the Chinese cabbage at home and remove the rotten leaves and yellow leaves, and the good cabbage leaves must not be removed, because when storing, these leaves can help the cabbage lock in moisture. After removing the dried yellow leaves, put the roots of the cabbage facing south in the sun for 3-4 days, and flip the cabbage several times in the middle, so that the cabbage will not appear sick during storage.

Take a larger carton, dig a few large holes with a diameter of about 3 cm in the carton, then put the dried cabbage in it, and store the carton in a cool and ventilated place.

My deepest impression of cabbage is that I saw the lady in the north on the hot search before, and in winter, she chartered a car to buy vegetables for the sake of tuncai. And the most purchased among them is cabbage, not only because the cabbage itself tastes very good, but also because cabbage is also a description of things that are cheap. Therefore, as the cabbage price of my own cabbage, ** is naturally very affordable, although my family does not have a cellar in the north, so I can't directly buy so many cabbage for storage.

But it's okay to buy more and store it yourself, and it's not impossible to put the cabbage directly in the refrigerator for preservation. But the cabbage that is preserved in this way is likely to dry up and rot. So if you want to extend the shelf life of cabbage as much as possible, you can try some of my local methods of preserving cabbage.

Tips for preserving cabbage.

Tip 1: You need to dry the cabbage.

If the outermost leaves of the cabbage are rotten or blackened, be sure to remove the leaves. After that, the cabbage is taken outside and placed outside to dry when the sun is good. Generally speaking, it only takes two or three days to dry.

The purpose of this step is to be able to dry the water in the cabbage well, so that it can be more conducive to the preservation of the cabbage later.

Tip 2: Put it in a cardboard box and save it.

Dried cabbage, do not put it in the refrigerator, if you have the usual delivery cardboard box at home, you can neatly put the cabbage into the cardboard box. After that, you only need to dig out a few small holes around the carton for ventilation. And you need to place the carton in a cool and ventilated place, so that the cabbage can be well preserved.

Tip 3: Buy good quality cabbage.

Because generally speaking, you need to buy cabbage that is bright in color and has a good gloss. And when buying, don't choose those cabbages that are too white in color, or too green. You need to choose those that have a combination of the two, and the texture and taste will be better.

1.The environment should be kept cool, ventilated, dry, and protected from light.

Cabbage will sprout and rot when exposed to light or high temperatures, and it will rot if it is too wet. Keeping the cabbage in a cool and ventilated place, away from light and drying, can greatly extend the shelf life.

The best temperature to preserve cabbage is 0 5, which is the temperature in the refrigerator, so cabbage can be stored in the refrigerator for 1 2 months, but only in small amounts.

2.Green leafy cabbage is suitable for storage.

There are two types of cabbage in the market, one is green leafy cabbage and the other is yellow leafy cabbage. Yellow leafy vegetables are marketed early, have high moisture, and are prone to rot and frostbite when refrigerated. However, leafy greens are available after the start of winter.

They have less moisture, are hardy, and are more suitable for storage in winter, so try to buy green leafy cabbage.

3.Fresh cabbage is better preserved.

If the cabbage has yellow leaves and rotten leaves, it means that it has been left for a long time. There must be a lot of bacteria on it, and even if it is preserved, it will rot quickly. And fresh cabbage can last for several months.

How do you store cabbage? According to the "two situations", choose the specific storage method.

Before you can save the cabbage, you should do two things first:

Choose fresh and high-quality Chinese cabbage.

The current Chinese cabbage costs a few cents a pound, and it costs dozens of yuan to buy jujubes. There may be some cabbage that is not of good quality. Be sure to look carefully, for example, the leaves are not yellow, and the roots are not black.

Teach you a trick, the root of cabbage is white, and it is heavier when weighed. It is usually fresh cabbage.

Fresh cabbage has enough moisture and will not dry out and become brittle after a long time.

Dry the surface moisture in advance.

The surface of the Chinese cabbage is not wet, but there is still a lot of water. When stored directly, the water turns into moisture, which will allow the cabbage to rot. Therefore, after buying cabbage, it should be dried in the sun for 1 2 days, and the water on the surface should also be dried, so that it is easier to preserve.

After drying, it can be stored, which can be divided into "indoor storage" and "outdoor storage".

Indoor storage. There is no heating in the south and the indoor temperature is low. Cabbage is suitable for indoor storage. Prepare some cardboard boxes, put the cabbage root facing down upright in the cardboard box, dig a few ventilation holes around the cardboard box, and put it in a cool and ventilated room, at least filial piety can be placed for 3 months.

Outdoor storage. Heating in the north has already started in October. The indoor temperature is 16-24 degrees, which is not suitable for storing cabbage. It should only be placed outdoors, such as on a balcony or in a yard.

Cabbage is not afraid of freezing. When stored outdoors, spread a layer of cabbage on a wooden board, store the cabbage in layers, and then cover the surface with a layer of plastic film or a thick quilt to keep the cabbage warm. You can eat whatever you want, and you can keep it for half a year.

Like buying hundreds of thousands of catties of cabbage at a time in the north, it is recommended to spray some potion on the cabbage regularly to maintain the freshness of the cabbage. For example, [p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid solution] can prevent cabbage from falling off during storage and has a fresh-keeping effect. It is basically non-toxic to the human body, and the concentration is relatively low, so you can rest assured.