The cult of food flourishes especially on the eve of great holidays and the New Year. At this time, in each house, the table is lined with various salads. And it doesn’t matter that some of them have a week ago. That is why the infectious wards in hospitals are often crowded after big holidays.
Pick your recipe
You will need
Salad, mayonnaise, olive oil, glass dishes, plastic dishes, enameled dishes, stainless steel dishes.
Instruction manual
1
At catering establishments, seasoned salad should be stored for no more than 30 minutes. At home, the shelf life can be made longer. Much depends on salad dressing. So, a salad of fresh vegetables seasoned with olive oil, store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for two hours. After this time, the vegetables, of course, will not deteriorate, but will look stale. The thing is that chopped vegetables secrete juice, which affects their appearance.
2
According to sanitary standards, the shelf life of salad dressed with mayonnaise is 3 hours in the summer. Unfilled salad can be stored twice as long, i.e. 6 hours. If a salad contains any preservative, the shelf life is extended. Of course, after 3 hours the salad will not turn sour. However, the amount of pathogenic flora may exceed the norm. So, in the summer, salad preserved on the second day is generally not recommended for eating.
3
To store the salad, use glassware with a tight lid. Alternatively, plastic packaging, enameled stainless steel, is suitable. Never store salads in aluminum utensils, as they react with food: especially vinegar or acid.
4
The shelf life of the Olivier salad is different in winter. Maximum storage time: 18 hours. That is, the Olivier salad must be eaten within 18 hours after it is made. Please note that this applies to salad dressings that are already seasoned. If Olivier is not seasoned, store it in the refrigerator for 24 hours. The use of expired lettuce threatens indigestion or even poisoning. In order to save Olivier for a longer period, make a harvest: cut potatoes, carrots, eggs. And the remaining products: pickled cucumbers, peas, sausage, add to the salad before serving.
5
Meat and fish salads not seasoned with sour cream, mayonnaise or other sauces can be stored for no more than 18 hours at a temperature of + 4 ° C, that is, in the refrigerator. Mayonnaise is a perishable food. It is especially dangerous in hot weather. Therefore, making a whole salad bowl for the future is a pretty bad habit. Sour cream can’t stand warm at all: it soups literally in half an hour. Canned green peas can also be attributed to perishable products. Open the jar immediately before adding peas to the salad.
note
Add onions to salads last, as it gives off a lot of juice.
Useful advice
To store salad for more than 24 hours in the refrigerator, do not mix chopped ingredients.