One of the favorite meat dishes for the family is sausages. You can cook them with a wide variety of side dishes: vegetables, pasta, potatoes. And although sausages can be in the refrigerator for a very short time, there are ways to extend their shelf life.
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It is best to store sausages at a temperature of 4 to 8 ° C. Their shelf life is usually small: in the open packaging in the cold, they can lie for 3 to 6 days, but after that a sticky liquid forms on the shell, and the product has a specific smell. It is best not to consume such sausages and throw them away so as not to poison. However, the shelf life of this tasty meat dish can be increased.
Increase shelf life
To save sausages as long as possible, you should always be interested in when they were made before buying in a store. The fresher the product, the longer it can be kept in the refrigerator. Do not buy large packaging at once if you know that you cannot eat it right away or if a small number of people live in your house. It is better to buy meat dishes in smaller portions, but more often, eat them faster and do not leave to spoil. As you know, bacteria multiply in meat quite quickly.
If you do not want to eat sausages in the next few days, do not violate the integrity of the packaging - this will save the product much longer. The fact is that many manufacturers launch a special gas in the packaging of sausages and meat products, which prevents the growth of bacteria. Such packaging allows the product to retain its freshness longer. But as soon as it is opened, you will have to use sausages for several days. You can store sausages in a vacuum package, they are often placed in it already at the time of sale, or customers do it if they have special utensils at their disposal. But even then the shelf life of sausages is not unlimited - it does not exceed two to three weeks.