Rice is an oriental bread culture. In some villages of Japan, during the summer season, people sometimes eat 4 kg of rice, and during the New Year holidays, the place of honor is given to rice cakes - kagamimoti, which are considered a symbol of good luck and prosperity. Obviously, such a valuable product must be able to be stored.
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Instruction manual
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Immediately after the purchase, take care of the safety of the cereals, then you will not have to throw it away, and worry about the money spent in vain.
Rice can be stored for 16-18 months, so when buying cereals, always look at the packaging for the release date of the product.
If boiled rice is put in tightly closed plastic containers and refrigerated, then it can be stored for even more than a week.
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Rice (cereal) is best stored in ceramic, plastic or glass jars, tightly closed with lids. You can not store cereals in a plastic bag, it is frayed and caked in it. If there is no suitable can, then store in a paper bag.
Keep this product in a cabinet in a dry and ventilated area, and high humidity reduces the shelf life of cereals. From time to time, wipe the cabinet in which you store supplies with a cloth dampened in a weak solution of vinegar, because pests of cereals do not tolerate this smell.
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After buying cereals, pour all the contents into a basin, carefully consider the appearance and periodically review the stocks. If you find insects, immediately sort through the cereals. If there are a lot of insects, then cereals cannot be used. One infected bag can cause the spread of insects to all stocks. In rice, you can put a special device or garlic, they scare away rice bugs.
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There is a lot of starch in the rice grains, more than in some other cereal. A lot of proteins, and sodium and potassium, are contained in rice grains in a ratio of 1: 5, this is enough to maintain an alkaline-acid balance in the body. Therefore, rice is a balanced dietary product, as it contains everything that a person needs. But this is the case if you use whole rice without grinding and polishing. When processing rice, vitamins (groups B), iron compounds, as well as some stimulating and tonic substances that are under the grain shell are removed along with the shell.
Rice is used in medical diets, with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, for the treatment of bronchitis and asthma, is used as a diaphoretic, antipyretic and antitoxic agent in the treatment of influenza and pneumonia. Rice is useful for nursing mothers, so it increases the excretion of milk.