Porridge or cereal side dish is a healthy dish, a source of essential vitamins and complex carbohydrates. In good housewives in the kitchen, you can see several types of cereals. And so that they retain their benefits and taste, pests do not start in them, cereals must be properly stored.
Instructions
Step 1
Purchased cereals should not be stored in the packaging in which you purchased them. In plastic bags, cereals suffocate and become rancid, and paper packages tear or get wet easily. Therefore, buckwheat and rice brought from the store must be poured into a clean and dry glass, plastic or metal container. It is very good if the dishes for cereals are hermetically closed - in this case, pests cannot penetrate into it, and if you bring bugs with a purchase, you will not infect other supplies. A good option for storing cereals is plastic bottles with a wide neck.
Step 2
To make sure that there are no pests in the purchase, you can sort out the cereals, especially since for some species this is necessary. Offer this painstaking work to children - for them it will be a game, and you will significantly save time when cooking. Those cereals that are not accepted to sort out can be calcined in the oven or held for a day in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.
Step 3
From time to time, cereal stocks need to be checked, because insects can get into them, for example, from dried fruits. Barn weevils, grain grinders, Surinamese flour eaters and other pests are not dangerous to humans, but unpleasant. If you find bugs, the product needs to be thrown away or cleaned. After detecting pests, semolina and flour are sifted 2 times and lightly calcined in the oven at a temperature of 45-50 ° C. They are then poured into a clean storage jar. Rice, buckwheat or barley must be sorted out, rinsed and dried. In jars of cereals, you can put a dry pod of red pepper, unpeeled garlic cloves, lemon zest, a few leaves of lavrushka, dry calendula flowers in a bag, a piece of foil or a metal spoon - all this will help protect stocks from insects.
Step 4
The main reason for the appearance of rancid cereals is non-observance of the shelf life. When pouring stock into jars, write down the expiration dates of the products. If you have not made such marks, remember that rice, buckwheat, pearl barley, semolina and flour are stored for the longest time (about six months). they contain a minimum of fat. For about 4 months, the usefulness and taste of millet, oatmeal, unground, oatmeal retain the usefulness and taste. To always have healthy and tasty dishes - do not make too large stocks of cereals, but buy them as you spend.
