FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
FOOD PRESERVATION METHODS
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Question
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Salting
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Freezing
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Drying
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Salting eggs is a simple preservation method used throughout Asia. Egg shells are porous, and after weeks of curing eggs in brine, the yolks turn bright yellow and richly flavored, while the whites become creamy and salty.
Detailed explanation-2: -Homemade Salted Eggs using only chicken or duck eggs, kosher salt, Shao Hsing cooking wine, and water. The hardest part is the waiting. Salted Eggs are preserved eggs packed in salted charcoal paste or soaked in brine.
Detailed explanation-3: -The eggs salted in a brine solution containing a higher salt concentration have a higher salt content in the egg white, which dissociates the structure of the ovomucin and causes the egg white to thin and decreases the ovomucin level, leading to an increased pH value in the egg white.