FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
FOOD PRESERVATION METHODS
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Question
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This is done by soaking food in salt solution, cooking it until dry.
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freezing
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direct salting
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indirect salting
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canning
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Dry salting is used to draw the moisture out of food, which helps to reduce the growth of unwanted bacteria. Brining is a wet cure equivalent of dry salting. The brine, a flavoured solution of salt or sometimes sugar, both draws out moisture and permeates the seafood. The salt and sugar also inhibit bacterial growth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Salting is the preservation of food with dry edible salt. It is related to pickling in general and more specifically to brining also known as fermenting (preparing food with brine, that is, salty water) and is one form of curing.
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