Fresh chestnuts are not easy to deteriorate when stored in ventilated environment. When storing, dry it in a ventilated place for 2 to 3 days, and then find a well-ventilated cloth bag. Fresh chestnuts should be packed in cloth bags and hung in a cool and ventilated environment, and changed 1 2 times a day, so that fresh chestnuts can be stored for four or five months without deterioration.

Cold storage

Fresh chestnuts can also be stored in cold storage. Add a small amount of edible salt to an appropriate amount of cold boiled water, then soak chestnuts in salt water for five minutes for simple disinfection and sterilization. Take the soaked chestnuts out to dry the water on the surface, put them in plastic bags, tie the mouth tightly, and then put them in the freezer, so that chestnuts can be stored for one month without deterioration.

Put it in the sand

Common sand in life can also be used to preserve chestnuts, especially when a large number of chestnuts need to be preserved. Fresh chestnuts can be dried in the sun for a day or two, then buried deep in the sand and compacted hard, which can also prevent chestnuts from deteriorating.

4. Keep it sealed.

Chestnuts can also be kept in a sealed environment for a long time. You can put the fresh chestnuts you bought directly into a sealable fresh-keeping bag, then seal them and put them in a cool environment where the sun can't shine, so that the chestnuts inside can be preserved for a long time without deterioration.

Extended data:

Chestnut has the effects of strengthening spleen and stomach, invigorating qi and kidney, strengthening waist, strengthening tendons, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and strengthening heart, and is suitable for chronic diarrhea, bone swelling and pain caused by weakness of waist and knees, unfavorable waist and legs, increased urination, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, fracture and trauma.

Skinning skills of chestnut:

1. brine boiling method

After washing chestnuts, cut a hole slightly from the middle with a knife; Put it in salt water and cook it on the stove for 5 minutes; Remove the shells and skins of chestnuts while they are hot; It's all peeled off. It's still intact.

2. Hot water immersion method

Wash raw chestnuts, put them into a vessel, add a little refined salt, soak them in boiling water, and cover the pot. After 5 minutes, the chestnuts are taken out and cut, and the chestnuts are peeled off together with the chestnuts shells. This method saves time and effort.

3. Salt water immersion method

(forced push)

Directly pour chestnuts into salted boiled water and blanch for 5 minutes; Then cut a hole with a knife; Shelling and peeling while it is hot; Quite complete.

4. Incision soaking method

Chestnuts are cut in half; Remove the shell; Cover with boiling water and soak for 5 minutes; Easy to peel. ? [ 16]?

5. Chopsticks stirring method

Shell all chestnuts, put them in a pot, soak them in boiling water for a while, and stir them with chopsticks, so that the skin of chestnuts will be separated from the meat of chestnuts. However, it should be noted that the soaking time should not be too long, otherwise it will affect the nutritional components of chestnuts.

6. Refrigerator freezing method

After the chestnuts are cooked, they are cooled and frozen in the refrigerator for two hours to separate the shell from the meat. In this way, the chestnut skin can be peeled off quickly and the chestnut meat is complete.

7. rice cooker method

After the chestnuts are cleaned, cut a hole; Put it in a rice cooker without water; Press the cooking key, take out and peel; Because this is ripe. So it's easy to peel. The color is not very good either.

8. Microwave heating method

Cut off the shell of the raw chestnuts with scissors and heat them in the microwave oven for 30 seconds, and the clothes and meat in the inner layer will automatically separate. The color of microwave oven is quite beautiful. However, before using this method to remove the chestnut coat, the shell must be cut open, otherwise the microwave oven may malfunction.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-chestnuts