What do we do with the food left in the pot for example from lunch? We certainly do not want to throw it away, so there is a simple and efficient solution – to the refrigerator with it. But even so, a seemingly simple step has its rules, whose non -compliance we hurt ourselves and the refrigerator.
Do you have food in a pot that can fit into the fridge without any problems? Then comes the question of whether it is really necessary to add a job and other dirty dishes by unnecessary moving residues to smaller and smaller containers. But as soon as we realize some things, we will be clear and such a dilemma will not come next time.
Find out more thanks to the YouTube video in the Southwest Utah Public Health channel:
The warm meal is dangerous
At this point it is necessary to note that we are talking about an even warm meal in a pot, which is also warm, ie a truly fresh rest. As soon as you place such food in the pot in the fridge (after all, it would be true for other containers), processes that should not happen in the refrigerator will happen. Therefore, we prefer to avoid this mistake, which we can make from some comfort.
Protect other foods
The warm rest of the meal in the fridge starts to cool – that’s what we care about. But who went to school for a while, he knows very well that the temperature he brought to the fridge will not get lost without a trace. On the contrary – while the food itself gradually cools, the temperature is slowly increasing in the refrigerator. How many degrees, or how long, depend on the volume and temperature of the food that we placed in it (albeit in the best faith). Other foods that have been resting so far and waited for their moment in ideal conditions will be at risk.
Health is the most important
The refrigerator should have a constant temperature in the interior, which prevents the growth and multiplication of microorganisms, as the agents of food. Moreover, each step significantly increases the risk of destroying the stored food. If we do not notice such changes, we can see a few hours later on the example of our own digestive problems that the placement of a warm pot with food in the fridge was not really a good idea.
Dangerous load
In addition to ourselves, however, there will also be a fridge, which in an effort to serve us as best, turns on the compressor at full speed, which can be very risky in old pieces. In addition, of course, the cost of the energy that such an appliance will have to use to compensate for the sudden and unnecessarily increasing the cost of energy.
Moisture – water – ice
Plus: What happens if you leave a warm food under a glass lid? Certainly that the lids are eager. Steam is released from the food, which is re -collided to return to the liquid state after cooling. When the same process takes place in the refrigerator, the process goes even further – the water settled on the cold walls of the appliance freezes. The ice layer further increases electricity consumption. The water that keeps in space will then unnecessarily increase the humidity in the food space, again only offering better conditions for the multiplication of microorganisms.
Watch the bills
You may now think that you have been doing this for years and none of the problems described is concerned. But as they say: Everything in time. You probably just didn’t notice increased consumption or a slightly higher electricity account. It is difficult to do microbiological analyzes of the food quality in the home environment that you take out from the fridge. So maybe you don’t even know what is gradually accumulating in your body. Therefore, let’s not risk and let the residues in the fridge cool thoroughly. Pressing into a container that is designed to store food in the refrigerator will speed up this process and save space in the fridge. It really is worth a little work and one packed container is worth it.
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