Shelf life, food waste, food packaging, and quarantine

This week, I decided to write about expiration dates on packages since we are all trying to figure out how to shop for food. Buying groceries every 2 weeks can be a challenge. Vegetables, fruits, and spreadable cheese can go bad quick. If you go by these package dates, you’ll be okay. There are three dates:

1- Use by: This is the date by which the product should be eaten because quality goes down. It’s not a safety issue. There might be a decline in quality, and date is set by manufacturer.

Honey

 

Final product of all the hard work of the bees

Image credit: Photo by Art Rachen on Unsplash

History

The honey association.com mentions the following, “Exactly how long honey has been in existence is hard to say because it has been around since as far back as we can record. Cave paintings in Spain from 7000BC show the earliest records of beekeeping, however, fossils of honey bees date back about 150 million years!”

Fermentation

Do you recognize the pictures below? If you go back to my previous post; Polish soup (Zurek), you’ll find the fermentation of rye flour occurring. This brings us to the topic today which is fermentation. Funny how ideas pop up in your head while you’re doing something or cooking. In my case, I was waiting for the fermentation process to finish. I thought to myself; fermentation would be an interesting topic to research for my next blog.

Polish soup (Zurek)

This polish soup is so good. You can find the recipe on page 124 in Antoni in the kitchen book by Antoni Porowski. He calls it “The polish hangover soup”. The fermentation of the rye helps you recover from a long night of partying, called Zakwas in Polish. Also, don’t forget to thank the factory workers who are putting food on our tables during this pandemic ❤️.

Vanilla pots de crème with mango coulis

This recipe is from Antoni in the kitchen by Antoni Porowski; it’s on page 249 if you have the book.

Gluten Free Bread attempt # 2

Gluten free bread is interesting to work with. I’m new to baking, and it’s my second time to try this product out. The first time was not successful at all. The middle part of the bread was uncooked. I tried placing the bread in the oven based on online suggestions, helped a little but still raw.