Why rice and salad should not be eaten on the second day after cooking
'15.12.2019'
Source: Clever
Which of us, having prepared more food than necessary, did not put the leftovers in the refrigerator in order to eat them the next day. But, for example, in the Netherlands, and in the rest of Europe, they don’t eat food on the second day, they always prepare fresh dishes. In principle, there is nothing really terrible in preheated food, you just need to know what you should not use for two days in a row.
Especially dangerous are three products:
1. Vegetable salad
According to scientists, chopped and peeled vegetables can not be stored at temperatures above 4 ° C for more than 12 hours, writes Clever. That is, even a refrigerator is not suitable for this purpose. So you need to either cook the amount of vegetables for just one meal, or freeze what is left.
The problem is that almost all vegetables, especially purchased ones, contain nitrates, which the plants absorb from the soil if too much fertilizer is applied to it. Not even nitrates themselves are harmful to the body, but nitrites, which are formed in vegetables during long-term storage. When ingested, nitrites cause oxygen starvation, provoke problems with the gastrointestinal tract and increase the risk of cancer.
Well, in addition, they wither very quickly, lose their presentation and become simply tasteless.
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2. Rice
According to the Food Standards Agency of Great Britain, raw rice contains spores of a huge number of bacteria dangerous to humans. When cooking rice, most of them die, but some still manage to survive, for example, bacteria of the species Bacillus cereus, which enter rice from the soil. In the undernourished and left “for tomorrow” rice, bacterial spores come to life and begin to actively develop.
Yesterday's rice can cause food poisoning with all its symptoms - vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. This process is especially fast at room temperature. So if there is a lot of rice cooked, but it is a pity to throw it away, you must definitely put it in the refrigerator or even in the freezer. And the best thing is to cook as much as the family has the power to eat at a time.
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3. And one more point - salads with mayonnaise
Although this is not a separate product, but a dish, we still cannot but mention them. You need to remember that a salad with mayonnaise can not be stored for longer than a day, even at temperatures from 2 to 4 ° s, that is, in the refrigerator! Moreover, you can not leave such salads for a long time at room temperature.
