foil pack
I received an email about a better way to store food: remove them from the plastic bags and put them inside foil packs. Foil packs help keep food fresh longer.
Last month, I put this info to the test when I bought half a kilo of very, very ripe tomatoes from the grocery. I shouldn’t have bought such tomatoes in the first place, but the low price clouded my judgment. PHP 12 lang kasi, pero kalahating kilo na.
When I got home, I soon realized it was a poor buy as I perused our menu for the week. Kung papalitan ko ng sinigang ang ulam namin, nakakasawa naman kung yon at yon na lang sa isang linggo. Ayaw ko namang isiping porke dose pesos lang, pwede ko nang hayaang mabulok. Kaya naisipan kong kunin ang mga foil packs ng gatas at doon ko sinilid ang mga kamatis.
The tomatoes were all consumed in two weeks. There were 2 pieces I had to throw because of molds. But about 15 or so pieces of tomatoes remained fresh for two weeks. In my experience, very ripe tomatoes stored in the ref will be rotten in less than a week.
I was so awed. Ayoko kasing nagtatapon ng nasirang pagkain, so this is a great discovery for me.
So now I am a fan of foil packs. Kung sisilipin nyo ang ref namin, you’ll see fruits and veggies all repacked in foil. I’m currently looking for foil packs big enough for a bread loaf.
vince:
e, nay! sarap namna pala ulam natin basta ba luto ni nanay
wala talagang alam hehehe…..
nice idea eh/ when I was still in maguindanao, we also use newspaper to wrap vegetables before putting them inside the ref, i think it was for moisture or whatever
First for first time
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2 March 2007, 7:51 pmlady cess:
vince : newspapers? ngayon ko lang narinig yan ha? sige, yan ang susunod kong experiment
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2 March 2007, 8:11 pmnona:
gandang tip iyan cess, ako rin like kuya vince said, old newspapers din ang ginagamit ko for veggies..nakuha ko lang ang idea na iyan sa mga chinese sa malaysia.
pero try ko rin ang new discovery mo. thanks! happy cooking
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2 March 2007, 9:05 pmnona:
talaga? 2nd ako? ;-P
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2 March 2007, 9:06 pmAnn:
Hindi ko rin alam yan. Sabagay hindi ako maraming mamili sa mga gulay, andito lang kasi sa baba namin yung bilihan ng fresh vegetables.
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3 March 2007, 3:54 amrems:
hindi ako mahilig mmalengke para sa veggies pero try ko yan dun sa pinamili ni Nanay, both newspaper and foil wrapper.
thanks for the info.
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3 March 2007, 8:57 amgracita:
wow, nice idea. question is, where will i buy unused foil packs?
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3 March 2007, 11:36 amMommyBa:
Great tip, Cess! Thanks for sharing!
Just one question though: hindi ba pwedeng gamitin yung ordinary aluminum foil?
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3 March 2007, 1:43 pmmalaya:
wow, informative. masubukan nga ‘yang paggamit ng foil.
sa amin kasi newspaper ang ibinabalot sa gulay bago ilagay sa ref.
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3 March 2007, 2:52 pmPipay:
Mahilig ka sa jam diba? Try mo ang tomato-pineapple jam. Ginawa namin yun nung high school. masarap din.
About foil. Ok yun ah. sige try ko. Dito kse nasa plastic container ang mga fruits pag binili maliban sa mga whole sale like apple, avocado, banana…si pao mahilig sa fruits at sa tomatoes…yup! Kinakain nya ang tomato ng parang mansanas kaya hinihiwa hiwa ko na lang dahil messy.
hindi ko alam kung bakit sarap na sarap sya sa kamatis…
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3 March 2007, 6:48 pmsasha:
Salamat sa tip, Cess! Pati na rin kay Nona at kuya… di namin alam yan eh
Andami ko pa namang biniling gulay from Baguio, ambilis nakulontoy ang mga dahon.
Try namin ito at sinabi ko na sa sis ko
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3 March 2007, 8:30 pmjuana:
pwede rin sa kaya sa aluminum foil? o sa mga packs lang. thanks sa tip.
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4 March 2007, 6:41 amRach:
Thanks for this helpful tip Cess. I will keep it in mind.
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4 March 2007, 6:24 pmTIKEY:
Aba maganda idea yan.. pwede korin kayang balutin ang sarili ko ng foil para di ako masira at tumanda? hmmm… nyhahah
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5 March 2007, 9:16 amiskoo:
parang narinig ko na yang ganyang style ng pa-pepreserve ng pagkain, at may nabibiling foil bag for such purpose. pwede di ba yung foil na binaggamitan galing sa mga gatas na naka box?
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5 March 2007, 1:45 pmRaquel:
Ngayon ko lang narinig ang tip na yan ah. Hmmm, masubukan nga. Usually newspaper ang gamit ko especially sa mga dahun (kalamonggy, peachay at iba pa.)
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6 March 2007, 11:08 am