"Green" alternative to refrigerator Bashny.Net

Refrigerators are today an integral part of our cuisine, but few people think that before people did without these devices for thousands of years.





Some of us will consider the alternatives of artificial cooling is pointless and even wasteful idea. But Kris de Decker of No Tech Magazine denies that every problem has a high-tech solution, citing the example of the work of Korean designer Jihoon D, which says that "we have traded the desire to care about the food on high-tech refrigerators, so we do not treat food with respect."

Re has developed a series of contemporary designs based on traditional methods of food storage, which the designer learned from the stories his grandmother. This is exactly the kind of experience that years passed from mouth to mouth.

Here's an interesting and slightly complex example. Many of the fruits during storage emit ethylene gas. That is why tomatoes ripen faster in plastic or paper bags. Very stupid to put fruit in the plastic compartments of a refrigerator: ethylene accumulates inside, causing the fruit to rot faster. But different vegetables respond differently to ethylene. For example, if you put bananas in a plastic bag with potatoes and onions, the banana will rot in the shortest time, but not allowing them to grow to their neighbors.





On the basis of such information, Jijun Re offers the following solution. Apples emit a lot of ethylene. On the one hand, this has the effect of accelerating the ripening process of fruits and vegetables near apples. However, in combination with the potatoes they don't give it to germinate. The solution is simple: in the lower division design put the potatoes so that it was protected from light, should be made in the upper wall of the holes lying at the top of the apples.

Following the idea of designer again for the storage of vegetables. As you know, vegetables, with roots in the upright position, are kept longer, because it allows them to save energy. Given below shelf allows you to store vegetables in such a situation, using wet sand.





Note that the products are stored in moist sand is a very ancient method. After all, for the preservation of vegetables and fruits is important, not only low temperature but also high humidity. That's where I took sovdepovskie the cellars. But if you do not, do not worry. Now you can be part of kitchen design unpretentious building from Jihun Re.

Another secret, now concerning the storage of eggs. An egg has millions of small holes in its shell, so it absorbs smells very easily. If long time to store eggs together with other disparate products, it can adversely affect their taste. Few Europeans keeps eggs in the fridge: they is not accepted. Re the invention allows not only to store eggs outside the refrigerator, but also provides the opportunity to judge their freshness. To determine the freshness of eggs using the water – a long-proven method. So, if the egg sinks to the bottom of the vessel, its age is 3-6 days. If the egg sinks but stands at the same angle more than a week. If the egg sank, but only for the bottom tip, the period will be about two weeks. Well, if the egg floated, then it can be thrown out: it's already too old.





The latest idea for storing spices. As Re says that her grandmother always put in the lid of the jar to spice some rice. Why? The fact that the rice absorbs the moisture, allowing the spices to always be dry, which prevents dampness.





Here are simple, traditional methods you can use in order to avoid storing foods in the refrigerator. It's not only help your food be more healthy, but also will significantly save electricity.

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