Squash – universal vegetable from which it is possible to prepare set of original dishes, snack, dainties and even jam. But how to keep squash for fresh winter if there is too much them, and banks with preparations have hammered all cabinet?
In spite of the fact that vegetables differ in high fertility and get prettier lezhkost, it is necessary to worry and in time to pick them from bed. If to delay with assembly to late fall, then squash will quickly deteriorate and will decay. As is well-known - one begun to rot vegetable leads to death of harvest in general.
Choose average, dense fruits – ripened publish characteristic ring at percussion. On peel there should not be dents, dark stains, mechanical damages or cracks. It is better to use low-quality or too large copies at once in food. Squash have property to ripen – if at first the surface of vegetable was elastic, then by the end of maturing it becomes friable.
It is better not to remove vegetable in the normal way, and to cut off fruit stem by means of knife. Optimum length of fruit stem: 4-5 cm. Unscrewed by hands, the fruit stem can pass inside microbes that will give impetus to rotting process. The darkened "tail" – signal that it is necessary to remove vegetable. Water – the main enemy of all squash. Before removing on storage, just rub off squash rag from dirt and dry on windowsill within several hours.
The best grades for storage:
- Arlika;
- Assete;
- Zheltoplodny;
- Aral Sea;
- Aeronaut;
Storage
The longer vegetable lies, the thicker it peel, and young squash differ in thin skin and quickly spoil. Therefore, it is better to freeze them. Cut off peel, cut juicy pulp cube and lay preparation in plastic bags or molds for food. It is possible to prepare the stuffed court shoes or rings. Frozen together with greens or small chopped garlic, vegetables will develop juicy taste.
If at squash of the average size the thin skin has enough coarsened, they are stacked in boxes with holes and hidden to the dark space, for example, for bed, on the lower shelves of kitchen cabinet, or niche under windowsill. The place has to be cool and not be heated at all. Do not forget to separate fruits from each other the newspaper, and check condition of fruit stem: at the first signs of damage, vegetable needs to be removed. If not to make it, the others "will get sick". Favorable air humidity indoors has to be 80% Ideally if you live in owner-occupied dwelling and have cellar. It is undesirable to store squash together with other vegetables – they partially lose useful properties. Sometimes squash store in grids.
Features
In plastic bag, the squash is stored in the fridge no more than 3 weeks. Do not forget to make in package several openings in order that the fruit breathed.
Even at observance of all rules of storage the squash is stored 3-5 months, and closer by February in fruits begin to sprout seeds and tastes worsen. The yellowness says that squash have completely ripened, but have not deteriorated.
You watch harvest, remove the spoiled fruits in time, and you will regale on vegetables from the bed till the spring.