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How does water preserve food?
water can not preserve food it attracts mold
What helps to preserve food and adds flavor?
Salt is used to preserve food along with adding taste.
What was the first food staple to be rationed in world war 2?
Sugar.
What did the people in the middle ages use the honey that they got from the bees that they kept?
Before cultivated sugar from sugar cane or sugar beet, honey was the only source of sugar for sweetening food and drink. Honey has also been used for many hundreds of years as a wound dressing, and it does have anti-bacterial properties.
What are two spices used during the middle ages to preserve food?
Salt was the only thing they had to preserve food.
Salt and sugar work to preserve food by creating what environment?
Hypertonic environment.
How do sugar and salt help in food preservation?
Both sugar and salt can preserve equally well and have been used as preservatives since bygone days. Salt is better used to preserve meat while sugar would do well as a preservative for fruits.
What household materials can preserve food?
Examples: salt (sodium chloride), vinegar, sugar.
What preserve food?
That depends on the type of food. There are several ways to preserve food: Dehydrate the food (Food with less water will not likely spoil), Freeze Foods and add antimicrobial chemicals.
What are some conditions need to preserve food?
The best ways to preserve food are to: Freeze the food Boiling or blanch food at high temperatures Use alcohol, acid, and salt and sugar in high concentrations Exclude air Remove moisture
How did the beaver first nation preserve food?
by spiting on it
Why is possible to preserve food by adding salt or sugar?
The addition of salt or sugar reduces the water that is available so that spoilage organisms won't grow.
How do you preserve space food?
Preserving space food was a difficult decision earlier. It is easy now as food is frozen first.
How does water preserve food?
water can not preserve food it attracts mold
How does sugar preserve food?
Sugar preserves food by lowering the water activity (aw). If the aw is 85 or less, spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms can't grow. Microorganisms all need proper food, water, temperature and acidity to grow and adding sugar to appropriate levels can prevent bacterial growth.
How did the first nations preserve their food?
go look in the textbook and find out ;) !
What are two natural food preservatives that most of us have in our kitchen cupboards?
Common preservatives used at home include salt, vinegar, and citrus juice.
