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tuna and sardines) have much firmer flesh and softer bones. When
cooking such fish, the bones get soft before the flesh starts to fall
apart. The fish ... Preservation of fish and meat
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Glass jars
Glass jars can be used for sterilizing under pressure and for bottling.
Glass is used less frequently for fish and me...
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would no longer allow moisture to pass through and therefore the in-
side of the fish would not be able to dry properly. Insufficiently dried
fish or meat ... or uni-
formly smoked. The ovens are sensitive to the influence of rain and
wind. An advantage is, of course, the low cost of materials to make
these ovens.
Prese...
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The following preservation methods are discussed: salting, drying and
smoking of fish and meat, fermenting of fish, canning of fish and
meat, and cooling and freezing of fish and meat.
Contents ...
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Contents
1 Introduction 6
2 Storage life and spoilage of fish and meat 8
2.1 How long can fish...
... acidity of a product is indicated by its pH. Fish and meat have a
neutral pH, i.e. 7. Bacteria only grow between a minimum pH of 4.5
and a maximum of 8- 9 with an optimum of 6. 5-7 .5. As a result, fish ... can be made. These often have a very special
odour and taste, such as smoked fish and many local fermented prod-
ucts.
Preservation of fish and me...
... pieces of meat.
Examples of different thicknesses which are used are:
? strips of 1 × 1 cm
? flat strips of 0.5 × (3, 4 or 5 cm)
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The exact shape of the ... of fish
3.2 Butchering
Only a brief description of how to butcher livestock is given here. The
storage life of consumer meat and meat products depends on the q...
... Put the meat on top of this layer of salt. Put another 1-2 cm layer of
salt on top of the layer of meat. Alternate one layer of meat, one
layer of salt, etc., until the pile is about 1-1 .5 metres ... fish and meat
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Figure 8: Pickling
Method of working (Figure 8) :
1 Cut raw meat in strips.
2 Spread a layer of salt on the bottom of the barrel an...
... fish.
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Whole fish, fish fillets or meat can also be dried on drying racks made
of chicken wire or bamboo poles (Figure 12). The disadvantage of this
method ... middle of the day it must be pro-
tected against overheating by temporarily putting it in the shade. Ex-
perience will teach you what the best method is.
Preservation...
... added to the fish- salt mix-
ture.
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There are three kinds of fermented fish products:
1 the fish flesh is converted into a liquid fish sauce;
2 the fish is converted ... for a period of 7 days.
Next, the mixture is again ground up and the same amount of salt is
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mixed with salt...
... value of the
food. It is therefore advisable to use a lot of salt only when there is a
surplus of fresh vegetables and no other preservation method is pos-
sible. The use of a small amount of ... enough to pre-
vent the growth of bacteria, but it does result in the development of a
certain kind of acid-producing bacteria that limits the growth of other
bacteria. One...