The summer season of fruits and vegetables is coming to an end. You need to have time to stock up on vitamins while there is such an opportunity. Bell pepper is called a vitamin bomb. It affects the number of useful components that are in it. For example, in this vegetable there is as much vitamin “C” as in ripe lemon. On the eve of the autumn months, it is worth stocking up with vitamins in order to make it easier for your body to fight colds.
Which pepper is better to use for storage
What needs to be done to ensure that this valuable product stays fresh for a long time? The first thing you should pay attention to is what grade you decide to buy. By choosing later varieties, you will get extra time when stored at home. When choosing in a store or on the market, you should look at the quality of the peel, whether there are dents or wrinkles there.
If you are tearing from the garden, you should carefully cut the pepper with a knife or special scissors together with a green leg. So, you will not allow internal damage, which in the future can accelerate the spoilage of the product. It is best to collect unripe pepper. When you lightly press the vegetable, you will hear a crunch, if this happens, then this is exactly the bell pepper that you need in order to use it in the future.
The conditions under which pepper will live long
Where is the best and how to store bell pepper at home? If you are a resident of a multi-story building, then the best place to store pepper is a warm balcony. For those who live in a private house, you can find such a place in the hallway or on the veranda.
The next question is what to store? In order that the bell pepper does not lose its properties, due to which it gained its fame as a vitamin vegetable, it is necessary to use a wooden box. In addition, there is a little trick that will help keep the bell pepper fresh longer, wrap each with paper or put in a plastic bag.
So that sweet bell pepper does not become worthless, you need to leave air in the wooden box after opening or drilling holes for air circulation in it. The place must be dark so that the sun's rays do not fall on the product. In order for the air to circulate, you can also use a basket or bags of fabric as a canvas.
To freeze or not?
Should I use a refrigerator or will it degrade the quality of the product? Storage of pepper is a simple matter, especially if you use refrigerators. Do not store it directly in the freezer or close to a source of cold. Use a separate container to store the name of this product. It should be stored so that there is free space. If it is not enough, then this can cause the pepper to crack or break.
How to store Bulgarian pepper at home so that in winter it can be used when stuffing? For this, large peppers with a thick and durable wall are suitable. Having washed and dried the product well, gently cut off the top of the pepper where the green tail is. If you do not need seeds, carefully remove them, but be careful not to damage the vegetable itself.
Having finished cutting vegetables, do not rinse them in the middle. Moisture has a bad effect on the storage of vegetables and affects the beneficial properties of the product. Save space will allow you to put the pepper in another pepper. Put food paper or cloth on the bottom of the dishes in which the workpieces will be stored. It remains only to open the refrigerator, and send the products to the refrigerator.
How to store bell pepper at home, while using a cellar or basement? In order for your crop not to be spoiled it is necessary that the room be ventilated. The container that you will use must be washed with a solution of copper sulfate. It is an excellent antiseptic, so you reduce the risk of spoiling your crop. Often there is excess moisture in the cellars. You can remove it with salt. Optimal conditions can be called such. The temperature should be between +1 and 10 degrees Celsius.
What to store?
For storage in the basement, wooden crates are suitable. The first way to pack pepper. Take and wrap each in a separate piece of paper. If the volumes are large, then this method will not work for you. The second way, on the bottom of the box or box, lay thick paper in two layers.
The shelf life of pepper in such conditions can last from 4 months, and with the correct temperature regime, can reach up to six months. It is real to preserve the beneficial properties, as well as its sweet taste for a long time, you just have to make a little effort and storing pepper will not be a burden to you.
