How to buy New Year's goods? What to stock up on during the pandemic? This article contains all the practical information

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How to buy New Year's goods? What food should I stock up on during the epidemic? This article is full of practical information. Without further ado, let's get straight to the point.

Category 1: Rice flour oil

Generally speaking, rice and flour have a long shelf life, usually between 6 and 12 months. If they are vacuum packed, they can be stored even longer.

The shelf life of oil is generally about one and a half years. But try to buy small packages. Because oil is easy to oxidize, it needs to be consumed as soon as possible after opening. However, as long as it is unopened and placed in a dark, ventilated, and cool place, it can be consumed within 18 months. If you really don't have enough oil, boiling water to cook noodles or porridge are both feasible backup options.

Category 2: Vegetables

Because it is still winter, some vegetables are easier to store at room temperature. Generally speaking, at a temperature of about 10℃, potatoes, white radishes, carrots, onions, etc. can last for a long time. Here are some vegetables that can be stored for a long time. Note that they have been subdivided according to storage temperature! Remember to take a screenshot and save it!

Store at 10℃

Tomatoes, storage time, 1 week

Eggplant, storage time, 1 week

Bell peppers, storage time, 1-2 weeks

Cucumbers, storage time, 2 weeks

Pumpkin, storage time, about 2 months

Dried chili peppers, storage time, 6 months

Refrigerator

Cauliflower, storage time, 1-2 weeks

Peas, storage time, 1-3 weeks

Asparagus, storage time, 2-3 weeks

Cabbage, storage time, 3-4 weeks

Cabbage, storage time, 1-2 months

Celery, storage time, 2-3 months

Refrigerator

Before freezing, blanch, cool, drain, and then quick-freeze!

Carrots, broccoli,

Beans, peas, corn, etc.

In addition to fresh vegetables, dried vegetables are also a preferred choice for food storage. Dried vegetables are easy to store, have a long shelf life, and can retain the taste of the vegetables themselves, with toughness and chewiness. After being mixed with cold vegetables and stir-fried with oil, the fragrance spreads ten miles away, which is the most tempting.

Here are some common types of dried vegetables, such as dried cowpea, dried cabbage, dried lettuce, dried cauliflower, dried shiitake mushrooms, dried black fungus, day lily, white fungus, fungus, dried kelp, etc.

Category 3: Meat

Fresh meat has a short storage time. If it is refrigerated, it can only be stored for about 3 days. However, if it is placed in a freezer at -18℃, it can be stored for about 2 months without any problem.

It is worth noting that when storing food, frozen meat rolls and the like may take up a lot of space in the refrigerator. If conditions permit, it is recommended to buy a cheaper meat planer. In this way, only whole pieces of fresh raw meat can be stored in the freezer.

Category 4: Other fresh food

For cooks, the three ingredients of cooking, green onion, ginger and garlic, are indispensable. Green onions can be broken into pieces and put into a fresh-keeping bag and refrigerated. Ginger and garlic can be stored for more than ten days.

In addition, although eggs have a short shelf life, they are indeed an important source of protein. So you can store some of them appropriately. There are also various grains and beans, which can be stored in a cool place away from light for about half a year. They are good choices for making nutritious porridge or making soy milk.

Category 5: Condiments

Salt is the "first of all flavors", so don't forget to buy salt if you are short of anything. In addition, soy sauce, sugar, MSG, pepper, chili powder and other condiments that are missing must be replenished in time.

Category 6: Fruits

Apples and citrus fruits can be stored for a relatively long time, so you can buy more of them. Other fruits that are easy to spoil are not suitable for stockpiling.

Category 7: Convenience Food

Instant noodles are not the only option for instant food nowadays. Self-heating rice, self-heating hot pot, mashed potatoes, porridge, and bibimbap that can be eaten immediately after adding boiling water. Quick-frozen steamed buns, steamed buns, and flower rolls that need to be heated in a steamer, and rice cakes and mixed vegetables that need to be heated in a microwave oven are all good news for people who don’t know how to cook.

There are also various canned products, covering almost all categories such as fruits, vegetables, fish, shrimp, meat, etc. Some military canned foods are said to have a shelf life of 3 years or more.

Category 8: Snacks

The must-have snacks for the Spring Festival include melon seeds, peanuts, various nuts, and various candies. Snacks that can fill you up include biscuits, eight-treasure porridge, bread, snow cakes, etc. Snacks that can supplement nutrition include various dried meats, vacuum-packed marinated eggs, dairy products, etc.

But the suggestion is, try not to buy too much delicious food. If you stock up at home, you will be happy to eat the food, and your weight data will be extremely alarming. So, don't buy all the food you like and taste good. After the New Year, if your weight doubles, it will not be beautiful.

Category 9: Drinking Water

Just in case, it is better to store some drinking water at home. You can store enough bottled water according to the number of people in the house in case of emergency.

Source: China Science and Technology Press