冰箱存放食物的3個重要技巧

1. Freezer

1.冷凍層

Ideally, the freezer should be set to -18°C. Aside from raw food, it can also be used to store bread, pasta and herbs. To get the most out of the lifespans of your foods, pack them tightly in zipper storage bags or shallow plastic (not glass, which might crack) containers. This prevents freezer burn, which occurs when frozen food is overexposed to air. The condition is best characterised by black spots on the affected product.

理想狀態下，冰箱的冷凍層溫度應當設定在零下18攝氏度。除了生食，還可以用來存儲麪包、麪食和草本植物。爲了讓你的食物的保存時間達到最長，可以將食物存放在用拉鍊密封的儲物袋或者淺口的塑料容器內（不能放在玻璃容器中，因爲很容易裂開）。這可以防止冷凍層着火，當冷凍食物暴露在空氣中的時候，冷凍層可能會着火。這種情況下受到影響的食物會出現明顯的黑點。

2. Upper shelves

2． 上層的置物架

The fridge should be set at 4°C or lower, but top shelves tend to receive less cool temperatures. For this reason, upper shelves are best used to store pre-cooked foods or foods that only need light refrigeration such as leftovers, deli meats, cakes, yoghurt and drinks. You want to promote increased circulation of cool air here, so the foods shouldn’t be as tightly packed as those in the freezer.

冰箱的溫度應當設定在4攝氏度或者更低，但是頂部的置物架很難達到更低的溫度。出於這一原因，上層的置物架最好是存儲還未烹飪的食物或者需要稍微冷卻一下的食物，比如剩菜剩飯、熟肉、蛋糕、酸奶喝飲料。你希望增加這裏的空氣流通，所以食物不能像冷凍層裏面的食物那樣密封儲存。

3. Lower shelves

3. 低層的置物架

The fridge is at its coldest in this section, so the bottom shelves are best suited for raw meats and seafood, eggs and dairy products. Because raw meats and seafood have bacteria, they should be kept in their original packaging or assigned a specific area that is cleaned regularly. Storing raw meats and seafood here also prevents their juices from dripping onto other foods below, reducing chances of contamination.

低層的置物架在冰箱中的溫度最低，所以底部置物架最適合存放生肉、海鮮、雞蛋和奶製品。因爲生肉和海鮮有細菌，這些應當保存在原始包裝內或者存放在定期清潔的特殊位置。存儲生肉和海鮮的地方也要防止其液體滴在下面的其他食物上面，減小污染的概率。