Although sugar is “sweet death,” as one heroine of the film put it, it's almost impossible to live without it. Even if you do not put it in tea, how can you cook compote, semolina, bake pancakes or cheese cakes without it?
Therefore, any hostess has at least a small supply of sugar. And if she is the owner of the whole bag, then she can cook the jam and feed her household every day with delicious sweet desserts.
But so that the stocks are not lost, each housewife must know how to store sugar at home.
What kind of sugar you need to buy
Sugar is a product that, like a sponge, absorbs moisture and odors.
Knowing its hygroscopic properties, some unscrupulous sellers make such a number with it: they put a bucket of water near a bag of sugar, and in a few hours the weight of sugar miraculously increases.
Then, falling into good conditions for it, the sugar dries, acquiring the form of a single pressed block. Moreover, the greater the amount of sugar, the more powerful the sweet lump.
Therefore, buying sugar, the hostess should pay attention to the conditions in which it is stored. Sugar in an open bag easily absorbs not only moisture, but also extraneous smells that emit spices, tea, fish, sausages. This neighborhood can often be observed in small shops located on the market. From the purchase of sugar, which is in such terrible conditions, it is better to refuse.
Sugar comes to supermarkets most often in factory packages. But here you should pay attention to the products in the neighborhood. Next to the sugar should not be shelves with spices, and even more with household goods.
The nearby confectionery counters will also help sugar gain a specific vanilla flavor.
When buying weighed sugar worth paying attention to its appearance. It should not be in the form of lumps. And if the sugar is slightly compressed under the weight of its weight, then when you shake the bag, it usually takes a normal state.
How to store sugar at home
Storing a small amount of sugar usually does not cause much difficulty.
- Sugar sand from a plastic bag is poured into a plastic or glass container with a tight-fitting lid so that foreign odors and moisture, which is in excess in the kitchen, do not leak into the kitchen.
- Store sugar in a dark dry place at a temperature not lower than 12 ° heat and not higher than 22 °.
- Sugar in bags is stored in a closet or pantry. But we must remember that it absorbs all the flavors that hover in the air, and if there is a bag of potatoes next to it, the sugar will inhale its smell.
- Humidity in the room where sugar is stored should be no higher than 70%.
- In a dry warm place, sugar can be stored for up to eight years, of course, if it is not eaten before. In an unheated room, the shelf life of sugar is halved.
- Refined sugar is less affected by humid air, but it is still undesirable that the indicator be above 75%.
- Lump sugar is stored in plastic containers in a dry, dark, dark place.
- So that sugar is not pressed, it should be shaken periodically.
