Nowadays, living without a refrigerator could appear as an impossible undertaking, or as a challenge to try to dedicate oneself to in the name of eco-sustainability. It would be enough to ask ourselves what measures our grandparents implemented to preserve foods such as fruit and vegetables without needing the huge appliance that now stands in all our kitchens. A Korean designer tried to apply her grandmother's advice in order to design some containers that allow you to keep food longer without the aid of the refrigerator.
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Nowadays, living without a refrigerator could seem like an impossible undertaking, or a challenge to try to dedicate oneself to in the name ofenvironmental sustainability. It would be enough to ask ourselves what measures our grandparents implemented to preserve such foods fruits and vegetables without needing the huge appliance that now stands in all our kitchens. A korean designer she tried to apply her grandmother's advice in order to design some containers that allow food to be stored longer without the aid of the refrigerator.
Se give up the refrigerator at first glance it might seem a really extreme choice, let's remember at least to organize the foods within it with intelligence and to take care of them in the most appropriate way. We also ensure that it does not turn into an additional waste generator, trying, first of all, not to exceed the purchase of fresh products that could risk not being consumed in time and unfortunately end up in the waste.
Let us also remember that our fridge will work better if we do not overload it, but we will leave the right space between the foods, in order to facilitate the action of the cooling system.
Take a cue from innovators design containers for the preservation of food it could therefore be useful to transfer some of them outside the appliance and to realize their effective duration and freshness.
With his own containers Jihyun Ryou has tried to facilitate the practical application of the modalities of preservation of foods used in the past. So the ideal box to contain potatoes is equipped with a lid, so that they can be stored in the dark so that they do not germinate too quickly.
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Above it there is the right space to place the apples, as in a sort of wooden box. Remember never to place any bananas next to the apples, otherwise the first ones would risk to ripen and blacken within a few days, as apples produce ethylene, a gas capable of deteriorating them. Apples, on the other hand, if placed near the potatoes, will delay their ripening.
The container for carrots allows you to store them in the most suitable position, the vertical one, thanks to the sand contained within it, which must be maintained at the correct humidity adding water from time to time. In the past centuries, sand has been one of the most used conservation methods for vegetables such as carrots and for some tubers, as it is considered able to keep them at the most suitable temperature so that they do not rot quickly. Furthermore, in doing so the carrots (which are tubers) will find the conditions to germinate and will always be fresh as if just picked when you decide to use them. In this sense, you can also use terracotta pots to keep on the balcony:
Zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers and pepperoni they can be kept fresh even outside the refrigerator, remembering to spray them regularly with water. They behave like real fruit, which is rarely necessary to keep in the fridge. For these vegetables- fruits the designer has developed a container equipped with a tray that will collect the water necessary to ensure correct humidity.
After all, these are small tricks that all of us could put into practice to avoid the risk of overloading our refrigerator and to break a spear in favor of good ecological practices, which should not be considered a heavy burden that hardly draws from the habits of the past, but a good example to use in view of a future aimed at sustainability and the reduction of waste.
Marta Albè
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