10-Use
Glass Containers: For storing pulses, sugar and other
daily use items in the kitchen it is best to use good quality glass food
container. Though many households may
not prefer since if it falls on the floor, it breaks, moreover it is heavy and prone to slippage while handling but this is the best storage
purpose material in modern day and is very free from harmful interaction with
the stored items in it, like plastics it does not chemically combine to create
toxic substances which is harmful to your health. So go for it since Glass containers are
considered the safest options.
11-Never
use Plastic Cutting Boards: Although there is some debate on
which types of cutting and there is debates on which type of cutting boards are
better and more hygienic, you need to remember that plastic cutting boards are
not the safest since after the slicing and dicing work is done on a plastic
board you will inevitable see little cuts and nicks across the surface. These plastic cracks and crevices just happen
to be perfect home for dangerous bacteria.
Those ridges your knife leaves collects with bacteria and with plastics
one would think that you can just wipe out the plastic board and the bacteria
would also be wiped out but bacteria like E. coli and salmonella are going to
stick to the plastic more so than wood or bamboo. Another factor about plastic is as mentioned
in earlier episode, it contains BPA. You
must be knowing that bits of plastic comes out when the knife scratches on the
board while cutting, that bits of plastics has to go somewhere and it is in
your food that those bits of plastic goes and so if you are using plastic
board, you are consuming bits of plastics also.
12-Always
use Bamboo and Wood Cutting Board: The best wooden
cutting boards are made from bamboo, but any wood board is still better than
plastic and have natural anti-bacterial properties. Although the knife cuts on these boards still
provide a place for bacteria to hide, once the bacteria goes down into the
crevice they die of slowly. See to it
that a high premium quality bamboo and non-toxic formaldehyde free food grade
glue to ensure that the utmost safety.
cont’d.
