Loadshedding has some of us wasting food. We can’t keep our food fresh and maintain its longevity.
Not knowing if your food has been under the right temperature and if it’s good to eat or not, leaves high chances of making you sick.
Tip Toe Meat advises that keeping your fridge closed after loadshedding helps keep the cold air longer, only open your fridge when necessary. This will help you keep your food at a cold temperature because of the uncertainty of not knowing how long the loadshedding will last.
Food scientist, Kyle Corbette says take note of food that spoils quickly for example, chicken, red meat, cold meats, these meats can contain various bacteria.
Here are some tips to keep your food fresh according to Fed Health while experiencing loadshedding:
- If you don’t want to waste food or money, avoid buying a lot of food. Normalise replenishing groceries weekly.
- If you can, buy shelf orientated food for example, bread, canned goods, dry fruit, powdered milk.
- Invest in a digital quick-response thermometer to check the internal temperature of food safety.
- Make sure you have ice brics at your house at all times.
- Try not to open your fridge or freezer during loadshedding.
Alternative ways to cook during loadshedding are:
- Making use of braaing your meat and roasting your vegetables.
- Invest in a gas stove.
- Get battery operating lights.
Also see:Laundry and loadshedding – seven tips on how to manage
