Dried fish is an incredibly tasty snack, which you can buy or cook yourself . If the process of salting and drying has passed successfully, then the next question that will worry everyone is, how to store dried fish?
How to store dried fish at home?
One of the reliable places is the freezer . Just put the fish and, if necessary, take it out, defrost and clean it.
There is another proven way to store dried fish in the refrigerator. Just wrap it in a newspaper and send it to the lower shelf. If you live in a country house, where there is an attic or a storage room, we store the fish there. To do this, wrap the dried fish in several layers of the newspaper and hang this package. But on an industrial scale, it is often stored in grocery bags, in wooden boxes or in paper bags. The most unsuitable storage options are, of course, foil and various plastic bags. It is there that it will dry quickly, cover with mold and, as a result, it will deteriorate.
How to store dried fish so that it does not dry up?
And what should you do if none of the storage methods described above is suitable for you? How to properly keep jerky fish, if you do not have an attic, a refrigerator, or a freezer? There are some other options, one of which is sure to suit you:
So, we take any jar, place the existing dried fish in it and insert a candle inside it. After that, we light it and tightly close the jar with a lid. When all the oxygen is over, the candle will go out.
The second option is as follows: we take a tin can, we put there dried fish and tightly close the nylon cap. This method protects the product not only from direct sunlight, but also from shrinkage, which occurs with other storage methods, and also does not allow air to enter the can.
All the above methods are perfect, not only for fish purchased in the store, but also prepared independently. Any method, provided that the above recommendations are followed, will ensure the safety of dried fish for a long enough period and at the same time will not allow the product to deteriorate and lose its true taste and aroma.