Salting Method

by Grp.3 6-Pasay City (B6,B13,G13,G8)

DefinitionSalting is a sub category of the drying method. The main difference here is that salt is added to products, mainly meat and fish, to draw out moisture. This lowers the bacteria content and makes food adaptable for later use. Adding salt to animal protein turns it into a bit leathery.

DefinitionIt is used because most bacteria, fungi and other potentially pathogenic organisms can’t survive in a highly salty environment, due to the hypertonic nature of salt. Any living cell in such an environment will become dehydrated through osmosis and die.

Definition

While today salting meat as a method of preservation is generally only commonly used in such things as salted pork and the like, salt has been used as the primary method of preserving meats and various other foods as far back as history records.

DefinitionSalted meat was often as well, by exposing it to smoke from a wood fire. In the American colonies, most home properties included a smokehouse where meats were smoked and stored. The practice of preserving meat with salt was so common in the 1700s that most people ate salted meat every meal.

Examples of meat using salt as a preservative:• tocino, hotdog, sausages, longanisa, chorizo,

burger patties, ham, salami, chicken nuggets, viennas, meat loaf, liver pate, corned beef, blood sausage, meat floss, bacon, etc.

Blood sausage, liver pate, meat loaf

Salt preserves food on the following ways:

1.Salt dries food

Salt draws water out of food and dehydrates it. All living things require water and can’t grow in the absence of water. Salt is used to preserve beef jerky by keeping it dry, and it prevents butter from spoiling by drawing water out, leaving just the fat.

2. Salt kills microbesHigh salt is toxic to most microbes because of the effect of osmolarity, or even water pressure. In very high salt solutions, many microbes will rupture due to the difference in pressure. In very high salt solutions, many microbes, affecting DNA and enzymes. Solutions high in sugar also have the some effects on microbes, which is why it’s used as a preservative of foods such as jams and jellies.

Questions:

1.What are the 2 ways how salt preserves food?A: Salt dries food and kills microbes2. Why is it important to preserve meat using salt?A: IT’S YOUR ANSWER