How to choose the best cherries? How to store cherries for a longer time

Cherries are almost here. Are you craving for them? Cherries are dark red or dark red in color, and are usually sweeter. They taste sour and sweet, and are particularly delicious. Next, let's see how to choose the best cherries and how to store them for a longer time.

Contents of this article

1. How to choose the best cherries

2. How to store cherries for a longer time

3. The role of cherries

How to choose the best cherries

1. Look at the color of the cherries: Cherries with a dark red or dark red appearance are usually sweeter. Dark red ones are the sweetest, and bright red ones are slightly sour.

2. Look at the cherry skin: When people eat fruit, they are most afraid of eating insects. The same is true for cherries. It is better to have a slightly hard outer skin, because such cherries cannot be penetrated by fruit flies and will not leave insect eggs. This leaves room for insects to survive.

3. Look at the size and shape of the cherries: When choosing cherries in the market, you will often see that some cherries are large and some are much smaller. This should be a problem of variety, but I personally think that the larger the cherries, the more concave the stalk is, the sweeter they are.

How to store cherries for a longer time

1. Refrigerate: Generally, cherries can be stored for 3-7 days at room temperature. If the temperature is relatively high, the storage time may be shorter. Therefore, it is generally recommended to store cherries in a refrigerator at 2℃-5℃, so that they can be stored for about 20 days.

2. Cook and store: If you want to preserve cherries for a long time, you can wash the cherries and boil them in water for half an hour. Then add an appropriate amount of white sugar and mix well. Turn off the heat after the water boils. The cherry sweet soup made in this way can also be stored for a while.

3. Preservation in lemon water: Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which can eliminate bacteria on the surface of cherries and prevent bacteria from causing cherries to rot and deteriorate. Therefore, if there is no refrigerator, you can wash the cherries and soak them in lemon water for 5 minutes, drain them and store them in a cool and ventilated place.

The role of cherry

1. Cherries can nourish the kidneys and strengthen the bones. From the perspective of Chinese medicine diet therapy, cherries enter the kidney meridian. Therefore, for the low back and leg pain, inflexibility, osteoporosis, and lumbar muscle soreness caused by kidney deficiency, if you eat cherries appropriately, you can achieve significant symptom relief by nourishing the kidney meridian.

2. Cherries can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. For people with indigestion, especially those with relatively poor spleen and stomach function, proper consumption of cherries can play a good role in strengthening the spleen and stomach and eliminating spleen dampness.

3. The main reason why cherries are contraindicated is that they are rich in carbohydrates. If the amount is not controlled when consumed, it may cause blood sugar to exceed the standard, which should be paid close attention to.