Tuesday, April 24, 2007

storage parameters and process steps

vegetables in chicken salad sandwich
1. wash tomatoes, cucumber and lettuce.
2. cut tomatoes into cubes, slice cucumber and tear lettuce into smaller pieces.

tomato's storage conditions
1. Freezer (0°F/-17°C ), 8-12 months
2. Refrigerator (36-40°F/2 to 4°C), 1 week

cucumber's storage condition
1. refrigerator (45 to 50°F/7 to 10°C ), 10 to 14 days at with high relative humidity.

*subject to chilling injury if held longer than about 2 days at temperatures below 45°F. At temperatures of 50F and above they ripen rather rapidily, the green color changing to yellow. This color change starts in about 10 days at 50F. It is accelerated if the cucumbers are stored in the same room with apples, tomatoes, or other ethylene-producing crops.

lettuce's storage condition
1. Refrigerator (36-40°F/2 to 4°C), 5-7 days

References
Oregon State University. (2007). CUCUMBER. Retrieved April 24, 2007 from http://food.oregonstate.edu/v/cucum.html

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