The methods of keeping wax gourd for a long time are: keeping it in the shade, sticking it to the cut surface with white paper, and keeping it in the refrigerator.

1, stored in a cool place: when the wax gourd can't be eaten after being cut, the cut part can be stored in a ventilated cool place for 1-2 days.

2. Stick the cut surface with white paper: Stick the cut surface of wax gourd on it with clean white paper, smooth it and put it in a ventilated place, which can be kept for 4 days.

3. Refrigerator storage: The unfinished wax gourd can also be wrapped with plastic wrap and stored in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator. The storage time of this method is about 2-3 days.

Method of selecting wax gourd

1, depending on the size: most families will buy diced wax gourd for cooking. When choosing, you can choose about 1 piece according to your family's appetite.

2, look at the skin: the skin of melon is very thin, so it is easy to leave scratches. When choosing wax gourd, you can see if there are deep marks on the surface of melon skin, and try to choose one with smooth surface and no pits.

3, look at the color: wax gourd has three colors: white, green and dark green, most of which are dark green. Dark green wax gourd has thick meat, good taste and high edible rate; White-skinned wax gourd meat is thin and loose and easy to taste, but it is easy to turn into water when cooked for a long time, and the taste will be much worse; The meat quality of green-skinned wax gourd is between dark green and white-skinned wax gourd. Generally speaking, it is better to choose dark green wax gourd.

4, look at the soft and hard: you can pinch the cut melon slices by hand. If it feels soft, it means that the meat of the melon is loose. This kind of melon tastes bad, so you should choose the melon with hard meat.

5. Weighing: When choosing, you can compare two pieces of wax gourd, and which one is heavier and slightly harder is better.