How long can you keep honey preserved lemons
The shelf life of honey preserved lemons is related to the environment in which they are kept.
If it is sealed and stored in the refrigerator for about 3 months is not a problem, in the fall and winter seasons like this, room temperature can be put 1-2 weeks, if in the summer when the temperature is high, the honey pickled lemon is placed at room temperature, put 2-3 days may be spoiled, if you want to long time preservation of honey lemons, we recommend that it is sealed and placed in the refrigerator to keep cold.
Honey pickled lemon put half a year
It is recommended not to eat.
Honey lemon if properly preserved can be stored for about three months, honey is rich in carbohydrates as well as water, if the preservation is not proper, it is easy to breed a lot of bacteria, and time is too long, even if there is no deterioration, the nutrients will be lost a lot of general put six months of honey lemon is recommended to not eat it.
Honey lemon bad how to distinguish
1, look at the appearance of the normal honey bubble lemon is no other impurities, the color is generally yellowish, if the honey lemon spoiled may appear some white foam or some larger bubbles.
2, smell flavor, normal honey lemon will have lemon and honey flavor, if it is spoiled may smell some wine, sour and other abnormal taste.
3, taste flavor, honey lemon normal taste is the sweet taste of honey and lemon sour, is sweet and sour, if it tastes bad, it is likely to be spoiled.
Honey lemon pickling method
Materials: honey, lemon, salt.
1, first of all, the wax on the surface of the lemon with salt to wipe clean, and then wash with water.
2, dry the lemon, cut into thin slices and set aside.
3. Prepare a clean glass container that can be sealed.
4, will cut the lemon slices on a layer of honey drizzle, and then lay the second layer
5, and so on, until the lemon store until the end of the general marinade for a few hours can be used to drink water.
The taboo of honey lemon water
Don't drink on an empty stomach
Honey can stimulate the gastric mucosa secretion of gastric acid, and lemon contains a large number of citric acid and other fruit acids, long-term drinking on an empty stomach may cause excessive acid in the stomach, affecting the gastrointestinal tract health, especially if the gastric acid secretion itself is more or more gastric ulcers, it is recommended that you do not drink on an empty stomach.
Not high temperature brewing
Honey is rich in active enzymes, if the brewing water temperature is too high, it is easy to make these active enzymes lose their activity, and high temperature will destroy the nutritional value of the lemon, it is generally recommended to use lukewarm water brewing can be.