Kimchi altar which material is good

Summary: the production of kimchi can not be separated from the pickle altar for pickling, like to do kimchi friends know that the kimchi altar material is mainly earthenware, glass, ceramic three kinds of more suitable for the production of kimchi or earthenware and ceramic material, better light performance, in fact, the selection of kimchi altar to look at the altar's light performance and sealing performance, the test of sealing can be through the illumination, soak, listen to, knocking, test five ways to test, in addition to pay attention to the height of the kimchi altar. Below to learn about the pickle altar which kind of good it. First, pickle altar which material is good

Pickle altar is used to pickle pickle containers, pickle altar quality is good or bad, a direct impact on the quality of pickles, due to pickle pickle added more salt, finished pickles salty, acidic, easy to corrode containers, so the material of the altar used to pickle pickles should be strictly selected. So which kind of pickle altar is good? The material of the kimchi altar is mainly the following:

1, glass kimchi altar

The glass kimchi altar looks more beautiful, and it is also convenient to observe the state of the kimchi, but the production of kimchi requires protection from the light, because the light is strong enough to make the food deteriorate or change the taste, and produce bacteria, resulting in the production of the failure, therefore, the glass kimchi altar is not a good choice. Of course, glass kimchi altar is not absolutely can not be used, it is suitable for the production of pickling time is very short diving kimchi, put in the refrigerator to avoid light pickling on the line. If you need a long time to pickle, it is not recommended to choose glass kimchi altar.

2, earthenware kimchi altar

Earthenware kimchi altar to do kimchi is also very good, but because of the earthenware altar body density is small, prone to seepage, seepage of salt phenomenon, so the choice of earthenware kimchi altar must pay attention to altar sealing performance is not good.

3, ceramic kimchi altar

Ceramic kimchi altar fired by 1380 degrees, does not contain lead, cadmium and other precious metal elements, altar wall is thicker, glazed on both sides, impervious to light, the temperature also has a good insulation effect, suitable for the production of kimchi need to be pickled for a long time.

Two, how to pick a good pickle altar

The quality of the pickle altar is very important for the production of kimchi, so choose carefully, many people do not know how to choose a pickle altar, in fact, picking a pickle altar is not difficult, the main attention to the following points:

1, pickle altar material

Pickle altar material, it is recommended to choose the pickle altar Choose with altar edge, and sealing performance is good earthenware and ceramic altar is appropriate, with such an altar to make kimchi is easy to succeed.

2, the height of the kimchi altar

Choose a kimchi altar should try to choose a high neck of the kimchi altar, because the neck of the kimchi altar is too short may lead to dirty water into the altar to contaminate the kimchi, it is recommended to choose the depth of the neck is the altar along the depth of more than two and a half times the depth of the kimchi altar.

3, the sealing performance of the kimchi altar

The production of kimchi depends on the proliferation of lactic acid bacteria, lactic acid bacteria anaerobic, so the kimchi altar must be able to isolate the air. Detecting the sealing performance of the kimchi altar mainly has these methods:

(1) shine: lift the altar to the light, from the mouth of the altar to see the altar with or without bright eyes.

(2) soak: put the altar into the water to see if there are any sand holes or cracks on the inner wall of the altar that lead to water seepage.

(3) listen: ear against the mouth of the altar to listen to the "buzzing" sound the louder the better.

(4) knocking: knocking pickle altar with a hand to listen to the sound, the steel sound quality is good, empty ring, sand ring, broken sound is poor.

(5) test: the altar rim filled with half of the water, lit one or two pieces of paper thrown into the altar, then cover the altar lid, can be the altar along the water into the altar lid of the inner wall of the description of the sealing performance is good.

In general, the choice of kimchi altar mainly look at two aspects, one is to choose a light-impermeable altar, the second is to choose a breathable altar, recognize these two points can be selected to the right kimchi altar.