Why the soup quickly turned sour: 2 mistakes that lead to this result

28.04.2023 10:59

If you forget to put a pot of soup in the refrigerator, the dish may start to smell unpleasant the next day.

You should never eat such food, especially if you can see bubbles in it: boiling it is unlikely to restore its freshness.

To avoid the cook having to pour out the first course, the pot with it should be placed on the shelf of the refrigeration unit in a timely manner.

This recommendation is quite logical. And it is known to many.

But what to do to prevent the soup from going sour on the same day it was cooked? Unfortunately, sometimes housewives face this problem.

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It is worth emphasizing that the dish can quickly become unfit for consumption due to the following mistakes.

The soup was slowly cooling down.

A pot of cooked soup should not be left on the stove even for 1-2 hours: slow cooling can lead to it turning sour very quickly.

The cooling of the dish should be accelerated. Moreover, in the first half hour, without the help of a refrigerator.

It is enough to place the pan with all its contents in a basin filled with cold liquid.

Greens were added to the pot of soup

The desire of the hostess to add more dill, parsley or basil to a liquid dish is quite understandable.

And you shouldn’t refuse this action: such additives significantly improve the taste of the soup.

But the greens should not be in the saucepan, but rather in the plate into which one portion of soup was poured.

In this case, the additional ingredient will not have time to spoil the dish.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

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  1. The soup was slowly cooling down.
  2. Greens were added to the pot of soup