'Overhandling of food' ,what does that exactly mean?
Cooking it too long, peeling, poaching , then frying, then baking and then cutting it in pieces and then placing it on plates in neat little tiny pieces aka food art and then touching it constantly to rearrange it on a plate, Cooking food at high temperatures, oven cooking, processing too much , all of these amount to OVERHANDLING OF FOOD.
I see a lot of online food bloggers who proudly quote how much of vit c and vit B the ingredients in the recipes have and then proceed to describe a cooking procedure which involves deep frying, oven baking , etc etc which essentially would definitely make sure that all water soluble vitamins are completely lost at the end of the cooking process.
Water soluble vitamins or any other kind of vitamins for that matter have a certain molecular structure , which makes them biologically useful.If too much of cooking is done and excessive heat is applied, these molecules either evaporate out of the foods that you are cooking or undergo molecular structural changes which make them less biologically absorbable or completely useless even.
There ya go, overhandling of food is a very bad habit that many food stylists indulge in too .It may make the plate look very very pretty , but it is not an ideal way to preserve the nutrients if you ask me.
What is the solution ?
cook as little as possible
Cook for as little time as possible
Keep the food for as little time as possible on a plate standing there between cooking time and eating time.
Speaking of which, already cut vegetables stored in the refrigerator , lose all their water soluble vitamins.It would be a better idea to not cut vegetables till shorty prior to consumption.
Either ways.Don't bake foods too much esp fruits or veggies and still expect them to have all their vitamin goodness still in them.K?
Cooking it too long, peeling, poaching , then frying, then baking and then cutting it in pieces and then placing it on plates in neat little tiny pieces aka food art and then touching it constantly to rearrange it on a plate, Cooking food at high temperatures, oven cooking, processing too much , all of these amount to OVERHANDLING OF FOOD.
I see a lot of online food bloggers who proudly quote how much of vit c and vit B the ingredients in the recipes have and then proceed to describe a cooking procedure which involves deep frying, oven baking , etc etc which essentially would definitely make sure that all water soluble vitamins are completely lost at the end of the cooking process.
Water soluble vitamins or any other kind of vitamins for that matter have a certain molecular structure , which makes them biologically useful.If too much of cooking is done and excessive heat is applied, these molecules either evaporate out of the foods that you are cooking or undergo molecular structural changes which make them less biologically absorbable or completely useless even.
There ya go, overhandling of food is a very bad habit that many food stylists indulge in too .It may make the plate look very very pretty , but it is not an ideal way to preserve the nutrients if you ask me.
What is the solution ?
cook as little as possible
Cook for as little time as possible
Keep the food for as little time as possible on a plate standing there between cooking time and eating time.
Speaking of which, already cut vegetables stored in the refrigerator , lose all their water soluble vitamins.It would be a better idea to not cut vegetables till shorty prior to consumption.
Either ways.Don't bake foods too much esp fruits or veggies and still expect them to have all their vitamin goodness still in them.K?
