Keep fresh in the refrigerator for 2~3 days at most.

When storing loofah, be sure not to wash it first, wrap it with plastic wrap or white paper and put it in the refrigerator.

Preservation of loofah

1. Use plastic wrap: Unfinished loofah can be wrapped with plastic wrap, fixed with rubber band and stored in cold storage.

2. Use white newspaper: In addition to plastic wrap, the cut loofah can also be tightly wrapped in white newspaper, tied tightly in plastic bags and stored in cold storage. But ordinary newspaper is not recommended, because ink may seep into the melon from the cross section. If the loofah is just bought and hasn't been cut, you can use ordinary newspaper or white newspaper. The above two methods are used in 2? Eat within 3 days to avoid losing the freshness and taste of loofah due to water loss.

Extended data:

Efficacy of loofah

1. Anti-scurvy: Luffa has a high content of vitamin C, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent various vitamin C deficiencies.

2. Brain-nourishing beauty: Because of the high content of vitamin B in loofah, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people; The juice of towel gourd stem has the special function of keeping skin elastic, and can beautify and wrinkle.

3. Anti-virus and anti-allergy: The extract of Luffa has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus, and an anti-allergic substance-Xiegen alkyd is also extracted from tissue culture solution of Luffa, which has strong anti-allergic effect.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-loofah