Preserving/Airtightening Foods with Argon?
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From: Salmon Egg on 1 Mar 2010 20:21 In article <922e5f29-739e-4aed-8b84-23d77e078850(a)g8g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, bm <bipindesai05(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Couldn't this method be used to preserve wines? �What is the big flaw > > in this idea? > > THE BIG FLAW IS " WE DO NOT KNOW LONG TERM "BAD - UNDESIRABLE" > physiological effects of Argon. Nature made it a RARE GAS must be some > reason in it!!!!!!!!! I would have no problem with argon substituting for nitrogen per se. The big thing is sterilization. Botulism organisms would be likely to thrive in either nitrogen or argon if they do not get totally wiped out. The biggest flaw is expense. Secondarily, if the preserver thinks of argon as having a magic property to preserve, they may not take the steps required to preserve. Bill -- An old man would be better off never having been born.
From: J. Clarke on 1 Mar 2010 20:39 On 3/1/2010 8:21 PM, Salmon Egg wrote: > In article > <922e5f29-739e-4aed-8b84-23d77e078850(a)g8g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, > bm<bipindesai05(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Couldn't this method be used to preserve wines? What is the big flaw >>> in this idea? >> >> THE BIG FLAW IS " WE DO NOT KNOW LONG TERM "BAD - UNDESIRABLE" >> physiological effects of Argon. Nature made it a RARE GAS must be some >> reason in it!!!!!!!!! > > I would have no problem with argon substituting for nitrogen per se. The > big thing is sterilization. Botulism organisms would be likely to thrive > in either nitrogen or argon if they do not get totally wiped out. > > The biggest flaw is expense. Secondarily, if the preserver thinks of > argon as having a magic property to preserve, they may not take the > steps required to preserve. GEEZUS, people, you can buy argon packaged for wine preservation on Amazon. And it's been in use in the food industry for decades for this purpose.
From: Salmon Egg on 1 Mar 2010 23:13 In article <hmhrf302rde(a)news1.newsguy.com>, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > > GEEZUS, people, you can buy argon packaged for wine preservation on > Amazon. And it's been in use in the food industry for decades for this > purpose. Arty farty wine drinkers may be willing to pay extra just so gthey can be snobs. Why do so many people pay through the nose to buy bottled water and even more if a magnet was waved over it? My purchases of bottled water to drink have been made when it was difficult to get good old tap water. Bill -- An old man would be better off never having been born.
From: J. Clarke on 2 Mar 2010 01:59 On 3/1/2010 11:13 PM, Salmon Egg wrote: > In article<hmhrf302rde(a)news1.newsguy.com>, > "J. Clarke"<jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> >> GEEZUS, people, you can buy argon packaged for wine preservation on >> Amazon. And it's been in use in the food industry for decades for this >> purpose. > > Arty farty wine drinkers may be willing to pay extra just so gthey can > be snobs. Why do so many people pay through the nose to buy bottled > water and even more if a magnet was waved over it? My purchases of > bottled water to drink have been made when it was difficult to get good > old tap water. "Arty farty wine drinkers" aren't the only people in the food industry to use argon as a preservative.
From: Salmon Egg on 2 Mar 2010 12:39
In article <hmid1r02p2c(a)news6.newsguy.com>, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote: > "Arty farty wine drinkers" aren't the only people in the food industry > to use argon as a preservative. Why is argon used? What is the primary advantage? I am not saying there is anything wrong with using argon, just that it is unnecessary. Bill -- An old man would be better off never having been born. |