Physicochemical quality properties of oriental melon pickle with the harvest period after pollination and soaking conditions

Autor: In-Hag Choi, Young-Jeon Kim, Gee-Dong Lee
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Korean Journal of Food Preservation. 21:175-180
ISSN: 2287-7428
1738-7248
Popis: This study was conducted to investigate the physicochemical quality properties of oriental melon pickles harvested after pollination (green and fully ripe period) and soaking (cured and ripened). After the increase of the pollination size of melon, at 21 days, melon had a strong yellowish color, but at 24 days, its tip was completely yellow. In addition, 21 days after 5 days soaking, the weights of the harvested melons were reduced. Since then, there were no remarkable changes in weight. At 27 and 30 days, the b values of the melons that were harvested showed no trace of influence by the number of days of soaking and ripening. The melons harvested after 24 and 27 days, and the oriental melon pickles, maintained a constant hardness and texture after five days of soaking. This result indicates that melons harvested between 15 and 27 days after pollination can be used for melon pickles. To produce high-quality melon pickles with a yellowish color and a chewy texture, melons harvested 27 days after pollination and then soaked and ripened in salt water for 15 days should be used.
Databáze: OpenAIRE