All housewives know that fruits and vegetables do not lie in the refrigerator for a long time and soon lose their appearance and taste. We offer several effective tips on how to preserve the freshness of vegetables and fruits.
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- Often you can read in the instructions for the refrigerator that some products must be washed before they fill the shelves. However, specialists have a different opinion on this. If you want vegetables and fruits to stay fresh longer, keep them away from moisture. If they are very dirty, wipe with a dry cloth or cloth. And water destroys the natural protective properties of products, causes mold and rot. To avoid this, use an additional paper towel inside the container.
- Unripe fruits and vegetables are best kept in a room, rather than in the refrigerator. This will give them a little maturation and prevent the process of decay for a while. Experts also advise storing tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers in paper or simply open bags in the room. So they slowly lose their elasticity.
- If after cooking any dish you still have chopped vegetables (carrots, celery), then they should be placed in containers with water.
- If you want to keep the aroma and freshness of fruits longer, it is better to store them in the warmest part of the refrigerator (usually this is a special compartment below).
- It is important to remember the compatibility of products when placing them in the refrigerator. It is well known that bananas, pears, plums, apricots, mangoes, tomatoes, after ripening, secrete the substance ethylene. And apples, melons, watermelons, pumpkins, potatoes and carrots are sensitive to it, they quickly begin to rot. Such a neighborhood is apparently undesirable. Therefore, it must be avoided in order to preserve the freshness of products longer. Separately, it is worth keeping onions from potatoes. The latter sprouts quickly, becoming inedible.
- As it turned out, onions and garlic love the dark. It is better to store them in paper bags with ventilation holes in a cool room or in the refrigerator.
- Potatoes will stay fresh longer if placed with apples. Also, tubers are contraindicated in direct sunlight. From this they become poisonous.
- Asparagus and broccoli must be stored, like flowers, in a glass of water. From this, they remain juicy and tasty for a long time.
- Plastic bags are only suitable for grapes. And then you need to keep it not in clusters, but in separate berries. Other fruits and vegetables need paper bags with ventilation or open plastic, wooden containers.