How to keep the berries, fruits and vegetables fresh for as long as possible

Layfhaker tells where and how to store berries, fruits and vegetables in the refrigerator, on the kitchen table or in a cool, dry place.

What is important to consider

To start a small lesson in chemistry. Ethylene - a gas with no odor and color, which helps some fruits to ripen. Some fruits of his many (for example, apples and pears), and in some - is negligible.

Fruit containing a large amount of ethylene:

• apples,
• apricots,
• avocado,
• bananas,
• melons,
• figs,
• nectarine,
• peaches
• pears,
• plums,
• tomatoes.

They should not be stored with other fruits and vegetables. Unless you want them to quickly dospeli.

For example, if you put a banana in a paper bag, it ripens faster as ethylene would be trapped in the paper. Or you can put together with a banana or an apple pear.

It is also necessary to consider the fact that the yield of ethylene from the faster damage to the fetus. As a result, one cracked Apple can make it so that the whole package will deteriorate faster than normal period.

What and where to store

After a trip to the market or to the store bought to put in the right place. Otherwise, all the efforts and money will be wasted.

In the fridge are kept:

• artichokes
• Beet
• Brussels sprouts
• Melon
• Celery
• Cherry
• grapes
• Green beans
• Lima beans
• leafy vegetables
• Leek
• Okra
• Spinach
• sprouts
• Zucchini

For storage in the refrigerator, you have three choices: store without the package in a plastic bag or in a paper bag. Plastic bag inside holding back moisture, so it is best not to delay it tightly or do a few holes.

It is advisable not to wash fruits and vegetables before you send them in the refrigerator. If you wash them, dry well, otherwise mold can occur, and this is not good for other products and your health.

After maturing stores:

• Avocado
• nectarines
• peaches
• pears
• plums
• Kiwi

Keep out of the water:

• asparagus
• greenery

Keep need as well as if you keep the flowers: cut the ends and put in a glass with a little water.

Store in a paper bag:

• mushrooms
• okra

Do not wash and store in a plastic bag:

• Broccoli
• Carrot
• Cauliflower
• Corn
• Cranberry
• green onions
• Lettuce
• Peas
• Radish

Not washed and stored, laying in one layer:

• Blackberry
• bilberry
• Strawberry
• Raspberries

These berries can not be washed and put a large number in one tray. The berries are very tender, and the skin at them too soft. When washing you damage them, follows the juice and they are simply sour. If we keep them in small trays in a single layer, they hold out much longer.

Stored on the kitchen table:

• apples
• bananas
• tomatoes
• Basil
• cucumbers
• eggplant
• Ginger
• Grapefruit
• Lemon
• Lime
• oranges
• Mango
• Papaya
• Pepper
• Persimmon
• A pineapple
• bananas
• Watermelon
• Garnet

These fruits and vegetables is not desirable to put in direct sunlight or near a cooking stove. From time to time you need to move them from place to place, so that the fruit of a long time lying on the same side. This is especially true of tomatoes.

Store in a dark cool place:

• Garlic
• Bow
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin
• Leek

Not for nothing in the villages so popular cellars. It is in them all winter stored not only pickles and jam, but also potatoes, onions, pumpkin and garlic.