Food in the refrigerator: the secrets that you did not know

If you never had to dispose of spoil in the refrigerator bulb or "stale" banana, congratulations - you are a rare lucky. Many housewives have to from time to time to carry out an audit to get rid of what is beginning to deteriorate, covered with mucus or make an unpleasant smell ...

Experts in the field of food storage convinced: it is often spoiled food in the refrigerator for an elementary reason - keep them wrong! In this article we have compiled recommendations on how to store foods and herbs without loss to their external and taste. So ...

Green onion.   It should be stored in the freezer pre-cut and packaged in plastic bottles. An important point: before falling asleep onion in a bottle, make sure it is completely dry.

Beam greens.   Put her "bouquet" in the water, like flowers, cover the bag, tie a rubber band - and in the refrigerator! This will help keep longer herbs such as parsley, basil, cilantro and onion. Oily herbs should be stored separately - they are connected in a tight bun and hung outdoors.

Still fresh herbs can be stored in the freezer frozen in olive oil. Herbs oiled its aroma and spicy ice cubes oil can then be used in cooking. This recipe is not only suitable for dill, basil and mint - they should always be used fresh.

Fresh berries.   Make a solution of vinegar and water in a ratio of 1/10. Berries soaked in this solution, then dry, blot with a towel and put it in the refrigerator. If the solution is prepared correctly, you will not feel the vinegar. Raspberry after such treatment will last one week or more, and strawberry - two weeks.

Onions and potatoes.   They can not be stored together in one compartment of the refrigerator - so they quickly deteriorate. In a cool, dry place with good air circulation onions will last 2-3 months. But that potatoes do not germinate, it is best stored together with apples.

Celery and broccoli.   Before putting in the refrigerator celery, broccoli and lettuce, they should be wrapped with foil.

Bananas.   Wrap the stem of bananas cling film, so they hold out for 3-5 days longer. Note that bananas give off more ethylene, so keep them away from other fruits and vegetables.

Tomatoes.   Store tomatoes in plastic bags - a mistake! The film will only hasten their decay. Unripe tomatoes should be stored leg down in a paper bag or alone on the shelf until they are ripe. Ripe tomatoes to store at room temperature, away from sunlight leg up. Overripe tomatoes stored in a refrigerator, but to use them you need to hold a little at room temperature.

Nuts.   Nuts best fry after purchase (ideally it should be done as quickly as possible). Roasted nuts retain flavor and aroma longer. You need to store them in the freezer.

Mushrooms.   They were to store in a paper bag, not in a cellophane.

Cheese.   To the cheese from drying out with a severed hand, spread it with a small amount of butter. Wrap it in a special paper or cheese in wax paper, and then put in a bag. Keep the cheese in the warmest part of the refrigerator - in a drawer for cheese or vegetables.

Vegetables and fruits are not always needed in the fridge!

1. At room temperature, store avocados, apricots, bananas, citrus, garlic, kiwi, melons, nectarines, onions, pears, peaches, plums, pineapples, potatoes.

2. In the refrigerator: apples, beans, berries, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cherries, corn, cucumber, zucchini, ginger, grapes, zelenolistnye vegetables, mushrooms, zucchini.

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