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#2502339 - 04/26/08 07:11 AM
How to keep fruit fresh?
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Registered: 06/11/01
Loc: Riverside, California, USA
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Especially bananas. I love bananas - I eat one every morning with my breakfast and have been doing so for quite some time now. The problem is, they can go bad very quickly. If I leave them in the fridge they will quickly become mushy, and if I leave them out on the counter top they will over-ripen. So, is there a way to preserve them longer before they go bad?
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#2502349 - 04/26/08 07:20 AM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: LukeFF]
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#2502367 - 04/26/08 08:34 AM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: U-96]
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Registered: 03/08/03
Loc: UK
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Just eat them fast!
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#2502406 - 04/26/08 12:28 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: BeachAV8R]
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Registered: 05/09/00
Loc: Zutphen, NL / ShangHai, China
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I don't know if this will work in reality, but it's something I heard a while ago...
buy unripe bananas. You can keep them longer than (almost) ripe ones. Then, the day before you eat one, put it close to an apple (other sources claim pear or mango). It will ripen overnight.
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#2502416 - 04/26/08 12:51 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: U-96]
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Registered: 05/20/05
Loc: Chicago, IL
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I store my bananas in the fridge only if they are ripe. They will last about a week since the cold temperature slows the ripening process (the skin will turn black/brown but the fruit itself is fine though a little bit softer than if ripened at RT. However, I rarely buy so many bananas that I need to store some of them for long periods of time. Cheers!
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#2502437 - 04/26/08 01:43 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Patrocles]
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Registered: 06/10/01
Loc: Maumelle , Arkansas,US of A
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You guys are completely overlooking the obvious solution.
Plant a banana tree---and be sure and get a good recipe for banana bread.
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#2502452 - 04/26/08 02:17 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Forward Observer]
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Registered: 01/03/01
Loc: Tucson AZ
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mmmmmmmmm, I love banana bread, and I do have several great recipes.
lol, I can't help but be reminded of the "Seinfeld" episode where Kramer gives away his refrigerator. Which of course, Jerry cannot believe, but after all, it IS Kramer.
His rationale is that from then on, he buys everything FRESH. Buy it that day, eat it that day.
Well, that lasted about...a day.
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#2502453 - 04/26/08 02:19 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: 20mm]
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Registered: 03/06/05
Loc: Heart of Dixie
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If you break the bananas apart(rather than leaving them connected) they ripen slower.
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#2502564 - 04/26/08 05:39 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Hankmc]
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Lifer
Registered: 07/10/02
Loc: Washington state
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There's a storage bag out now on TV which is supposed to keep fruit vegetables fresher longer. Haven't seen it recently though.
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#2502568 - 04/26/08 05:49 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Stormtrooper]
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Registered: 05/09/00
Loc: Zutphen, NL / ShangHai, China
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...and of course some fruitcakes believe that putting the fruit under a pyramid-shaped object will keep it fresh for a very long time...
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#2502581 - 04/26/08 06:12 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Legend]
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Lifer
Registered: 07/10/02
Loc: Washington state
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lol the pyramid is in Kelowna, BC.
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#2502638 - 04/26/08 07:53 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: 20mm]
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Lifer
Registered: 07/10/02
Loc: Washington state
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According to the commerical on TV they do I've thought about buying some since i have fruit laying around for the kids all the time. I hate wasting it if they happen not to want it.
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#2502705 - 04/26/08 10:18 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Pickled]
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Registered: 04/19/01
Loc: Overland Park, KS
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Not sure they work but hey at least Billy Mays wasn't promoting them LOL! I want to punch that guy on the throat...his voice kills me.
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#2502752 - 04/26/08 11:58 PM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
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#2503608 - 04/28/08 10:22 AM
Re: How to keep fruit fresh?
[Re: Colt40Five]
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Registered: 06/11/01
Loc: Riverside, California, USA
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If you break the bananas apart(rather than leaving them connected) they ripen slower. Interesting...I'm gonna have to try that one. With the warm temperatures in my apartment (I live upstairs with my windows facing towards the west ) leaving my fruit out on the counter doesn't really work, so refrigerating them is about the best thing I can do right now...and eat them fast!
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