Foods You Should Never Put In The Fridge We all like to treat the fridge as a safe-haven for all things food, drink and all sorts but there are some foods which should never belong in your fridge. Storing these foods in the fridge will not cause you any harm but it can harm the food, causing it to lose its flavour and texture. There are, in fact, foods you should not put in the fridge. To avoid the risk of removing the taste from your food, here are some foods you shouldn’t put into the fridge. 1. Tomatoes: The cold air in the fridge stops the ripening process, and ripening is what gives tomatoes more flavor. Tomatoes will therefore lose all their flavor in the fridge and their texture will also be altered. 2. Potatoes: Keeping a potato in the fridge will turn its starch into sugar more quickly, so that you’ll be left with a sweet, gritty potato. Instead of putting potatoes in the fridge, store them in a paper bag in a cool, not cold place. 3. Onions: Much like tomatoes, onions tend to become incredibly mushy or moldy if left in the fridge for too long. If you put onions in the fridge, the moisture will eventually turn them soft. 4. Bananas: If you put green bananas in the fridge, its going to stay green. On the other hand, if you have ripe bananas that are ready to be eaten, but no plans to do so, you can put them in your fridge. The skin may turn black or brown, but the fruit inside will remain perfect. 5. Avocados: If you want avocados to ripen, definitely don’t put them in the refrigerator. Putting the avocado in the fridge will just completely stop it from ripening–much like the banana, it practically freezes in time. 6. Melon Fruit: It’s mostly advised to store any melon fruit in the fridge once it’s been cut open; however, until then, you should leave the fruit outside the fridge. 7. Garlic: Eventually, garlic will start to sprout in the fridge. Garlic likes to go off pretty quickly in the fridge, it’ll grow mold and go rubbery-soft when put into the fridge. You should instead keep garlic in a cool, dry place. 8. Bread: You refrigerator will dry out your bread quickly. The only time you should refrigerate bread is when it is in sandwich form, as it likes to go incredibly tough and chewy in the cold temperature. 9. Honey: Keeping honey in the fridge will increase the speed of the sugar crystallization which turns it into an almost dough-like form. There’s no need to store honey in the fridge as it will stay good basically forever if you simply keep it tightly sealed. 10. Coffee: In its ground or bean form, coffee should never be stored within the realms of your fridge. If you leave coffee in the refrigerator, it will lose its flavor and actually take on some of the odors in the fridge. You should store coffee in a cool, dark place, where it will retain its flavor and freshness.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:44:16 +0000
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