How To Keep Your Food Fresh

Are you tired of your ingredients getting spoiled quickly? Do you have issues storing your ingredients? Well, there are a few tips and tricks you can apply to avoid these problems from ever occurring. 

Imagine this. You are craving for some berries, so you head over to the store and buy some of them. However, you soon find out that you can’t seem to finish them all. So, you just stuff the rest of the berries in the refrigerator, thinking that it would last long. You come back in two days to find the berries mouldy, which forces you to reluctantly throw them away. 

This is just an example of the scenarios you experience every other day. People are now sharing their tips and tricks of keeping their produce, fruits and ingredients fresh. Here are a few of them. 

Place an apple with your potatoes

If you want to keep your potatoes from sprouting, keep an apple amongst them. Apples are one of the many fruits that produce ethylene gas. This particular gas ensures that the potatoes are firmer and fresher. So, the next time you have some potatoes in your hands, place an apple in the mix. 

Wash your berries with vinegar

Now, if you want to keep a pack of berries longer in the fridge, wash them with vinegar beforehand. Washing them in a mix of vinegar and water will kill the bacteria and mould spores present. Ensure that you dry them properly before storing them in the fridge. Berries are not exactly cheap, so it would be best to use this tip  if you want to make them last.

Celery should be wrapped in foil

If you keep the celery you bought in its original wrapping, it will most likely last for about a week or two. This would be especially inconvenient if you only use a couple of stalks at a time. Instead of continuing that routine, wrap your celery in aluminium foil. Celery produces a gas that makes it spoil quickly if trapped with it. That is exactly what the plastic wrapping does. Aluminium foil allows the gas to escape, ensuring that the celery lasts longer. 

Onions go in tights 

Yes, you heard me right folks. These onions belong in an old pair of tights. The trick is to place one in a tight, tie the ends and place the other in. However, not everyone owns their own pair of tights, especially the younger generation. So, it would be best to opt for food storage containers. Therefore, check out Tupperware Brands, as they have containers that keep onions and garlic for kitchen storage in Malaysia.

Mushrooms should be kept in paper bags

The plastic tubs that mushrooms come in at stores are moisture prisons. Mushrooms and moisture do not go together as they produce slime when exposed to it. So, to avoid this keep them in brown paper bags. These bags are free of moisture, so they are the perfect place to store your mushrooms. 

These are just a few tips and tricks you can use for your food items. Hope it works out!