Storing bananas in the fruit bowl might seem like a no-brainer, but experts warn it’s a fast track to mushy disaster. The culprit behind your rapidly rotting fruit is ethylene gas, a natural plant hormone that speeds up ripening and boosts flavour. Piling up fruit together triggers an ethylene gas overload, causing everything in close … Read more
It may seem obvious to keep bananas in a fruit bowl but this is actually one of the worst places to store them as it will cause them to spoil and become mushy quickly. Most people do not realise that most fruits produce a substance called ethylene gas, a natural growth hormone responsible for making … Read more
Food storage tips are essential when it comes to keeping fruits, veggies, and other perishables like bananas at their best. Bananas can go from perfect to overripe in no time, turning soft and brown before you know it. If your bananas are spoiling before they even last a couple of weeks, chances are you’re not … Read more
Potatoes are often stored in the fridge or on the kitchen countertop but keeping them stored in the wrong place can make them rot very quickly. Kira Simpson, an expert and founder of The Green Hub Online, has shared that potatoes will stay “fresh and flavourful for as long as possible” if they are kept … Read more
Bananas, often found lounging in fruit bowls on kitchen worktops, are actually being stored all wrong, leading to a swift demise in freshness. Most people don’t realise that bananas, along with other fruits like apples, emit ethylene gas, a plant hormone that hastens ripening and enhances flavour. However, when fruits are heaped together, the excess … Read more
Bananas are notorious for ripening too quickly, often leaving us with a mushy, brown mess if we don’t eat them fast enough. But it seems we’ve been storing our bananas all wrong – they should never be kept in a fruit bowl. The stems of bananas release a plant hormone called ethylene gas, which helps … Read more
Buying fruit from the supermarket only for it to go brown and mushy after a few days can drive you bananas, but there is a simple way to keep them fresh and yellow for much longer. Bananas tend to spoil quickly as they have thin skin which bruises easily and a high sugar content which … Read more
