How To Make Foods Last Longer

  • February 27, 2009
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Keep foods fresher longer with these tricks.

You Will Need

  • Bread
  • An apple
  • Brown bags
  • Plastic bags
  • Paper towels
How To Make Foods Last Longer: Keep cookies crisp

Step 1: Keep cookies crisp

Keep the treats in your cookie jar from getting stale by putting a piece of bread – preferably white bread – inside the jar; the cookies will draw moisture from the bread, keeping them soft. Replace the bread when it gets hard.

Stick a slice of bread inside an opened box of brown sugar to keep it from hardening.

How To Make Foods Last Longer: Stop spuds from sprouting

Step 2: Stop spuds from sprouting

Prevent potatoes from sprouting by putting them in a brown bag with a whole apple. This will keep them good for up to eight weeks.

How To Make Foods Last Longer: Sit tomatoes stem down

Step 3: Sit tomatoes stem down

Store tomatoes at room temperature, uncovered and stem-side down, which blocks air from entering through the stem and prevents moisture from getting out. Putting tomatoes in the fridge may inhibit bacterial growth, but they’ll quickly lose their flavor and texture.

How To Make Foods Last Longer: Separate fruits and veggies

Step 4: Separate fruits and veggies

Keep fruits and vegetables away from each other; fruits emit ethylene, a gas that makes vegetables ripen faster.

How To Make Foods Last Longer: Absorb veggie moisture

Step 5: Absorb veggie moisture

Put a paper towel in plastic bags of precut vegetables or washed lettuce. It will absorb the moisture that causes them to rot.

With the exception of lettuce and leafy greens, wash your produce just before eating. Otherwise, the moisture can make it spoil faster.

How To Make Foods Last Longer: Store butter and eggs properly

Step 6: Store butter and eggs properly

Keep eggs in their container on a bottom shelf and butter in a covered dish on a top or middle shelf. The fridge door is too warm to maintain freshness.

How To Make Foods Last Longer: Store apples in fridge

Step 7: Store apples in fridge

Keep apples in the refrigerator, in plastic bags with a few holes for ventilation. They’ll last weeks longer there than in a fruit bowl.

Americans waste nearly 30 million tons of food every year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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KIMONO

This was very helpful thanks a lot

over 2 years ago by KIMONO

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kpfingaz

Most helpful video I've seen in a while.

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