This is all I'm gonna say-- do not store whole tomatoes in the fridge, never-ever-ever-ever. If you've pre-diced some for your chili or salsa, or pasta, okay, fine, because they're cut up and you need to keep them from spoiling. But the whole ones? Room temperature. Always.
They will be so much more sweet, pleasantly textured, and not mealy, gritty and cold. It's an actual fact that cold temperatures make the cells in tomatoes burst, which is why they change texture. I'm pretty sure most people who think they don't like tomatoes are basing that belief on having eaten mealy, pale, and unpleasantly bland tomatoes from a fridge. Think about the peachy-pale colored ones sliced on top of the average hamburger, and you'll know what I'm talking about. So remember: Tomatoes stay at room temperature.
Otherwise, stay tuned for a yummy couple of recipes when time allows-- on deck, I have a potential recipe for eggplant-pork stir fry, brie-stuffed chicken breasts with cranberries and fresh herbs, as well as a segment on kitchen organization that I have been wanting to do for a while.
Where recipes are more of a recommendation, and not the rule.
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Lol. This is actually the post closest to my birthday for THIS year, and, incidentally, I just put a tomato who had been sitting in my produce bowl/plate for a week or so and who I wanted to eat tomorrow night with my dinner salad in the fridge not even 3 hrs ago!! ;-) I just pulled him back out and returned him to his friends in the produce bowl/plate! :-) Thanks!! :-)
ReplyDeleteYeah, they will keep quite a long time on the counter. Only when they shrivel, mush or get moldy I toss 'em. But I eat them up so fast that they don't go bad often, and I usually have a Costco sized container of vine-ripe tomatoes on my counter. :)
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