Seeking advice on effective food storage to prevent spoilage

[Barriehie]

I'd say you could just keep the granules loose in the apple or use one of those spice sachet things.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

use one of those spice sachet things

I think I bought some spice bags just recently!

 

[Barriehie]

I think I bought some spice bags just recently!

I think you got this!

Sidenote: Way back a million years ago in apt. maintenance we'd pay $90/lb for that stuff to de-smell fridges wth rotten food. Just a price thing...

 

[badjak]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for practical advice on how to improve food storage in the refrigerator. Lately, I have been dealing with food spoiling much faster than expected, especially fresh vegetables.

Despite my efforts, I often find that leafy greens, herbs, and other produce lose their freshness within just a few days. This leads to unnecessary food waste, which I am trying to eliminate.

Any tips welcome!

Herbs can be placed with their stem ends in a jar with water

 

[Z-Cook]

Fridge temperature. Really important factor. There are quite a few reasons for temperature changes in a fridge - what type of fridge, how full or crowded the fridge is for example. I have two thermometers in each of our fridges - one on the top shelf, one on the bottom. Easy to keep an eye on temperature fluctuations if they happen.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Herbs can be placed with their stem ends in a jar with water

Weirdly we've found that some herbs (organic coriander don't ask why, we don't know) survives better in the salad drawer of our fridge and not in water, than the normal coriander survives at all. Regular coriander dies so quickly, I'll don't buy it any more. But lettuce, as an example, survives better with damp roots (not flooded roots) on the kitchen counter. Our organic coriander is sold with roots on, but the regular coriander is cut stems and that just dies no matter what we do (hence no longer buying it at all). In fact, oddly, the organic coriander survives better than supermarket potted coriander (not organic). So some things, it is a case of trial and error.

Most of my other herbs come from the garden, except for sweet basil, which just refuses to grow at all. Mint basil i have no issues with...

 

[SZYMONBIS]

Thank you all for replies! I will definitly try some of them!

 

[GadgetGuy]

You 're welcome!!!!!

 

[The Velvet Curtain]

Whee do you buy your hervs and veg from. I find the Sainsburys stuff spoils really quickly, but the Tesco produce often lasts much longer than its date

 

[SoCalZone10]

When I go to England, I buy my fruit from the farmers market, I normally don’t have a fridge, so I leave them outside, they do last for a long time, especially pears, apples, plums, and satsumas.
I eat the soft fruit like grapes and berries first.