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Why apples should be stored separately from other fruits: an unexpected explanation - a note for housewives
27.09.2024 19:10
Remember how you store apples.
If you put them in the same drawer of the refrigerator as other fruits, you are making a serious mistake.
The point is that apples should be placed away from other sweet fruits.
Otherwise, the latter will quickly spoil.
Why apples are dangerous for other fruits
The fact is that apples emit ethylene, a gas that accelerates the ripening of many fruits.
By placing the sweet and sour fruit in the same box with bananas, mangoes, nectarines or oranges, the housewife will most likely face the problem of many fruits rotting.
By the way, it is not only apples that have the ability to actively release ethylene.
Pears can also speed up the ripening and rotting of neighboring fruits. And also bananas and apricots. It is also advisable to store these delicacies separately from other fruits.
When can an apple be placed next to another fruit?
However, there is one situation when the “neighborhood” of an apple with another fruit is only welcome.
We are talking about a case when you need to “ripen” some fruit very quickly.
By placing an apple in a bag with a green and hard banana, the housewife will receive a yellow fruit with soft, tender and sweet pulp in just a few hours.
