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Jakarta, Spasi-id.com - How to store apples to keep fresh. As one type of fruit, apples aren't always fresh. Especially if you keep it quiet for days, the apple can turn rotten or not crispy anymore when it's eaten.
Melting Martha Stewart, the head of the Sauvage Disal, in Charlottesville, New York, Ken Wortz said, like any other fruit, the exact way to store an apple so long is to put it in a cool place.
If stored in cold places, apples can last months since the date was picked. However, once you buy it, it will last a week outside the freezer and six to eight weeks in the freezer.
The way to keep apples from being rotten is not only to put them in the fridge. Put an apple as soon as it's cut into the fridge to prevent tanning.
When saved, apples also have to be wrapped in plastic and consumed within days.
Actually, you could put apples outside the fridge, if the room temperature was still cool enough.
Here are some of the best ways to keep the apple good, fresh and crispy when bitten.
- Separate rotten or almost rotten apples
Illustration. There are several ways to store the right apples. (iStockphoto / jlipko)
Eat almost rotten apples first. Do not let fresh apples be stored together with rotten or almost rotten apples. In its origin, rotten apples can infect other fresh apples.
If you keep lots of apples, it's good to check them periodically to see which apples are almost rotten and immediately separate them.
- Put the apple in a dark and cool place
If you don't have a refrigerator or a refrigerator, you can keep it in a basement that's not exposed to sunlight.
Melting Master Class, if you don't have a basement, keep it somewhere else in a house with low and dark temperatures.
- Wrap an apple before saving
To keep an apple intact in the long run, wrap every apple with paper and put it in a box. Check the apples once a week, and get rid of the signs of decay. - Freeze the apple
You can also freeze apples, which can last up to six months in the freezer. Put the apple that's been cut into lemon juice so it doesn't get tanned, then dry it.
You can then freeze the cut apple, or even the whole apple, all night. After freezing, move it into the freezer pocket for long-term storage.
However, pay attention that frozen apples will cause it to lose its vulnerability and some of its texture. Frozen apples are best suited for recipes that require ripe apples, like apple pie, apple butter, or apple sauce.
- Don't keep it with vegetables or fruit
When ripe, apples produce ethylene. To quote Insider, ethylene is a gas that can cause other products nearby to mature prematurely.
For the sake of all the products in the fridge to stay awake, it's best to separate the fruit from the ethylene-producing fruit like an apple from an ethylene-sensitive vegetable, like broccoli and cauliflower.
