So, I bring lunch to work every day. An iced tea, fiber brownie, fruit and an entree. I’d like to buy some kind of fruit in bulk and leave it in the fridge to have through the week so that I can’t forget to pack it, and I always have fruit. I know a lot of fruit suffer bruises from being in the fridge as opposed to hanging in a bag. Any recommendations for something that will keep nicely?
Apples.
This yes! Apples last for several weeks if you keep them cold.
Apples are the only fruit that you can eat really every day.
With all other fruits, it is better to have it only 1 day, or a few days, then change.
Really? Why?
Just my own experience. I eat an apple a day for several years now, and many other fruits in between. I don’t know why it is.
It’s bullshit, don’t listen
Mandarins or clementines last for ages in the fridge, don’t bruise, and taste amazing when cold.
Avocados
If and only if they’re ripe.
I like melon in my fridge, you cut a portion out, put cling film over the “wound” and it stays good to eat quite nicely.
Grapes could also be an option IMO.
Bananas turn greyish which looks weird but still tastes fine.
But apples from the store have probably been in a fridge for a long time already before coming into the store, because most apples are harvested in autumn and then stored in a fridge, so that works.
Bananas in the fridge is not a good idea.
Berries will last 3x longer in the fridge than on the counter. Longer if you give them a citric acid or diluted vinegar bath after you bring them home.
All of them.
I might be weird, but in my opinion, there is not a single fruit that does not last longer or taste better when it is stored in the fridge.
Also keeps away those pesky fruit flies.
Generally correct, however there are exceptions. Bananas are absolutely wrecked in the fridge
Edit… unripened pineapple too in my experience. In both cases they don’t ripen properly. Bananas end up hard and bullet like, and pineapple stays more tart and ends up with almost a woody texture
Yeah I thought that too but it turns out only the outside turned shitty
Funny, I find Bananas benefit the most by being stored in the fridge.
Yes, the peel gets greyish eventually but the inside stays good to eat for much longer.
Oh well, to each their own I guess.
Most fruits, you want to keep at room temperature, in a dry and clean place. Some like it dark.
Nuts are OK in the cold, dried fruits too.
Mango, assert dominance over your colleagues. /j
