There are many grandmother's myths on how to store fruits and vegetables appropriately.
However, how true are they? I am sure you face situations whereby the myth did not work out and your food spoiled just because it was not stored in the correct way.
Here are some tips you can use for storing fruits and vegetables, and they have been proven to work by housewives all over the world: 1.
If you have trouble getting a head of lettuce or some other vegetable into a plastic bag, place your hand in the bag, grab the lettuce through the bag, and pull the bag over the lettuce.
2.
Pimientos will spoil once you have opened the jar.
Hence, to prevent it from spoiling, you need to coat a layer of vinegar over the remaining pimientos before storing them in the refrigerator.
3.
Save any leftover vegetables as well as the cooking water from these vegetables and add it to a container in your freezer.
When the container is full, use the contents for making nutritious soups.
Or try freezing the vegetables and water separately, and use the water in place of chicken or beef broth in recipes.
4.
Tomato paste in a tube is a convenient product if you can find it.
The paste will keep for months in the refrigerator after opening and you can squeeze out only the amount you need.
5.
If you use vegetable oils infrequently, you should refrigerate an opened container to keep the oil from turning rancid.