Do you put your plums in the fridge?

[PK99]

Modern bread goes mouldy before it goes stale.

Chorleywood process bread yes, but Chorleywood process bread is not bread! (;-)

 

[PK99]

[QUOTE 3986480, member: 259"]Swarfega's much better straight from the fridge.[/QUOTE]

as is chamois cream.....

 

[annedonnelly]

Most things should be brought to room temperature before eating - if they're cold you can't taste them as well.

I don't keep fruit in the fridge (except raspberries/strawberries in the summer). Most vegetables I store in a cool place but not the fridge.

 

[stephec]

Where's @Fnaar when you need him?

Miss Goodbody must know how to handle his plums.

 

[winjim]

Chorleywood process bread yes, but Chorleywood process bread is not bread! (;-)

Ha! There's a name for it then. If anyone needs me, I'll be reading Wikipedia

 

[steveindenmark]

My plums rest nicely on the top shelf.

 

[Pikey]

I don't know where my wife put my plums. I'll ask her when she gets in...

 

[Mrs M]

No fruit in the fridge, except when I chop up a pineapple or melon, but eat them at room temperature.
I don't like cold stuff much and would happily have a tin of Pepsi at room temp.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I don't like plums - they are all hairy...oh wait, that's gooseberries

 

[Tin Pot]

My Mrs has started putting the plums in the fridge and when I eat them I get a headache. Now grapes should live in the fridge (or even the freezer) but I think plums are a step too far.

No I don't put my plums in the fridge.

Does she put her baps on the counter?

 

[machew]

Plan your eating, and get them out of fridge a few hours before. The rest will last longer in the fridge.

I love the thing you see on soft drinks "tastes best ice cold". Yeah, because it tastes least ice cold.

Edit: ASDA says you should keep tomatoes on the table! http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/fridge-cupboard-or-fruit-bowl

Tomatoes should be kept in the fruit bowl cos the are fruit

 

[PaulSB]

Plan your eating, and get them out of fridge a few hours before. The rest will last longer in the fridge.

I love the thing you see on soft drinks "tastes best ice cold". Yeah, because it tastes least ice cold.

Edit: ASDA says you should keep tomatoes on the table! http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/fridge-cupboard-or-fruit-bowl

The man from ASDA is right BUT by the time tomatoes reach the supermarket it's too late for home storage to have an impact.

Tomatoes straight from the plant have an entirely different flavour from those in the supermarkets. Immediately after picking growers will grade, pack and chill the fruit for transport in chilled vehicles probably to chilled storage at Distrubution Centre.

Chilling breaks down the sugars in tomatoes which give their flavour.

As a general, IMO, rule fruit should be cool and airy. We store most of our veg in a dark cupboard in the porch

 

[Hyslop]

My Mrs has started putting the plums in the fridge and when I eat them I get a headache. Now grapes should live in the fridge (or even the freezer) but I think plums are a step too far.

You should take your head out of the fridge whilst you are eating the plums,I should imagine being so close to the bright fridge light would give anyone a headache,either that or blinded by the light you are banging your head on the freezer compartment.

 

[jefmcg]

Tomatoes [..] are fruit

This is true, but I've never understood why it is controversial. Tomatoes are a fruit that we eat as a vegetable. Kale is a leaf we eat as a vegetable. Peas are seeds we eat as a vegetable. Carrots are roots we eat as a vegetable. Squash are fruit we eat as a vegetable. Cucumber is fruit we eat as a vegetable. Plums are fruit we eat as fruit.

"Fruit" is a botanical term to describe seed bearing produce from plants. "Vegetable" is a word to describe how we eat certain plants or products of plants as savoury. "Fruit" is also a word to describe seed bearing parts of plants we enjoy as sweets.

 

[slowmotion]

I keep KitKats in the fridge. I've also been known to put my house keys there. I'm not quite sure why.