Bread: not a good idea to refrigerate
It is possible that you have believed up until now that you can keep bread in the fridge to be able to maintain its flavor for longer. Generally speaking, that cannot happen because the moisture and temperature conditions in the appliance will turn your loaf of bread stale faster than you would expect than if it were sitting on your counter in a bread box.
This happens because the starch in the bread is going to crystalize due to the cold temperature, and this will result in you having a stale, hard loaf of bread. If you have bought a sliced loaf of bread from the convenience store, then your best bet is to store it in an airtight plastic bag. What’s more, if you bought your bread from a bakery or it was stored in paper, you should either store it in the same way as with the sliced bread or wrap it in plastic wrap.
If you refrigerate bread, there is also a chance that the bag it is in will trap moisture, which will result in a moldy loaf. Try to keep your bread in a dry, cool place away from direct sunlight or heat sources.
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It is true you should not keep your bread in your fridge, but for longer periods, you can store your it in a freezer. It may lose some nutrients, but not as much as if it were in the fridge. One area of concern is that many of the foods you buy in the store, kept cold, was delivered that way, so you should use them before a certain time( expire on a date) .
I’ve been freezing my bread for a while now and it works great.
Bread should be in the freezer the night befote its use. That way it becomes a resistant starch and wont turn into fat. Same with rice and potatoes. They should be cooked first and stay in the fridge overnight to becone a resistant starch.
You left out tomatoes. Tomatoes contain an enzyme that reacts to cold temperatures and causes its cell membrane to break down, leaving you with a piece of fruit that’s mushy and mealy. “You’re essentially zapping flavor and texture from a tomato when you refrigerate it,” says Gregory Lofts, deputy food editor at Martha Stewart Living.
Re: Pickles. What if you buy already-refrigerated pickles, like Claussen or Bubbies? I’ve always stored pickles in the refrigerator, and I’m not going to stop now. Besides, I like a cold pickle.
Thanks, I was well informed by your information. But I do like a cold pickle:-).
Some of the items mentioned like pickles say refrigerate after opening??
Don’t keep tomatoes in the fridge either. They lose flavor. There’s a compound that makes the scent of the tomato; it’s destroyed after 3 days in the fridge. if you keep your tomatoes in the fridge for even 2 days, you’re jeopardizing the compound, and thus the flavor. Keeping them in a cool, dark place is best for them.
Bananas, some say eggs, potatoes, onions, also can be kept out of the Fridge for a certain length of time.
Very interesting article. My home stays warmer than most. So leaving things on the counter worries me. My bread will get moldy fast, tomatoes get over ripe and semi ripe banana’s only last a couple of days, then I have to refrigerate them or slice them up and freeze them. I’ll start freezing my bread. Pickles have been a debate here. So now I know. Thx!