30 Foods You've Been Storing All Wrong
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- 40% - that’s how much of the food you buy ends up getting tossed right in the garbage. 40%! Surprised? The culprit: improper storage. We are used to storing everything in our fridges: fruits, vegetables, sweets, breads. Some people also keep sauces, marinades, and cans in their fridges, just in case. But often, while storing foods like this might extend their shelf life, it can actually be harmful for the products.
Did you know, for example, that tomatoes get even more flavorful and fragrant if you keep them at room temperature (about 70°F) or above? Or that onion and garlic prefer warmer temperatures, too? They’re also afraid of light and won’t like being kept in a sunlit kitchen. And guys, never keep fries in the fridge! French fries, or any fried potatoes for that matter, contain a substance that can become toxic when kept in low temperatures. So, let’s see what conditions best protect some common products in the kitchen, and save you some money!
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TIMESTAMPS:
Tomatoes 0:24 🍅
Onion and garlic 1:00
Potatoes 1:20
Mushrooms 1:44
Fresh greens and herbs 2:06 🌿
Chilled poultry and meat 2:29
Bananas and other tropical fruit 3:00 🍌
Honey 3:24
Eggs 3:55 🥚
Milk, yogurt, and hard cheese 4:26
Grapes and berries 4:57
Apples 5:28 🍏
Vegetable oil 6:00
Carrots 6:12 🥕
Grains and flour 6:33
Watermelon 6:59 🍉
Bread 7:21
Pet food 7:42
Coffee and tea 8:01 ☕
Sugar 8:22
Chocolate 8:41 🍫
Leftovers 9:01
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SUMMARY:
- It’s much better to buy small portions of fresh tomatoes you can eat within a day. If you’ve grown them yourself, keep them on the low shelf of the fridge.
- If you’re going to cook them later, just put mushrooms in a paper bag and keep them in the fridge. If you need to store them longer, first wash them, and then dry or freeze them.
- Don’t forget that meat is a possible source of different infectious bacteria. It can be stored in the fridge no longer than 2 days.
- Honey should be stored in a glass, ceramic, or metal container. The ideal place is dark and dry, so a shelf will do just fine as long as the cabinet has a door.
- Contrary to what refrigerator manufacturers seem to think, it’s not a good idea to store eggs in the fridge door. Each time you open it, the eggs get exposed to lower temperatures in the air.
- Milk and yogurt also shouldn’t be kept in the fridge door - they spoil there faster than anywhere else.
- The best place for grapes is a ventilated plastic bag like the one they’re kept and sold in at the store.
- Apples shouldn’t be refrigerated. They’re also pretty finicky, so keep different kinds of apples separate from each other and put them in the pantry or cellar.
- Oils should be kept in a dark place at room temperature. If you can't find a dark place in your kitchen, wrap it in foil.
- Young carrots can be kept in a dark cool place where they’ll stay fresh and crisp for a long time.
- Watermelon (and regular melon) will keep better if you store it at room temperature.
- Bread should be stored in a plastic ventilated bag, a cloth, or a paper bag, where it can stay soft for 5 days.
- Store tea and coffee in a dark dry place in a nontransparent container. Keep them away from food with a strong odor.
- Chocolate should be stored at room temperature in a dry place that’s exposed to sunlight.
- It’s a big mistake to make soup or hamburgers for a whole week unless you’re going to freeze them. The longest time leftovers can be stored in the fridge is 5 days.
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Hey there, BrightSiders! What’re your favorite salad ingredients?
cool once 😍😘🇰🇪
Abshir Ilkadahab yay!
Lettuce with tomatoes. Yah let's goo
@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL,vegetable salad
Death Shot do u add onions too?
TIMESTAMPS:
Tomatoes 0:24 🍅
Onion and garlic 1:00
Potatoes 1:20
Mushrooms 1:44
Fresh greens and herbs 2:06 🌿
Chilled poultry and meat 2:29
Bananas and other tropical fruit 3:00 🍌
Honey 3:24
Eggs 3:55 🥚
Milk, yogurt, and hard cheese 4:26
Grapes and berries 4:57
Apples 5:28 🍏
Vegetable oil 6:00
Carrots 6:12 🥕
Grains and flour 6:33
Watermelon 6:59 🍉
Bread 7:21
Pet food 7:42
Coffee and tea 8:01 ☕
Sugar 8:22
Chocolate 8:41 🍫
Leftovers 9:01
Not all are true
BRIGHT SIDE thanks
Thx
Thanks
Lots of these tips doesn't apply to stuff bought from our supermarket. If you do not refrigerate they go bad faster. So this kinda a miss leading
chocolates - better storage in my tummy 🤫😊
hehe
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😁🤣😋
True 😂😂
Yes and coffy,milk,bread,water tummy is the best
At this point I don’t even think I’m breathing right
Hahahaha
In shop flour storage in paper for this reason
Lol we actually aren't breathing correctly.
Lol I always find it funny when you guys say something as a joke and have no idea that we have been lied to as a species.
I can guarantee you that when you were a baby your breathing pattern was way healthier than now. You literally forgot how you took in Prana Life Force (oxygen)
Haha
come back in 5 months
This video seems to be suitable for temperate climates, where you can store apples and other things outside. Places closer to tropics with warm and humid climates have a totally different story.
I had apples stay in the fridge for well over 6 months and they were still perfect afterwards. This tip alone makes me question a lot of these here because having them outside the fridge they go bad in a week or less.
agreed, they last longer in the fridge. I never leave apples at room temp.
I prefer to keep my fruit in the fridge as if you have a rodent problem leaving fruit out will attract them due to the smell
That true
I agree, definitely. And disagree about several of these tips.
🍏🍎 6 months? How do u pack them.
I have to disagree with the coffee bc I'm a coffee lover & have been for yrs. Ground coffee looses it's flavor over time, the best way to keep it's freshness is to keep it in a dark container in the refrigerator, but NEVER keep whole beans in the refrigerator, those u store in ur cabinet! This I know from yrs of my coffee experience!
According to most of these tips I should have died decades ago.
Hahahahha
Me too! Lol 😂
True, and funny.😁
lol
Same. It's such rubbish.
Nope. Cilantro only stays fresh if it is in a glass you can see through of cold water left inside your fridge. Change water every 2 to 3 days until used. I've tried it all and this way truly works
It’s better to separate meats into meal portions before freezing as once you defrost meat it should be cooked within a day or two
When it comes to eggs they are still okay for consumption if they sink in a bowl of water. If they float then they have spoiled.
Thanks!
My rule of thumb is, if you buy products from the refrigerator or freezer departments, they should be stored as such. I also check to see if products need to be refrigerated after opening.
To keep bugs from flour, rice and grains simply freeze them over night and then you can store them normally. The bug eggs are in the grain products naturally and will hatch over time. Many of the tips in this video I disagree with.
Screenshotting this for future reference. Tired of weevils
Chocolate doesn't last long enough in my house for me to need tips on storing it LOL
Me too😂
Dont eat it in a day 😏
Same here
#12 at 3:56. Opening the fridge does not expose the eggs to "lower temperatures in the air". It exposes them to warmer air because the kitchen should be warmer than the fridges interior.
The way it's so hot where I live, I literally toss everything into my refrigerator.. Room temperature doesn't exist here..honestly nothing happens to the stuff, just the typical stuff like the honey will harden..
Outstanding tips. FYI: turn off the music. Many folks have hearing difficulties, fighting the music makes it difficult understanding what is being said.
They could just turn on the subtitles.
Only music videos should have music on them....and the junk they make these trobled days, are NOT music....they're NOISE !!!
Chop up that unused celery after making your recipe, place in freezer bag, put in freezer, add a handfull when cooking. Celery adds alot of flavor to most dishes and its high in B vitamins.
does it become extra wet
I didn't know I could freeze celery. Thank you.
You can actually freeze almost every seasonal veggie for a long time use.. but some might need a hot water dip, like peas :)
@@prernakohli75 thank you
Thanks for the tip.
You should not use metal jars to store honey.
Anton Miguel why?
@@free2bmanson PTOMAINE POISONING.
That's what I thought also
But I've been storing mine with plastic jar
Thinking about odors, f you have a Thermos or similar bottle that you drink from every day, you can clean it nicely with water and a little baking soda. Fill it about halfway and add enough baking soda that the water looks cloudy after mixing. Shake well. Brush around the threads and anywhere where your mouth touches often. It'll be very clean and all odors gone.
Thanx. That was an extremely helpful tip
To remove stains and odours, you can put water in it and dissolve a steradent tablet or a dental retainer cleaning tablet, leave it for a few hours or overnight, then rinse the container.
Adding some vinegar too helps better :)
Denture cleaner in hot water, in a cup or thermos works, too.....then rinse
I've always heard never to put bread in the fridge because it dries it out. Freeze if you need to store it for any length of time. Anyone else heard of different storage methods than mentioned above?
Bread is one thing that will not change even after freezing it, u should always store bread in the freezer because it keeps it delicious
If I put bread in the fridge I put the whole thing in a zipper bag and it doesn't dry out.
I bought a Starlite container, n keep my sourdough bread in there w it's tight lid
A lot of this stuff is common sense but most ppl lack that these days
God isn't that the truth.
@@nikkiroeder5774 Depends if you believe everything you see on the internet.
eggs. This depends on where you live. In the US they need to be refrigerated as the protective coating on the shell has been removed. This does not apply in Europe where eggs can and should be stored at room temperature.
Love salads! A little trick is to place a damp paper towel and place it on top of your salad bowl. You can place a damp paper towel over lettuce in a zip lock. It last longer!
Amazing brightside never lets me down thank you so much!!!
lol my mom tosses absolutely everything in the fridge 😂😂😂
Ikrrrr
*Also a tip:* if you open a can of tuna/anchovies/tomatoes/whatever and won't use the other remains within 2 days, instead of putting foil over the can, just put the goods in a sealed jar in the fridge and this way it will store for longer
Thank you !!! Very informative !
Thank you for that information.
I needed to learn about this, also I shared it.
Who throws 40% of their food away?? Not in any household I've lived in...some food yes
RARELY does any food in my house gets thrown away. It cost enough as it is without wasting any of it.
I think they might have read the statistic ''$40% of food gets thrown away'' and assumed that it meant just food that people buy. Around 40% of food that is created gets thrown away because it doesn't get sold quick enough and shops don't want a lot of the produce that is harvested as it is odd shaped or the wrong size ect. Plus people do buy food and don't eat it.
Meaux Jeaux Same here! In my neighborhood and city we have composting! The city comes by once a week to empty my family’s little brown plastic bin that we fill with compostable plastic bags, which are filled with various food scraps! I have ABSOULTLY NO IDEA where the heck the city brings all the bags they collect, but AT LEAST nothing gets wasted!
@@laurakruk4692 When I said rarely does anything get thrown away at my house, it's because I eat it. Scraps get composted of course. I can't count the times that I ate something that was on the "edge of the cliff". Although my fridge is set to 34 degrees, which makes food last a long time. When in doubt, I don't throw it out,I EAT IT !
Meaux Jeaux I was ALWAYS taught that “When in doubt toss it out!” due to the fact that, you can get sick if you eat it!
Some of these things stored in the fridge like onions, garlic, and vegetable oil, i was like, "People do that?"
yes we do!!!
@@amos152001 lol well, you can keep a peeled onion in there which is great to attract bacteria to it....just don't eat the onion
Thanks for the upload and tips very helpful 🙋♀️🧡
In my neighborhood and city we have composting! The city comes by once a week to empty my family’s little brown plastic bin that we fill with compostable plastic bags, which are filled with various food scraps! I have ABSOULTLY NO IDEA where the heck the city brings all the bags they collect, but AT LEAST nothing gets wasted!
With bananas and most stemmed fruit, the stem being left on will continue to inject a chemical to encourage ripening. Its best to cut the stem shorter if you plan on storing it for some time. Cutting too far, however, may risk exposing the inside of the fruit to oxygen to oxidize/rot.
Interesting .. thanks for the tip
I heard one should wrap the stems tightly w/ aluminum or cellophane & that keeps them "fresh" (not discolored etc.), too...
@@aysegulapaydner yes, it works
When you buy fruit (especially berries), run a sink full of water and add 1 Cup vinegar. Stir around to mix. Add fruits and leave them to soak for 10 minutes. This removes the wax from fruit and keeps berries fresher for a couple of weeks!✌🏻
Wow that sounds like a great tip would you use hot or cold water ?
Lee W cold water
Can we replace vinegar with lemon juice?
Hot Viral I don’t know.....it seems like it would work since lemon juice and vinegar are pretty interchangeable. If you try the lemon juice, report back and let us know if it worked.
Queen TD thank you 👍
I freeze whole eggs in muffin tins (sprayed with non stick first) and use them when baking. After they are frozen I place them in a food saver bag and vac seal them. So far...delish!
Great information to know about how to take care of food
I put my flour and corn meal in the freezer...i really like yalls video
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@Chris Travers 🤣
put chocolate in the freezer and it will last more than 3 years without going white or off
@@callumrobertson9755 i have been doing that
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Thank you very much. Very informative.
Good concept for keep the foods as fresh 👌😉😋💪
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Trivia Night I agree! Very helpful.
Trivia Night indeed!
Trivia Night so true
Bright Side is a consistently poor channel.
@@agnostic47 at least they did great, unlike you
I actually make sure my berries are wet before I put them in the fridge, because they get mould when they are dry, but when they are wet they last forever
I spray them w/ vinegar before I store them in the fridge... especially strawberries 🤪 ...those I rinse in vinegar, they seem to start turning into a biotope the moment I purchase them & the approximate 15-20 minutes I take to arrive at home...🤪😲😜
So much great information.
I didn't know that about storing them in the fridge thanks for the amazing inspirational thoughts thumps up
Remove the head stick from a green chilly and refrigerate to keep it fresh for much longer.
Your voice is soo calming . It makes my day everytime😘😘😘
You're great. I was glad to watch your video.keep it up .and keep on making such kind of videos ahead.
Thanks, great useful healthy ideas
So informative! Thanks ❤️
You learn something new everyday 👍🏽
Excellent video thanks for sharing it helps a lot.
Tank YOU For Your information 🙏😍🌸🌺🏵️🌻🌼
I always placed carrots in fridge lower drawer after wrapping with cling wrap this way it stays hard and crisp for a week works well for me.^^
put chocolate in the freezer and it will last more than 3 years without going white or off
_ _ why would anyone want to keep chocolate three years? It doesn't last three hours in most homes.
@@spencerwilton5831 ha ha that is certainly true, but it's the out of sight out of mind rule if you dont see if you forget about it....At least I do...but I put it at the back of the freezer and got a nice surprise..... but it does last a lot longer if you can resist :)
I don't get home to Maine often so when I do I buy Needhams and pink peppermint patties in bulk. I've been keeping them in the freezer but I fear they evaporate.
I'll try. But I really have no willpower.😟
Ummm no chance
Thanks for tips million times bless from kenya
Thank you I learned a lot. I did know about some but overall learned more about my food stuff. I need to keep this information and pass it on.
#12... "each time you open it, the eggs get exposed to lower temperatures in the air." How is that, when the temperature outside the fridge should be higher?
He must have meant higher temperatures but said lower by mistake just as he did with number 11
Depends on where you live and what time of the year it is.
He also said, don't store tomatoes in the fridge, then: if you grow them yourself, put them in the fridge, lol. Not just in the fridge either: the lower drawer, where it's going to be coldest...
With my onions, I just wrap half-used onion (skinned) in plastic film and put it in the fridge. That way, it never changes colour or spoil - always fresh whenever I choose to use it.
Me too!!!!
My mom does all of this ... one more thing for leafy veggies, wash them dry them then put in an air tight container and put paper towel between each layer of the veggies to trap all moisture
Thank you. I enjoyed the video and I learned some things.
I thought the best place to store chocolate was in your belly
Lol
Haah
Tortillas - in a plastic bag, fabric or paper into fridge
Ground coffee : Fridge
Papaya - Fridge
Pozole - Frdige
Avocado - Out of fridge, should take sunlight.
Red Tomatoes: Should take sunlight as well.
Green tomatoes : Dry, cool place.
Thank you for giving us lots of knowledge bright side
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love that you r trying to NOT waste food
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In India we get milk in plastic packets, we store it in freezer (unopened/not boiled) for 4-5 days. Later it can be used after boiling. This helped me a lot coz I tend to throw lot of milk when boiled and keep for 1 day.
Everytime I go Home I saw Bright Side uploading in perfect time... *What A Good Day*
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Foil or plastic wrap around the stem end of the bananas keeps them from ripening too quickly
Yes
NOT IN MY EXPERIENCES ? BLESSINGS 💖🇺🇸
Thank you for the advice!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Excellent vid! The only tip new to me is herbs in a paper bag. I’ll try it!
I feel like seafood left overs should only be kept in the fridge for two day max. The taste and texture changes afterwards.
I have to disagree with the flour assessment. In my experience, unless the container is absolutely air-tight, flour kept in the fridge will absorb odors in the same way baking soda does. This leads to funky flour than can ruin a dish.
Put the flour straight into the freezer after purchasing for about 1-2 weeks. Decant into glass or plastic container. Use but know pantry months will not live through the freezer journey.
So this is why my mom buys “bathroom baking soda” 🤔
Very useful ideas you shared 👍👍
Thanks very much appreciate greetings to you all
Soooo who's dying after they've been doing most of this stuff wrong all their life?
yes! after watching this I said "then I should have died yeeeeears ago.
He never said we would die.. just wasting money from things going bad from storing wrong.. i know i have .. i have a whole bag of tomatoes i have to toss right now.. :/ and my milk is in the door spoiling with as much as i open the door lol...
I guess I'm either immortal or a zombie because my leftovers rule is avg 10 days, including food left out 24 hours then put in fridge. The reason 40% of food is wasted is from people listening to some of the bad advice from this video.
The best way to keep your brick of cheese from molding is to never touch it with your skin. Microbes on your skin will cause the cheese to begin the rotting process immediately.
Can also trim off then it's fine. Penicillin was invented from cheese mold. Would recommend eating or anything molded. without being removed first.
The tune at the beginning of this video is so much nicer and quieter than some of the other videos. Any chance you’ll begin each video with the nice, quiet tune from now on?
I used to get eggs so fresh I didn’t have to refrigerate for days, they were so good, different taste than the store.
I've storing everything in the refrigerator unless it is to ripen quickly for use, been doing it for over 30 years. I especially love my bread stored in there. But then again, I am vegetarian and my turnover is weekly on the average.
Yep! The only thing I do not pout in the fridge are bananas.
40%? Not in my house, not any more. We now plan meals for the week and buy accordingly. We save A LOT of money, it's a bit time consuming, and we do cook on the weekends and freeze some things. I will say that the $150 we now save a month is well worth the effort. One tip my mum taught me, do not keep veg and fruit next to each other on the counter.
Always intend to do that, you have my congratulations it requires a lot of discipline both in prep and shopping. You certainly earn that $150.
I like the idea with the paper bags. I grate the cheese and store it in a plastic container on the bottom and top I put a layer of dry lasagna pasta so it does not sweat
I measure out several cups of flour for different recipes, place in freeze bags & wrap all bags in News Paper & place in chest freezer, news paper great insulator & items keep 2X-3X longer,I only keep small amount in glass container.
Huh!! I've always put my apples in the fridge. Ok then, let the pantry storage begin.
Good
How to keep your celery longer. Wash them, pat dry and trim both ends off. Place the individual celery sticks onto a large sheet of tin foil and place it in the fridge.
I cut my celery up into pieces then put into a plastic container with a plastic grate at the bottom to dtop is sitting in any condensation. Lasts for ages and doesn't wilt or taste off.
@@susanpoland5919 I trim and cut the celery, then put them into a plastic container filled with water.
@@susanpoland5919 thankyou
2:23 A lot of counties don't sell paper bags. I've got a solution I've been using for years now. Save these and for example lettuce in a plastic bag where you put a piece of kitchen paper in. My lettuce stays fresh for up to two weeks.
After I opened the bag, I refresh the paper.
Alot of information.. Thanks 👍🏻
I know most of them🤗
Except for the honey & carrots.. 😐😐
Also, nuts, flax seed, wheat germ. Etc should be kept frozen...the oils in them will go bad at room temps.
This video in a nutshell: you are living your life wrong
Great one...
early i watch you all the time keep up the good work thanks for your help and my little sister has fruit shoots but you gotta put them in the fridge you need to or they go bad to drink
Loaves of bread will keep for months if you freeze them. When needed just let them thaw at room temperature, they stay amazingly fresh.
The ones I've been storing wrong: carrots, flour and oats, melons. Also, I've eaten waaaay older leftovers than that lol. I've had food poisoning once: from a restaurant. Trust your own judgement. If it looks and smells okay, it's probably okay.
Greens likes curry leaves or cilantro best kept in steel containers with holes for ventilation n yes the should be layered on tissues to absorb moisture any
I store loads of this stuff wrong. I have limited storage space in the kitchen in my current rented house, so I have to store eggs in the fridge, but yes, I store them correctly. Fruit goes off a heck of a lot quicker if stored outside the fridge. I keep bread on the middle shelf in the fridge along with butter, cheese, precooked meat in heat sealed plastic tray packs, same goes for cooked fish. The raw stuff and any other main meal items goes on the bottom shelf in my fridge and sometimes, plastic carton bottles of milk, which are sealed, so there's barely any chance of cross contamination. I keep all vegetables in the fridge, again, to stop them rotting so quickly.
Thanks fyi...need more than 1 refrigerator in my hse..🤔
Me: *watches the video*
Also me: guess I've been doing it aaaaallright! 😎
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@Hilda Torres I'm a philipino 😂😂 my whole life my mom and grandmother have been teaching me these basic stuff.
mhh mm hello Tom
Me too...
That was amazing video and i learn a lot. Also the fridge is important because new generation has spacial places to keep everything and stay fresh.
To keep bugs out of your flour put a bay leaf in the container works every time
Very useful video 👍👍