{"id":224817,"date":"2025-10-19T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224817\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:15:20","slug":"bananas-will-stay-fresh-for-26-days-without-going-brown-if-you-store-with-1-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/224817\/","title":{"rendered":"Bananas will stay fresh for 26 days without going brown if you store with 1 item"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bananas are notorious for <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/food\/2122079\/banana-fresh-longer-food-storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ripening rapidly and turning mushy and brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous techniques exist to extend their shelf life, including wrapping banana stems with cling film or foil.<\/p>\n<p>However, one food expert has revealed a distinctive storage method that guarantees your bananas remain fresh for up to 26 days.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Cross, who shares content online under the handle @amycrosslegacy, demonstrated her straightforward technique to followers online.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, which has garnered over 100 likes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/tiktok\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>, she slices a banana (keeping the peel intact) into segments and places them in a glass jar within the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>Astonishingly, after 26 days, the banana pieces remained fresh with vibrant yellow skins.<\/p>\n<p>She explained: &#8220;These are the bananas I purchased on March 13, and I cut this into thirds and put it into a jar, so they&#8217;re 26 days old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her objective was to determine whether she could maintain a sliced banana&#8217;s freshness for 12 hours, but she dramatically surpassed that with 26 days of freshness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole goal of putting the bananas in the jar was to see if I can get a cut banana to last 12 hours, and it&#8217;s been 26 days,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Should you prefer not to slice your bananas, it&#8217;s advisable to store them in a cool, shaded location.<\/p>\n<p>Bananas ought to be maintained at roughly 12 degrees, as they&#8217;ll ripen more quickly if exposed to excessive warmth.<\/p>\n<p>A poorly lit room without direct sunlight proves ideal.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, a warm kitchen isn&#8217;t the optimal location for your bananas.<\/p>\n<p>For those wishing to store peeled bananas, the juice method is recommended. Once a banana has been sliced and exposed to air, it will brown rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>However, a quick spritz of lemon juice or pineapple juice on the peeled fruit can keep it fresh for your fruit salads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bananas are notorious for ripening rapidly and turning mushy and brown. Numerous techniques exist to extend their shelf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7746,107626,45,49,48,107625,3373],"class_list":{"0":"post-224817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-bananas","9":"tag-bananas-stay-fresh","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-food-section","14":"tag-fruit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}