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Writing about it, talking and almost shouting: tomatoes can be stored in the fridge, just at room temperature, otherwise the taste and aroma of tomatoes will be permanently destroyed! As in the case with other food myths, many blindly believe in him without questioning and without even trying to check it out.





The other day Daniel Gritter, culinary Director respected me in the online publication Serious Eats decided to go ahead and check this statement in practice. He conducted a series of experiments, buying the best farm tomatoes in large quantities and leaving half of the purchased tomatoes in the fridge and one at room temperature. Then those other tomatoes were offered to a group of tasters, who tasted them blind – tomatoes from the fridge, of course, been previously brought to room temperature.

In 1 of the 11 tasters unanimously chose the tomatoes that were stored at room temperature.

In 5 of the 11 tasters unanimously preferred the tomatoes out of the fridge.

In the remaining 5 of the 11 cases, the opinions of the tasters were divided, with neither taster could not easily choose what kind of tomato seems to him better.

Here's how to explain these results, Daniel himself: since the peak of the season tomatoes, and so have reached the ideal ripeness, the additional being in the heat they can only do harm. On the other hand, low temperature fridge allows you to keep that maturity as long as possible. That after 4-5 days, the tomatoes are left at room temperature, begin to rot, it's nothing amazing – but the tomatoes stored in the fridge, still in good shape: another argument in favor of our white friend*.

So, how did the right way to keep tomatoes?

Daniel calls this choosing the lesser of two evils. There is no doubt that the scientists are right, and the ideal temperature to store tomatoes – from 12 to 20 degrees (at least if we are talking about tomatoes from the supermarket). The problem is that the normal room temperature, especially in summer, often above 20 degrees. If you have a cool cellar or a wine Cabinet, consider yourself lucky, but all the rest are either too high room temperature or too low temperature of the refrigerator. And if you are going to store ripe tomatoes, opt for the refrigerator is obvious.

Here are some tips you can give to those who are seriously concerned with the problem of proper storage of tomatoes:

If possible, buy only perfectly ripe tomatoes, and as much as you'll eat for a day or two. In this case, keep them at room temperature on a flat surface, upside down, and eat them for those two days.

If you buy unripe tomatoes, leave them at room temperature until fully ripe, then store in the refrigerator.

If you don't have cellar or wine Cabinet, keep all the tomatoes that you are unable to eat for a day or two in the fridge.

If you store tomatoes in the refrigerator, place them on the top shelf closer to the door – there is usually a little warmer.

If you are a person who hates cold tomatoes, and who have neither the time nor the patience to let them warm up to room temperature, I'm afraid you will have difficult decisions.

The next time someone again I will say that you never, under any circumstances should not keep tomatoes in the fridge – just give them the link to this article. published

Author: Alexey Onegin

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

 

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