How do you store non-refrigerated fruit at your home?

[BikeBookBread]

I don't keep tomatoes or bananas in the fridge, but on the counter. Problem is I don't have much counter space in our new home. How do you store your non-fridged fruit? (I have a dark place for onions, garlic and potatoes...)

[Jean in Newcastle]

On the counter in the colander.

[Susan in KY]

In hanging wire baskets.

 

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[Belacqua]

I keep bananas on a hook on my hanging pot rack. It looks a bit ridiculous, and sometimes I forget they're there, but on the whole it works pretty well.

 

Don't suppose that would work for tomatoes, though...

[Melenie]

In a wooden fruit bowl. I do refrigerate my tomatoes though, since they will get ripe too fast for me. Bananas and other fruit go in the bowl, is that wrong?

[BikeBookBread]

In a wooden fruit bowl. I do refrigerate my tomatoes though, since they will get ripe too fast for me. Bananas and other fruit go in the bowl, is that wrong?

 

Putting tomatoes in the fridge kills the chemical that gives the tomato its taste. We go through tomatoes fast, though.

[Daisy]

I line a metal cookie sheet with a kitchen towel (or newspaper) and store my garden tomatoes upside down in a row (not touching). They last longer this way and if one goes bad, the rest don't. I can move the cookie sheet where ever I need to.

 

Bananas don't last very long around here so it isn't really an issue.

 

I keep most fruit in the refrigerator but pull out 8 or so at a time to ripen. Those get put into a bowl and placed on the island or kitchen table.

[Melenie]

Putting tomatoes in the fridge kills the chemical that gives the tomato its taste. We go through tomatoes fast, though.

 

I have heard that about tomatoes before, suppose I need to buy less at a time.

[Guest Alte Veste Academy]

On the counter in the colander.

 

Me too. I have four enameled colanders in colors that coordinate with my kitchen decor. They hold the fruit, provide air flow so the stuff on bottom doesn't rot very quickly and they look pretty too.

[mammaruss]

I also put them in a colander--on the kitchen table -as a centerpiece.

[Caitilin]

Store?? What is this "store" you mention? ;) Ours is always eaten in 36 hours of purchase. My kids are fruit fiends... :tongue_smilie:

[LibraryLover]

I have a smaller pretty bowl on the counter, and a larger one in the middle of the table. In one of my sinks is a large colander full of garden tomatoes. I don't have a ton of counter space, so the table is a good place, plus it looks so pretty, even empty (pretty painting of a rooster), which it often is. I bought two muskogee melons from the farmer's market yesterday and they have dissapeared. ;)

Edited August 5, 2010 by LibraryLover

[Peela]

in a super big fruit bowl in the foyer at the top landing- works better than the kitchen/ dining room space wise but is nearby.

[Tap]

No help here either...glass bowl on the counter.

[NanceXToo]

For bananas, we have like a chain thing with a hook on each end that hangs down from one of our upper kitchen cabinet handles. We hook the top on the handle, and the dangling end gets hooked through the banana stems.

 

We keep tomatoes in the fridge.

[tearose]

If I don't have too many, I line them up on the window sill in front of the kitchen sink--but I tend to go through them pretty quickly. I find refrigerated tomatoes completely tasteless, so I never, ever refrigerate them.

[Wheres Toto]

We have a very small table (usually covered in school stuff) and no counter space so we store our fruit in a basket that sits on top of our toaster oven. Which works fine until someone forgets to move it when they use the toaster oven and all the fruit gets scorched and mushy. Tomatos are stored on top of the fridge but we only get a couple at a time and use them right away.

[mum]

Mine are all over my counter. We grow oranges, peaches, apples, apricots and raspberries. The peaches are overflowing. Every day I get up and think, "What will I make with the peaches today?" We don't like them cooked, too slimy. We each A LOT fresh. How do you serve canned peaches?

[Jean in Newcastle]

How do you serve canned peaches?

 

Over ice cream!

[LG Gone Wild]

I line a metal cookie sheet with a kitchen towel (or newspaper) and store my garden tomatoes upside down in a row (not touching). They last longer this way and if one goes bad, the rest don't. I can move the cookie sheet where ever I need to.

 

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Oooh! Making a quick note of that.

 

Anyway, right now my stuff is on the counter, which I hate because I need space!

 

As soon as I am able, I am going to get one of those pine shelving units (or metal) and put my fruits there. You've seen those shelves at Ikea and in the Williams Sonoma catalog. I just need a narrow, tallish one. That should suit me.