30 Foods You've Been Storing All Wrong
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- 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
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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
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.
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.
chocolates - better storage in my tummy 🤫😊
hehe
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True 😂😂
Yes and coffy,milk,bread,water tummy is the best
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!
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
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
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.
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!
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
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.
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
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.
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 !!!
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..
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
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
#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.
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
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
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!
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.
lol my mom tosses absolutely everything in the fridge 😂😂😂
Ikrrrr
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!
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!
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
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!
This has been brought to you by The Brown Paper Bag Company.
@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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*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
I put my flour and corn meal in the freezer...i really like yalls video
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
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
Amazing brightside never lets me down thank you so much!!!
Thank you for that information.
I needed to learn about this, also I shared it.
Remove the head stick from a green chilly and refrigerate to keep it fresh for much longer.
#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...
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...🤪😲😜
Thank you !!! Very informative !
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.^^
You learn something new everyday 👍🏽
Thanks for the upload and tips very helpful 🙋♀️🧡
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 👍
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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 thought the best place to store chocolate was in your belly
Lol
Haah
Great information to know about how to take care of food
Good concept for keep the foods as fresh 👌😉😋💪
Bright side is so helpful
So informative! Thanks ❤️
So much great information.
I didn't know that about storing them in the fridge thanks for the amazing inspirational thoughts thumps up
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!!!!
I feel like seafood left overs should only be kept in the fridge for two day max. The taste and texture changes afterwards.
Tank YOU For Your information 🙏😍🌸🌺🏵️🌻🌼
Thank you very much. Very informative.
Foil or plastic wrap around the stem end of the bananas keeps them from ripening too quickly
Yes
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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.
Thank you for the advice!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thanks, great useful healthy ideas
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love that you r trying to NOT waste food
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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
Thanks fyi...need more than 1 refrigerator in my hse..🤔
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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.
You're great. I was glad to watch your video.keep it up .and keep on making such kind of videos ahead.
Excellent vid! The only tip new to me is herbs in a paper bag. I’ll try it!
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.
Thanks for tips million times bless from kenya
Thank you. I enjoyed the video and I learned some things.
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
Nice video
Excellent video thanks for sharing it helps a lot.
Very useful ideas you shared 👍👍
Bread should be in a freezer compartment to keep it fresh for over month, my personal experience is they are fresh as first bought them
Wow! I never knew.
I have done this for years. thaw it out or part of it when ready to use.
Does it not taste like old cardboard if you do that?
@@Oceansta That hasn't been my experience.
@@mr.hwishtoknow592 Slice it up first and pack separately to freeze. This way you just need to thaw out the portion you need.
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...
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
Thank you for giving us lots of knowledge bright side
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” 🤔
Anyone else caught after 9-10 he said 11 but it showed 12😅
iSAE671 skipped that quickly;)
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@@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL This is need reupload... im just kidding..
Me
He never said 11 & showed 12 then said it twice
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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.
Freeze bread, go ahead, try it! Keeps great!
I freeze my bread on the day I buy it , you can take out how many slices you need and put it a towel to defrost and it is fresh as the day you bought it, plus for quicker to eat put the frozen bread in your toaster. Plus if you are away on holiday you have at least bread
It may keep great, but it tastes terrible!!!!!
Thanks very much appreciate greetings to you all
Great one...
This video in a nutshell: you are living your life wrong
Also, nuts, flax seed, wheat germ. Etc should be kept frozen...the oils in them will go bad at room temps.
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
Alot of information.. Thanks 👍🏻
I know most of them🤗
Except for the honey & carrots.. 😐😐
I will still put onions in the fridge no tears when cutting them that way.
Keep them on the counter and when you cut them, cut them under running water. No tears.
Onions in freezer or running water still tears but not nearly as bad.
@Debbie Barbour Wait. I wear glasses. Why do I still cry?😅😭😅
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
thanks a lot,learned new things
You can wrap a foil on the banana's stem so it will stay fresh :D
For do not wrap them at all
Snivy TheSerperior nice tip
HAHA DON'T WORK
@@jamie-leighlandeg7260 wdym?
You can use plastic wrap tightly around tge banana stems too! It doesn’t buy you a LOT of time, but gives you a few more days. It’s best to wrap the stems right after you get the bananas home.
if you get too much bread, you can throw extra into the freezer, it will keep and last longer
But double wrap it in plastic so it doesn't dry out. Putting a plastic wrapped loaf into another plastic bread wrapper works well. I also try to freeze mine in half loaf portions.
Dont let the air in to the bag
That depends on the sugar content! Sugar crystalizes when frozen!
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.
I used to get eggs so fresh I didn’t have to refrigerate for days, they were so good, different taste than the store.
2:47 gorden Ramsey screaming the whole f***ing thing's got a cross contamination
For a minute, I thought I heard his voice saying this. 🤣
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Right😂😂