#banana-storage

#banana-storage

Unless they are destined for creamy smoothies, comforting loaves of bread, or the many other dessert banana recipes, peeled bananas often end up in the refrigerator. Unlike watermelon and berries, cut bananas quickly turn brown, usually within just a few minutes. All hope is not lost immediately, however. Storing cut bananas properly and promptly is the key to slowing down the browning process, and as it turns out, it is not very difficult.

While this may be good for making the best brown butter banana bread, it's not great if you're hoping to eat all those bananas while they're still fresh. Who knew that putting bananas in a bowl with other fruit could make them get ripe faster? Well, scientists for one, and now you do too. The reason behind this is due to the ethylene gas produced by the fruit and how it helps make all the other fruit in the bowl ripen faster.