and affect texture.
The best way to store bananas
Keep bananas at room temperature until they’re as ripe as you like them.
Once they’re fully ripe, refrigeration can slow further ripening and help extend their usable life, although the peel may become dark.
So there’s no need to panic if you’ve been refrigerating ripe bananas!
It’s mainly unripe bananas that are better left on the counter.
- Avocados
An avocado sitting on the counter is usually exactly where it belongs while you’re waiting for it to ripen.
Refrigerating an unripe avocado can slow the ripening process.
If you bought a rock-hard avocado for tomorrow’s dinner, the refrigerator probably isn’t your friend.
But what about a ripe avocado?
That’s different.
Once an avocado has reached the perfect ripeness, refrigeration can help slow additional ripening.
For a cut avocado, refrigeration is recommended, with the cut surface protected from air as much as practical.
