Do you keep bananas in the refrigerator?
By Diana
@dya80dya (36956)
February 10, 2023 4:46am CST
We bought some bananas, but they are overripe so fast. They ripe too fast. Their taste is bad. I wonder if keeping them in the fridge would make them last longer. Bananas are good for a day and after that they are overripe. How do you store your bananas? I wonder if keeping in the fridge won't affect them.
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@merrybelle2021 (1392)
• Philippines
10 Feb 23
When bananas have become very ripe and soft, that's when people mash them to make banana bread, muffin, cookies, pancake, smoothies, etc. Try searching recipes for overripe bananas.
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@merrybelle2021 (1392)
• Philippines
13 Feb 23
@dya80dya Try looking up no-bake recipes or no-oven recipes.
@youless (113064)
• Guangzhou, China
10 Feb 23
I heard it is not good to keep the bananas in the refrigerator. I heard a method which can keep the bananas fresh for a longer time. That's to use a tissue or film to wrap the stems of the banana. It is also better to hang up the bananas.
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@snowy22315 (189189)
• United States
10 Feb 23
No, they aren't meant to be refrigerated. Try making banana bread with the bananas that are over ripe.
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@DaddyEvil (147772)
• United States
10 Feb 23
No, don't ever put bananas that aren't peeled yet in the fridge. That will make the peels go black and you'll think the banana is bad. Instead, take the bananas apart. Don't peel them just break them apart so they are single bananas. Then, get a piece of aluminum foil and wrap the stem part of the banana with the foil. That will make them stay yellow longer. If the bananas are still green-ish, that will keep them that way longer.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
10 Feb 23
Most of the time I keep ours on the counter because my kids like yellow and lightly spotted Bananas usually that is when they are the ripest and the most like but everyone is different. Usually if you wrap the tip of the buddle in plastic that will help slow it down.
Since we get lots of flies in my house, I do place them in the refrigerator it helps keep the bugs away. Banans usually don't make it more then 2 days in my house because my kids will eat them all.
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@Nakitakona (56469)
• Philippines
10 Feb 23
We never put bananas in the ref. Once we bought them, they last for two days. Most of us here love banana. We eat them during mealtime.
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