How do I keep bananas fresh?

Question

I just bought bananas and I want to know how to keep the fresh the longest.

Answer 1

in the fridge in brown paper

Answer 2

How To Keep Bananas Fresh

Answer 3

Storing bananas in the refrigerator will only accelerate the browning reaction. Like most tropical fruits, bananas prefer warm weather. Refrigerator temperatures cause the same cell breakdown that old age does. In the trade this is known as chill injury. Keep bananas out of the fridge until they're good and ripe, and then refrigerate them. The cold keeps them from ripening further. Ideally bananas prefer about 55 degrees F. But unless you've got a wine cellar, room temperature is your best option.

If I buy them green, I keep them in the bag until they turn light yellow.

If I peel them for a salad, I dip them in lemon juice so they don't turn brown.

If they get too ripe, I pop them in the freezer, skin and all. I take them out of the freezer and peel them with a potato peeler and pop them in a blender for frozen protein drinks. This is a great way to use an over-ripe banana.

Enjoy!

Answer 4

Krispy is correct.

Depending on how you like/buy them, three to five days, maybe a couple more is about all you can expect. But, here, let me cite one of the world's foremost authorities on the subject:

"I'm Chiquita Banana, and I've come to say
Bananas have to ripen in a certain way.
And when they are flecked with brown
and have a golden hue,
Bananas taste the best, and are the best for you.

You can put them in a salad.
You can put them in a pie - aye.
Anyway you want to eat them
It's impossible to beat them.
But bananas like the climate of the very,
very tropical equator.
So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator."

Answer 5

Keep them on a countertop, unbagged, to ripen at room temperature. Don't refrigerate an unripe banana--the cold causes the skin to turn brown and prevents the fruit from ripening properly.
Life span: 3 to 5 days.
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Answer 6

last answer is correct. do not refridgerate bananas. get yourself a banana hook and hang them up to keep them from bruising on the counter. keep them out of sunlight in a cool corner of the kitchen. when you can smell them in the entire room or if they fall off the hook by themselves, they are overripe.

Answer 7

in the rigde inside of a brown paper bag.. if the bananas are green keep them in a brown paper bag in the sunlight

Answer 8

Put them in the fridge. Or for a nice frozen treat, you can peel them and put them in zip-lock freezer bags, pop them in the freezer and voila...you will have a healthy, delicious treat whenever you want. Grapes are great frozen too.

Answer 9

Ha!! I wish I knew.. We put ours in the Fridge, and then sometimes on the counter, but i believes its how ripe they are when you get them, then decide. If they are relaly green, I would say the counter, if they arnt green anymore, i would say the Refridge.

Answer 10

In a plastic bag in the fridge or in a dark dark place

Answer 11

Buy them slightly green so when you want to serve them, they are riped.