So, I bring lunch to work every day. An iced tea, fiber brownie, fruit and an entree. I’d like to buy some kind of fruit in bulk and leave it in the fridge to have through the week so that I can’t forget to pack it, and I always have fruit. I know a lot of fruit suffer bruises from being in the fridge as opposed to hanging in a bag. Any recommendations for something that will keep nicely?

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    2 days ago

    All of them.

    I might be weird, but in my opinion, there is not a single fruit that does not last longer or taste better when it is stored in the fridge.

    Also keeps away those pesky fruit flies.

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      2 days ago

      Generally correct, however there are exceptions. Bananas are absolutely wrecked in the fridge

      Edit… unripened pineapple too in my experience. In both cases they don’t ripen properly. Bananas end up hard and bullet like, and pineapple stays more tart and ends up with almost a woody texture

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        1 day ago

        Yeah, would be more interesting to list the outliers that aren’t better in the fridge.

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        2 days ago

        Funny, I find Bananas benefit the most by being stored in the fridge.

        Yes, the peel gets greyish eventually but the inside stays good to eat for much longer.

        Oh well, to each their own I guess.

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          1 day ago

          I mean yeah you can still eat the bananas, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing to have them under ripened as you do end up with a different range of nutrients. I just don’t think as general practice, most people are going to get the best experience if they refrigerate them. Maybe it’s just a bananas I get in my region but I’ve never been able to successfully refrigerate a banana and have it be as good as just left out to ripen naturally

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            Don’t put them in until they are ripe. Once they are the right level of ripeness for you, you can extend them being in that state for several days by putting them in the fridge.