Comment on Discussion Thread: Saturday, 8 March 2025

• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought putting tomatoes in the fridge made them flavourless?

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Definitely not flavourless. It may reduce the flavour a little, but that recovers when you put them back out at room temperature. So you can store them in the fridge for longer life, and just pull out a few that are to be used in the near future to keep on the bench.

    Most of the reason tomatoes can be flavourless is they have been bred to be easy to transport and for uniformity instead of taste, and are then picked before they are fully ripe. Being in the fridge is a much more minor factor.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Great, thanks! I’ll tell my friend to let them warm up.

      They have been sprayed with organic fungicide and eco oil pesticide (black spot and whitefly) so does washing and patting dry affect longevity of storage and do the splits in the fruit trap chemicals? Is plan water enough?

      Getting a bit paranoid about them being safe to consume

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      • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I generally wash before eating rather than before storing so that it won’t impact the longevity. I wouldn’t worry about the organic sprays, the eco-oil is just a mix of plant oils and is safe to eat the vegies with no withholding period. If the organic fungacide is the eco-fungicide brand it is just potassium bicarbonate, very similar to bicarb-soda and can be used in cooking in much the same way so is definitely safe to consume.

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