Do vegetables actually need to be refrigerated? Always wondered. Is it an actual safety thing or just a preserving flavour/texture thing?
for most of them it’s not necessary for food safety but prolongs their shelf life. an uncut bell pepper will last a few days at room temperature but weeks in the fridge
for cut up vegetables, refrigeration is pretty much mandatory because by cutting them you’ve inevitably spread microbes all over their soft vegetable interior tissue that was previously protected by an outer skin (e.g. pepper, tomato)
that’s why I prefer single serving size tomatoes like cherry or grape tomatoes, because they don’t take up fridge space. but they’re more expensive :[
bonus info: if you get a UV lightbulb you can blast the outsides of the vegetables with it to kill off most microbes. that’s how I get my peppers to last sometimes as long as 1.5 months in the fridge. can’t grow mold if all the mold died :]
Unplug your fridge. Clean the condenser coil (the pipes that get hot) which will usually be on the back but could also be underneath or on top. Then let it cool down for about 15 minutes before plugging it back in. A lot of times when a fridge fails it is just a dirty condenser. If that didn’t work then it has an actual problem like bad start components, a failed compressor, or a refrigerant charge issue. If it is one that has an active fan on the condenser then that could also be the cluprit but most residential fridges don’t use an active condenser fan.
I got my barbecue out and every vegetable in my fridge is getting grilled now.
Peppers? Grilled. Asparagus? Grilled. Mushrooms? Grilled. Carrots?? Believe it or not, grilled.
I can’t grill the milk though. Or maybe I can. I don’t know.
turn the milk into curds, press curds into cheese, bam grill-able milk
that goes great with the cold beer
I don’t know. I really don’t want an eggplant “going off” on my face again.
By the time the rest of the beers warm up, you won’t care anymore
Just throw the veggies in some water. They love drinking that crap.
