Foods You Shouldn't Store In The Fridge

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1/4 Basil comes from a warm Mediterranean climate putting basil in the fridges causes it to oxidise a lot quicker leaving the leaves black and ruining the herbs scent and flavour. The best place to store basil is in a jar at room temperature with water. This will increase it's shelf life and prevent the discoloration.
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2/4 This might be surprising to some people. Storing bread in the fridge doesn't actually prolong its shelf life. While it may stop bread going moulding, the cool, drying environment dehydrates the bread and makes it go stale quicker. If you want to increase the shelf life of your bread keep it in the freezer.
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3/4 Cucumbers are delicious and refreshing served chilled but storing a cucumber at a low temperature can cause the skin to shrivel and make the pulp turn mushy. If you do like your cucumber chilled it's best to put it in the fridge an hour before you plan on eating it that way it won't get damaged.
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4/4 If you have ever kept garlic in the fridge you might have noticed that it has started to grow a shoot. The fridge is a cold environment which is similar to their growing conditions. Garlic is best kept in a cool place with low humidity like the pantry.
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There are some foods that seem as though they should be in the fridge, but it turns out we can be destroying them by keeping them there.

Here are foods commonly kept in the fridge that shouldn't be!