Learn the easy ways to keep your apples for short-term and long-term storage.
Plus, pick up a few delicious apple recipes along the way.
Plus, we’ll tell you how to store cut apples and how to freeze apples.
Look for apples that are smooth, unwrinkled and free of blemishes.
Sinceapples come in different colors, snag the ones with bright, vibrant-looking skin.
When sniffed, they should smell pleasantly fruity with no trace of rottenness or dankness.
This may lead to spoilage and wasted apples.
This method traps theethylene gasthat apples naturally emit.
Too much of it can cause apples to go bad faster than they normally would.
Ethylene is responsible for the old adage “one bad apple spoils the barrel.”
The riper the fruit, the more gas it gives off, affecting the other apples around it.
All that said, you don’t have to put too much thought into storing whole apples.
Unlike fruits such as tomatoes, apples like the chilly air of the refrigerator.
Here’s how to do it:
The cut apples should remain crisp and delicious for about two days.
Either way, they’ll hold their shape and texture very wellparticularly forapple pie filling.
If you thaw them, put them in a strainer over a bowl to let the excess water drain.
