Bananas will stay fresh for 15 days with 1 simple water tip
Bananas can quickly turn from being delicious and sweet to inedible as they quickly overripen - but some simple hacks may help extend their freshness.
One simple tip is said to help bananas stay fresh for as long as two weeks - and everything you need to do it may already be in your kitchen. Bananas are a go-to breakfast or lunch option for many, rich in carbohydrates to boost your energy and potassium which is good for heart health.
But as most people know, the fruit can quickly turn from being delicious and sweet, to inedible as they quickly overripen. Bananas continue to ripen after they've been picked, emitting ethylene, a gaseous hormone that speeds up the process. However, there are steps you can take to try and slow how quickly this happens, including wrapping the stems in cling film.
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But an Express reader previously suggested water can be used to markedly extend how long they stay fresh.
They said: “A simple and cheaper way of making bananas last longer is to immerse the stalk end in water. Ours keep for 10 to 14 days when stored like that.
"Rather than the three or four days in a fruit bowl on their own or on a banana hook.”
TikToker Dustin Hadley tries out life hacks he's learned since turning 40 on his popular @that40yearguy channel, which has 4.3million followers.
He gave the water technique a try in a video, conducting a week-long test to see if one bunch of bananas with their stalks left in a tub of water stayed fresh for longer than another bunch left beside the tub.
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He said: “I’m going to put three bananas in the water [stalk down] and I’m going to leave the other three sitting there. We’ll come back in a week or so and see what they look like.”
After leaving them both for 12 days, the social media personality returndd to find the bananas with their stems in the water remaining solid, firm, and yellow, with lots of brown spots.
He then attempted to pick up the three three that hadn't been left in water, but the stem snapped off, peeled open the banana and fell to the ground.
The skin was browner and the fruit mushier, with Dustin describing them as “shrivelled up”.
People swear by various other methods to keep bananas at their best for longer, with one approach said to help delay them turning even after being cut.
