RE: Saving a box of bananas - light humor - final update [s]

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Bob writes:

 

ok..here's what worked, and what didn't:

 

1. didn't - lost the vacuum on the bags in the pantry...it may have

been from " standing them on end.. " ...lost about 4 bags, 28 bananas

or so....they were all way too soft and mushy to use for anything...

(I ate about 5 of them...*reaaaallllyyyy ripe..*; and that combined

with some temperatures in the 80s...

 

2. the one bag in the fridge did very well - under vacuum it hadn't

turned black, and I was able to eat 3-4 or the bananas from that

pack, and they had a good consistency - not too mushy; however, when

I went back to get the remainder of the pack maybe 3 hours later,

they'd all turned jet black, and were all soft and mushy...almost

like they'd decided they had some catching up to do...lol! lost 3

more bananas.

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Hi Bob,

 

Are you saying that the ones in the pantry were unrefrigerated? That won't

work, fermentation will explode the seals. (But this could be a good lesson

in how little it takes to set off significant fermentation, and how quickly

it occurs.) They must be refrigerated or frozen upon sealing.

 

Second bag, once you let in the oxygen, oxidation is rapid. If you try (next

time) resealing the bag each time you remove bananas, things will probably

go much better in the banana storage department!

 

 

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