How do you store your tomatoes?

km202
km202 Posts: 112
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love tomatoes and always try to keep them in the house, but they always seem to go bad before I can get them eaten. How are you supposed to store them, refrigerator or room temp?
Let me know if you know any tricks.

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  • ihateroses
    ihateroses Posts: 893 Member
    In my belly!!!

    You can pickle them, they are sooo good.

    http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/08/how-to-make-pickled-red-tomatoes-canning-summer.html
  • DonnaLeeCattes
    DonnaLeeCattes Posts: 492 Member
    they will last longer in the frig dear :)
  • stardancer7
    stardancer7 Posts: 276 Member
    I just keep them on the counter with my garlic and lemons. If they're refrigerated, they taste like cardboard to me. I only buy about five or six at a time, even though I eat one or two a day.
  • ravenchick
    ravenchick Posts: 345 Member
    In the crisper drawer in my refrigerator. They last about 2 weeks in there.
  • VanessaHeartsMasr
    VanessaHeartsMasr Posts: 727
    Fridge. Definitely.
  • niftyafterfifty
    niftyafterfifty Posts: 338 Member
    Refrigerating tomatoes affects the taste negatively. I have a garden and a lot of tomatoes. I store them in the basement where it's cooler, and bring them upstairs as needed. If they get too ripe, peel them by immersing in boiling water until the skin begins to split; then drop in cold water. Pull the skin off with a knife and cut in chunks. Freeze them in a freezer bag to use later in soups or stews.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    I do put my tomatoes in the fridge.
    When I grow them, I like them best before refrigeration.
    Also with an overload of homegrown tomatoes, I slice and dehydrate them (with just a touch of olive oil to coat). I fridge those as well, and often reconstitute in the blender with enough water to make a nice sauce.
  • Gramps251
    Gramps251 Posts: 738 Member
    They last longer in the fridge but they don't taste the same as at room temp to me. Maybe I'm fooling myself.

    I just buy the amount I can use in a week (1 a day?) and buy more from the farmers market when their gone. Where I live tomato season ends mid September so I just enjoy them when they're in season then switch to peppers for my salad when I can't find nice tomatos.
  • rustybago
    rustybago Posts: 15
    I keep mine on the windowsill as well. They do keep longer in the fridge, but I too believe the taste gets dull. I grow my own and soon will have more than we can eat in a reasonable amount of time so I will can some and dry whatever doesn't get tossed into sauce or soup.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    on the counter - I was told to never refrigerate tomatoes (but I do after I cut them if I don't use a whole one)
  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    Despite reading they should NEVER be refrigerated, I refrigerate mine. I can't eat them warm and they go bad way too fast if I leave them out.
  • MetilHed
    MetilHed Posts: 101 Member
    I store them in the can they came in : )
  • PapaDunx
    PapaDunx Posts: 243
    Mine dont last long enough to go bad .. I love tomatoes!

    Plus, as someone else said, I only buy 5/6 at a time

    But room temperature is best for me
  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
    On the counter until they're fully ripe (if I bought them at the store) and then into the fridge. Or straight into the fridge if I got them from the farm and they were vine ripened.

    If they're going to go bad before you can use them up, you can slow roast them in the oven with some olive oil, seasonings, and then freeze them for later use!
  • MakingAChoice
    MakingAChoice Posts: 481 Member
    I keep mine in the crisper drawer, but then I buy 15 or so at a time. So I like them to last longer. The flavor is not as rich, but it does not bother me.
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
    Bacteria gets in through the stem part so I store mine on the counter, lined up with the stem end against the counter.
  • bellygoaway
    bellygoaway Posts: 441 Member
    They keep for a while in the pizza sauce and ketchup:)
  • MissMormie
    MissMormie Posts: 359 Member
    Tomatoes grow in a warm temperature, so you shouldn't keep them in the fridge.

    This is actually a rule that counts for about 99% of the fruit and vegetables. If it grows in the heat, don't store it in the fridge.
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