Here’s a list of eatables that you should never refrigerate. Check out the interesting reasons.
Berries
Berries will become moldy, soggy, and lose their original flavor in the fridge.
Chicken
Raw or uncooked chicken should not be stored in the fridge as it can get harmful bacterias like Campylobacter and Salmonella.
Baked Goods
Cookies, cakes, muffins, cupcakes, brownies & pies will get dry in texture if you refrigerate them.
Better to store them in an airtight container in room tempreture.
The only exception amongst baked goods would be dairy based products like custard.
Onions
Onions should be kept in room tempreture or ideally in warm tempreture in order to mantain it’s freshness and nutrional value.
Onions should ideally be kept away from other vegetables like potatoes as it can increase an onion’s aging process.
However if you refirigerate an onion after cutting, it will remain edible for a week.
Cucumber
Cucumbers last longer when they’re stored at room temperature, this practice also make them taste better.
A cucumber’s skin can get damaged from the fridge more significantly.
However, while using cucumbers for salad, you can refrigerate for a few hours.
Potatoes
Potatoes starches turn into sugars when they are refrigerated. The texture also gets messy.
However, cooked potatoes can be refrigerated.
Apples
Apples will ripe quickly in the fridge. An apple will also lose it’s crispiness factor. In long-term it will also lose it’s sweetness.
Dried Beans
It’s better to store them in an airtight container on the shelf to keep moisture and pests away.
Garlic
It starts rotting from inside the cloves after being refrigerated.
Donuts
Donuts can get soggy and stale in the fridge.
Uncooked Rice
Uncooked rice should be stored in room tempreture.
Peanut Butter
When kept in the fridge, peanut butter becomes dry.
However homemade and natural peanut butter belongs to the fridge.
Pizza
Refrigerating pizza makes its crust soggy and chewy.
Mayonnaise
Mayo gets a more pronounced flavor and a smoother texture when stored in the pantry instead of the fridge.
Olive Oil
Olive Oil will solidify over time and become cloudy in the fridge.
Bread
The fridge makes the bread stale and also dries it out.
Corn
It remains fresh and juicy outside of the fridge.
Avocados
Refrigeration slows down the ripening process of avocados.
Coffee
Coffee shouldn’t be refrigerated as it requires air circulation.
It also needs dry air to remain fresh.
Basil
It can wilt into a brown mess in the fridge.
Stone Fruits
They remain juicier and tastier at room temperature.
Stone fruits will last in the fridge for around five days so be sure to enjoy them when they’re still fresh
Tomatoes
They lose their texture and become mealy and mushy in the fridge.
Dry Fruit
Dry fruits becomes very hard and tasteless in the fridge.
Cereal
It gets less crunchy in the fridge. Can even get soggy.
Spices
Spices shouldn’t be refrigerated as they’ll lose their flavor. Their organic smell might also disappear.
Hot Sauce
It already contains preservatives which helps it from getting spoiled but refrigeration will reduce its strength.
Soy Sauce
Soy sauce’s high sodium content works as a natural preservative.
On being refrigerated, it becomes less flavorful.
Tropical Fruits
They become less flavorful after being refrigerated.
Opened Cans
Once it’s opened and exposed to air, the iron and aluminum in it gets deteriorated.
Especially tins consisting fruits and pickles.
Pears
The cooling element of the fridge makes pears less juicy and crispy.
Carrots
Due to a carrot’s high water content like cucumbers, it too rots quicker when refrigerated.
Papayas
In the fridge, a papaya will stop it’s ripening. It’s juicy element will also get affected. s freeze.
