Bananas are one of the most wasted foods in British households as they often turn brown and spotty after just a few days, but there is a simple way to keep them yellow for much longer. Many people do not realise they are storing bananas wrong as they should never be placed inside a fruit bowl, and should instead always be kept separate from other fruits. Kendall, a baker and the founder of A Bit of This, A Dash of That , has shared that bananas also stay fresh for much longer if their stems are wrapped up.
She confessed that she was annoyed that her bananas were quickly becoming “soft and bruised”, which meant she had to go to the supermarket more often, so she decided to try out a “brilliant” storage hack she found online. Kendall said: “The original idea has you wrapping plastic wrap around the tops of the bananas, but we had aluminium foil, so I used that instead. “I figured it's probably just that the tops need to be covered and not so much about it being plastic wrap or foil.
” Kendall wrapped up the stems of a bunch of bananas in tin foil and took a photo of them everyday, then after a week she was surprised to see the fruit was still bright yellow. She said: “I took advantage of the fact that they weren't going bad and saved them! I love having bananas on hand to snack on, and now that this little trick works, I can have them last a whole week and not have to worry about going to the grocery store!” The reason this storage method works so well is becau.