Keep bananas yellow and ripe for 14 days with expert’s simple storage tip

Keep bananas yellow and ripe for 14 days with expert’s simple storage tip (Image: Getty) Bananas are a staple fruit in many people’s weekly food shops, but they have a very short shelf-life. If the weather isn’t too warm they may stay ripe for up to four days, but if it’s warm, then this could be dramatically reduced. Whilst having brown bananas means you can make banana bread, it can be irritating when they discolour so quickly.

To help, experts have shared various ways to make bananas last for much longer , up to 14 days in fact. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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