Tomatoes stay fresh and juicy 1 week longer if stored in unexpected place in the kitchen

The best place to store fresh tomatoes is the kitchen countertop (Image: Getty) Nothing better than ripe summer tomatoes to put on top of a juicy burger or add to a fresh salad, but most people do not know how to store tomatoes correctly. It may seem obvious to simply place tomatoes in the fridge when you first get home from the shops but it is actually one of the worst places to store them. Madeline Buiano, a cooking expert from Martha Stewart’s website , has shared that storing fresh tomatoes in the fridge will impact their flavour and can damage them.

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It all comes down to science. “It's in the genes. Tomatoes contain an enzyme that reacts to cold temperatures, causing the ce.