How to keep bananas fresh?
Is there a way to keep bananas ripe longer?
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I have seen this done- mostly on organic 'nanas- and it seems to work: Use stretchy, self-sticking plastic wrap and tightly wrap the stem ends so they are pretty much air-tight.
Apparently, like apples and most ripening produce, ethylene gas is created by bananas and released- and ethylene causes fruits and veggies to ripen faster- it's why you put unripe tomatoes or hard green avocados into a brown paper bag: You are trapping the ethylene gas in the bag, thus helping the fruits/veggie to ripen faster.
But with 'nanas, we want to do the opposite: Not ripen them, but slow that ripening down some.
So, wrap the ends tightly in plastic wrap, not allowing ethylene to so swiftly do its stuff.
I even found an article about ithttps://www.businessinsider.com/plastic-wrap-will-help-slow-bananas-down-from-ripening-2016-8