Home improvements: Freshest food in fridges and freezers

Proper food storage not only helps avoid contamination, but can also eliminate waste and drastically reduce grocery bills.

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Organising your refrigerator and freezer the correct way can boost food safety. Proper food storage not only helps avoid contamination, but can also eliminate waste and drastically reduce grocery bills. Here are a few tips:

Wrap leafy vegetables in newspaper to maintain crispness. Separate onions from potatoes; onions make potatoes sprout. Keep cucumbers and tomatoes on your kitchen counter, because they fare better without refrigeration, and keep berries fresh by washing them with one part vinegar to 10 parts water.

Use a cloth to rub white vinegar onto cold cuts (and other salt-cured meat) to prevent dryness and unpleasant smells. Wrap cheese in absorbent material such as parchment paper to maintain freshness.

Store milk and other perishable items in the middle section of the fridge.

An opened bottle of maple syrup should be kept in the freezer – its high sugar content will prevent the syrup from solidifying. Also store ginger in the freezer to make it easier to grate.

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