Go ahead and eat 50-day-old carrots

Posted on Mar 13th 2008 2:26PM by Martha Edwards
In our house, we tend to keep food in our fridge for longer than most people. It's part laziness, part iron stomachs and part frugality, but whatever the cause, I'm often left scratching my head wondering if I should use a certain ingredient in my next meal. But I recently came across this handy timeline for storing common fruits and veggies:
  • Carrot (peeled): 51 days
  • Tomato: 36 days
  • Garlic: 30 days
  • Broccoli: 27 days
  • Strawberry: 22 days
  • Asparagus: 22 days
  • Spinach: 19 days
  • Grapes (black and green): 14 days
  • Peppers (red and green): 14 days
  • Cucumber: 8 days
  • Lettuce: 8 days
Surprising, yes? I thought the times on many of these were much shorter. This is good news though, particularly for those month-old carrots in the back of my fridge.
 
 

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