Which vegetables don't need to be refrigerated?

GhostWarrior

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but it seemed better than most lol... Basically, I'm doing a big shop and I'm worried about fridge space so I'm wondering which vegetables don't suffer from being kept out of the fridge?

Pitlanepiglet

I don't think any vegetables NEED to be refrigerated but most will suffer if kept in a warm kitchen. Have you got an outside shed or somewhere cooler to keep them?

jcr16

i'm not sure any need to, as none are in the supermarkets ( unless there prepared ones). but they do need to be kept cool.

i keep all ours in fridge , i prefer this way. but having said that i am planning on buying a new tall fridge, as were a family of 5, and i can only store enough veg in ours for a week.

GhostWarrior

Yeah, I do have an outside shed which I've just recently emptied. I hadn't even thought of that for some reason thanks

My kitchen isn't too warm - ever lol - so I think I should be able to keep things like cabbage etc. out of the fridge without it going bad too quickly. I'm guessing less hardy veg - courgettes etc. - should be kept in the fridge if I'm planning on keeping them for more than just a few days?

Pitlanepiglet

When I lived in a flat with a warm kitchen, I found courgettes went over really really quickly.

I'd try to keep any bulk stock in your shed and just bring in what you need for a couple of days at a time and see how you get on?

Fruball

I left brocolli and cauli in a carrier bag by my (freezing) back door... within 2 days the brocolli was turning a weird reddish colour :eek: but the cauli was fine.

I prefer to keep all veggies except potatoes, in the fridge but when I run out of space in winter it all goes in the shed

It could even just go outside if you have a plastic storage bin so nothing cat get at it, I should imagine.

cyclura

Our kitchen is quite cool and I keep root veg in fabric bags hung up while the fruit and veg that spoils fast like tomatos,cucumber and marrow for example are all kept in the fridge. I do take all root veg out of plastic bags though as it does not sweat then