15 Food Storage Hacks

Murphybear

Ebe_Scrooge said:

Some good tips in there - some I've heard before, others are new to me.  I'm not sure about number 6 though - leftover wine?  Ermmm, I don't understand that, can someone please explain to me what this is?

One other tip to add - and I know it's been said time and again.  But please, ignore the "Best Before" dates - and, dare I say it, even the "Use By" dates.  If something is off, you'll know about it.  Use your eyes and your nose, ignore what arbitrary dates are printed on the packaging.  It really irks me to see people throwing away perfectly good food for no reason.

This is very bad advice.  There are many bacteria which cause food poisoning and are tasteless and odourless.  2 good examples are listeria and salmonella.  

If you could easily smell if food were off then there wouldn’t be so many cases of food poisoning.  

LameWolf

If your head of broccoli is more than you want to use all at once, take off the amount you want and store the rest standing in a mug of water in the fridge. It will drink up the water, just like a vase of flowers, and stay fresh for longer.