The cheat code for enhancing a lot of meals is avocado. The creamy pitted fruit can transform the most straightforward recipes into seemingly extravagant meals. Slice it up and lay it on a fried chicken sandwich, add it to a taco, or crumble it on a bacon salad. There’s a lengthy list of the different routes you can take. But there’s nothing worse than getting hyped up to use it, only for you to cut into it and encounter a sad, brown, mushy mess. It happens to the best of us, but a recent Instagram clip with nearly 121K views shares a few hacks you can try to prevent spoilage.
If you’re dealing with pre-sliced avocado, you can reach for a popular glass container that you likely already have in your kitchen to store it in. According to the Instagram clip, if you place one in a Mason jar sealed with a metal lid and keep it in the fridge, it’ll stay fresh for up to a week. Preserving it in chilly conditions helps prevent oxidation — or exposure to air — which causes a chemical reaction that turns the pitted fruit brown, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
For whole avocados, you’ll want to take a different route. In the clip, @thecrosslegacy instructs you to store unripe ones in your crisper drawer next to a few lemons; they will last for up to a month. The acidity from citrus peels can also help slow the oxidation process, which will allow you to keep them longer, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
