A Cook Shares 11 Tips on Choosing Tasty Vegetables and Fruits

[Music] the cook shares 11 tips on choosing tasty vegetables and fruits do you know how to choose the best fruits and vegetables for your future culinary masterpieces a confectioner maria troitskaya shares useful tips that will help you navigate better among all the varieties of products available in supermarkets but first hit the subscription button and ring the notification bell to join us on the bright side of life [Music] 1. tomatoes many people think that tomatoes on branches are fresher and therefore choose them in fact a stalk is not an indicator of the freshness but of the greenness of the tomato ripe tomatoes fall off the vine by themselves if a vine still holds them it means the tomatoes were cut off before being ripened and left to ripen in the box these tomatoes have very few vitamins and useful elements the color of a good tomato should be homogeneous and saturated without green areas moreover its smell should be pleasant it's pretty easy to spot nitrate tomatoes in a store they are elastic but not firm if you press it you won't see a trace of your fingerprint left on the tomato good tomatoes should be soft to the touch 2. watermelon the tastiest and sweetest watermelons ripen in the period from the second half of august until the end of september some producers spray early watermelons with nitrogen fertilizers and growth stimulants trying to collect the harvest faster all melons absorb these dangerous substances from the environment which is why you shouldn't buy them off the road it's the same reason why you shouldn't buy watermelons that are already cut they could contain many microbes opt for a medium-sized watermelon bright contrasting stripes and a shiny crust are the indicators of its ripeness a ripe watermelon has a dry tail because when a watermelon ripens it stops taking moisture from the ground a watermelon side should be a saturated yellow color and its size should be two to four inches knock a watermelon with your fist ripe fruits make a resonant sound three bell pepper there are few people who know that bell peppers have two types male and female and that they differ by taste in order to learn the type of a bell pepper turn it upside down if it has four sectors it's a female type if it has three sectors it's a male type the shape of a male type is more elongated while the female type is shorter and wider a female type is much sweeter and it can be eaten raw the bell peppers of a male type are more sour and firm they are good for jarring and cooking the heavier the bell pepper the juicier it is its tail should be green and firm search for peppers without orange spots they indicate that the pepper has become a victim of insects four apples opt for medium-sized apples and apples should be firm and heavy by weight don't buy shiny apples in order to make fruit look good manufacturers coat them with wax or natural resins when buying a green apple pay attention to a gray net near the stem if it's there that means the apple has ripened it's better to buy apples during the high season that's when they are the tastiest and richest in vitamins they are less nutritious in other months [Music] cherries buy cherries during high season in june or july the berries are more nutritious tastier and cheaper at this time check cherries by touch before buying them they shouldn't be too solid or too soft and there should be no sweat on them the berries should be shiny and saturated in color the darker the berries are the more useful sugars carotenoids anthocyanins and organic acids they have berries should always be sold with stems fresh cherries have green and firm stems if the berries are sticky it's likely that they are not fresh the smell of fermentation means that the berries are spoiled don't buy them six plums [Music] when buying plums opt for fruits with a homogeneous color also avoid buying cracked plums as well as plums with dents stains and other injuries a plum should be heavy with a pleasant sweet smell if the fruit skin has a thin white layer it means that these plums have been picked up recently pay attention to the stem a ripened plum must have a ripened stem [Music] 7. cucumbers [Music] give your preference to the cucumbers that are a bright green color they should be firm to the touch if a cucumber is fresh the color of its skin should be saturated without any shine a peel that is too shiny can signal that a cucumber has been fertilized by nitrates and is coated with wax pay attention to the tail if it is withered and dry this is a sign of an over-ripe cucumber buy cucumbers that are medium-sized and about four to six inches in length over dried vegetables have a watery taste and an unpleasant bitterness stains cracks and bruising on the surface of the cucumber are also unacceptable [Music] eight bananas [Music] look for bananas that are a bright yellow color small dots on their peel indicate that the banana is ripe and is ready to be used however you shouldn't store this type of banana for more than two days or it will over ripen also don't buy bananas with big black spots there is a decay process already going on inside the size of the fruit doesn't matter when buying bananas if you are not choosing between baby bananas and bananas that are a normal size baby bananas are always sweet but they are also more expensive [Music] nine pears [Music] a ripe pear can be easily identified by a bright aroma the fruit itself should be neither very firm nor too soft and there should be no damage or dent on its peel brown spots near the tail indicate that the fruit is not fresh there are pear types that maintain a bright green color but in most cases a small blush is a good indicator of the fruit's ripeness 10. kiwi when choosing kiwi place one fruit between your thumb and index finger and squeeze it a ripe fruit will be soft but elastic also pay attention to the smell a ripe kiwi has a vivid citrus smell and the kiwi's peel should be smooth and firm without any damage 11 lemons [Music] a ripe lemon has a shiny peel as if it was polished also pay attention to the smoothness of the peel the lemons from the first crop collected from the lemon bearing tree for the first time have a smooth peel the concentration of useful elements in them is higher than in the fruits of further harvests skin that is too lumpy is usually thick and weighs more than the fruit with a thin peel but they have less pulp bonus how to choose an avocado when choosing an avocado the first thing you need to do is pay attention to its color ripe fruits are usually much darker but keep in mind that there are avocado types that can stay evergreen an avocado skin should be a little pebbled but there should be no severe dents that could indicate bruises the last step is to check the stem if the area underneath the stem is green or yellow this fruit is worth buying if it's brown the fruit is over ripe how do you choose fruits and vegetables tell us in the comments below remember to give us a 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Keywords: ripe fruits, ripe vegetables, cooking tips, how to pick an avocado, how to pick lemons, how to pick kiwi, how to pick pears, how to pick bananas, how to pick cucumbers, how to pick plums, how to pick cherries, how to pick apples, how to pick bell peppers, how to pick a watermelon, how to pick tomatoes, nitrate tomatoes

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Length: 8min 50sec (530 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 11 2019