Whether you've just bought tomatoes—cherry tomatoes, unripe tomatoes, or fresh tomatoes—at the grocery store, ready to whip up a batch of tomato sauce or a fresh summer salad, it's important to know how to store tomatoes and to understand the tomato ripening process. There's lots of talk out there about ethylene gas, paper bags and plastic bags, and how to stop the tomato ripening process—but contrary to popular belief, the answer isn't necessarily to never refridgerate tomatoes. Read on to see why.
If you want to get a room full of tomato lovers fired up, announce to everyone that you put them in the fridge, and watch the vitriol flow. After all, refrigerating tomatoes is an absolute no-no—right?
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