What fruit pairs well with tomatoes?

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asked Nov 21, 2024 in Other-Food Drink by Mcneish (1,500 points)
What fruit pairs well with tomatoes?

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answered Nov 22, 2024 by LesleeGile (10,320 points)
The fruit that pairs well with tomatoes are berries, raspberries, strawberries, apricots, lychees, nectarines and peaches.

Other fruits that pair well with tomatoes are watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple and limes.

The reason you can't mix fruits and vegetables together is because they can cause digestive issues because fruits and vegetables have different digestibility indexes.

Fruits digest faster than vegetables and most fruits are often partially digested by the time they reach your stomach.

Fruits also have more sugar than vegetables so they can hinder the digestion of vegetables.

Mixing fruits and vegetables together can also disrupt your digestive process and lead to suboptimal nutrient absorption.

Fruit that should not be put together are fruits that produce ethylene gas such as apples and bananas.

Fruits that can sit together are fruits that don't produce ethylene gas such as oranges lemons and limes.

Although cherries, garlic, pineapples, grapefruit and berries can be stored next to fruits that produce ethylene gas including bananas.

Apples should not be stored next to other fruits and vegetables including bananas as apples also produce a lot of ethylene gas.

Bananas are also sensitive to ethylene while ripening and once they become ripe they produce a lot of ethylene so they should not be stored next to other fruits.

Stone fruits such as plums, peaches and other stones fruits should be kept away from other fruits and stay out of the fridge while ripening.

Citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruits are not sensitive to ethylene so they can be stored with pears and apples.

Cherries, blueberries, garlic and pineapples can also be kept next to fruits that produce ethylene gas.

You can also store produce together like brassica vegetables, berries, leafy greens and most root vegetables except for potatoes.

The reason you shouldn't put apples and bananas together is because bananas produce a gas called ethylene gas that speeds up the ripening process of the other fruits including the apples.

Putting apples and bananas together causes the apples to go bad quicker than they normally would.

Bananas and apples should be kept separate to prevent spoilage.

Also keep bananas away from other fruits as they can also spoil quicker in the presence of bananas.

The liquid that will stop cut fruit from turning brown is citrus juice such a lemon juice, orange juice or lime juice.

To keep fruit from turning brown you can sprinkle any type of citrus juice on the fruit such as lemon juice, lime juice or orange juice.

The fruit juices contain citric acid, which slows down the chemical reaction and prevents browning of the fruit.

You can also soak the fruit in a salt water solution for 10 minutes and then drain and store the fruit.

Wrapping the fruit in plastic wrap can also prevent the fruit from browning by preventing air from touching the fruit.

Lemon juice keep fruit from turning brown by lowering the pH of the fruits surface.

To keep your fruit from turning brown coat the fruit with some lemon juice which is acidic.

Toss the fruit in some lemon juice and the lemon juice will lower the pH of the fruit's surface which prevents it from browning.

You can also soak the fruit in two tablespoons of honey diluted with one cup of water to prevent the fruit from turning brown.

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