By RIPE, checked against a produce manager's cues. Published .
Not until they are fully ripe. Cold interrupts ripening and mutes the flavor compounds, which is why fridge tomatoes taste flat. Keep them on the counter, stem side down, until they are ripe, then use them or refrigerate for a day or two at most.
Good to know
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Underripe tomatoes ripen on the counter; a sunny windowsill is not needed and can soften the top before the inside catches up.
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If a ripe tomato has to go in the fridge, let it come back to room temperature before eating, some flavor returns.
Written by the team behind RIPE, a free app that reads a photo of the whole produce pile and rings the ripest ones. Every cue above is one you can check with your own hands, and it all works with no app at all.
Where this comes from
These cues match the public guidance from university extension services. Read them yourself:
You just read the cue for one piece. RIPE reads a photo of the entire display, draws numbered rings on the ones worth taking, and tells you why in the same plain words these guides use. Then it remembers what you brought home and nudges you before it turns.
It claims only what a camera can actually see. Every verdict ends by handing the last check back to your hands, which is the part these guides just taught you.
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