do bananas stay ripe longer in the refrigerator

When you put a banana in the refrigerator, it stops ripening; so, you don't want to chill it until it's ready to eat. Once it's in the fridge the skin will turn brown, but that doesn't hurt the fruit itself. The refrigeration process buys you 2 or 3 more days before the banana turns to mush.

Keep in mind that because the skin turns color quickly, it's more difficult to tell when the banana has become inedible. As the Fruit Pages say, "the fruit will decay from the inside" (ick!). You'll need to keep track of when you put the fruit in the fridge so you don't end up with black-skinned, liquid-filled objects previously known as bananas.

Happy eating!