Best way to store tomatoes including over ripe and under ripe

It is easy to allow our tomatoes to get spoilt or damage easily within short period. We've all bought a great piece of fresh food, forgotten about it, and then found out later that it had spoiled in the refrigerator. To make things easier, we have provided a list of suggestions and instructions for preserving or storing tomatoes irrespective of their condition.

How to Store Ripe Tomatoes :

Check your tomatoes first for any soft, browned, or wrinkled areas.

When it comes to ripe tomatoes, the refrigerator is your friend, so keep them there. The warmth of the refrigerator keeps the tomatoes from getting rotten or over rippen.

How to Store Cut Tomatoes :

Priorities: thoroughly wash and dry your tomatoes. Cut into quarters or half.

Eating Cut tomatoes as soon as possible after cutting them is the best storage tip because they quickly lose flavor. Cut tomatoes should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The duration of them is two to three days.

How to store over-ripe tomatoes :

 To stop the ripening process of an over ripe tomatoes and to prevent issue like mold in it, this process must be followed: A few overripe tomatoes can be stored in the refrigerator. Additionally, Serious Eats' tests show that the cold won't harm the tomato flavor.

But mind you, mushy tomatoes do happen from time to time, which is the reason there is tomato sauce.

How to store under-ripe tomatoes

If your tomato is still a few days away from being fully mature, you can leave it out on the counter to ripen.

According to food scientist Harold McGee, who states in On Food and Cooking that underripe tomatoes "are especially sensitive to chilling at temperatures below about 55oF...and suffer damage to their membranes that results in minimal flavor development, blotchy coloration, and a soft, mealy texture when they're brought back to room temperature," underripe tomatoes shouldn't be kept in a cold refrigerator. And no one wants that.