Create high and low humidity zones.
Crisper drawer in fridge.
Use this ingenious method to create a salad drawer.
But empty drawers are not humid.
If you leave it in the plastic bag from the grocery store.
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Most crisper drawers have adjustable humidity vents allowing you to close off the airflow creating more humidity or open it up creating a low humidity environment.
If your refrigerator has humidity controls on the drawers designate one as a.
The high setting on the humidity drawer will cut off airflow to the drawer allowing the contents to sit in the humidity and gases they produce as they ripen.
By having the window closed water vapor is held in the drawer and the moisture keeps the greens crisper and fresher longer.
Crisper drawers are bins that offer a more humid environment than the rest of the refrigerator interior.
Pack your crisper drawers much like you would a grocery bag with the heavier items on the bottom carrots so as to not damage the more delicate produce fresh herbs.
Keeping fruits and vegetables that are sensitive to ethylene gas like strawberries in this drawer will also keep them away from ethylene producers.
The crisper drawer extends the life of your fruits and vegetables by controlling the airflow around them via the vents.
The humidity in the crisper comes from the food you store in the drawers.
Most are adjustable between high and low through a sliding humidity control setting that opens or closes a small vent in the drawer.
Crisper drawers work best when they re almost full but not stuffed or cramped at about two thirds capacity says kharlamenko.
A crisper drawer set to low humidity sometimes labeled the fruit setting lets out some of the ethylene gases that lead to faster rotting thereby keeping these fruits and vegetables fresher.
It works by sealing off the drawers from the rest of the fridge.