TIPS ON CHOOSING AND STORING SUMMER PRODUCE

• Cantaloupes should have a strong smell of flowers at the end where the stem was.

• Honeydew melons should feel like wax and be a creamy color.

• Watermelons should sound hollow when you lightly tap them.

• Store melons at room temperature.
  

• If you refrigerate melons more than a day the rinds will start to rot.

• White corn is no sweeter than yellow, there actually is no difference in taste.

• Store corn in it's husks to keep it moist.

• Corn should be stored separately from strongly odored foods as it tends to absorb those odors.

• Tomatoes should not be refrigerated because they loose that fresh aroma in temps of 60 or below.

• Buy tomatoes that feel heavy for the size and have a fresh tomato scent.

• Keep tomatoes in a cool dark place and not in direct sunlight.