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Letter: A chiller for wine keeps fruit just fine

Published 19 December 2017

From Gwydion Williams, Coventry, West Midlands, UK

Sam Wong raises the problem of a fridge being too cold for storing tomatoes, yet the kitchen being too warm (9 December, p 25).

I solved this by buying a wine cooler. I seldom drink wine, but it stores my tomatoes and bananas very nicely. They used to rot or get overripe, and at 12°C they seem fine. Is there a market for a fruit and vegetable cool box?

Issue no. 3157 published 23 December 2017

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