33 Foods You Should Never Store In the Fridge

Avocados will achieve peak ripeness quicker when stored at room temperature.

Your basil is best left at room temperature with the stems submerged in water. This goes for other herbs as well.

The skin of the peppers loses its crunch when stored at low temperatures.

It's a common mistake, but storing cucumbers in the fridge will make them watery and pitted. If you do choose to refrigerate them, it's best to wrap them up in plastic to minimize the moisture.

They're already preserved. Save the room in your fridge.

Ever notice your onions getting soft and moldy in the fridge? It's caused by the moisture. Store them somewhere cool and dry, but not in a plastic bag or near potatoes.

Like onions, garlic is best kept in a cool, dry place. Refrigeration causes it to become rubbery.

It's best to store potatoes in a paper bag. The added moisture from the fridge makes them gritty and sweet.

Keeping your tomatoes at room temperature will ensure they'll have optimal flavor and juiciness.

Bananas need warmer temperatures to ripen, which means the fridge is definitely not the right place for them.

Your berries have a better chance at staying fresh at room temperature. Refrigerator moisture will ruin them. It's also recommended to only wash them when you're going to eat them.

Keep on the counter and make sure get rid of the ones that mold. The mold can quickly spread to the others.

If they're still whole, melons should be left out at room temperature so they can ripen. They should only be refrigerated once they've been sliced.

Olive oil should be kept in a cool, dark place. It hardens if left in a refrigerator.

The vinegar in hot sauce keeps it preserved. Only creamy condiments need to be refrigerated.

This one is debatable, but the acidity in ketchup means that you can keep it out of the fridge, and it'll stay fresh for about a month. If you'll take longer than a month to use up the bottle, make some room in your fridge.

Thanks to fermentation, you're good keeping soy sauce in a cabinet for up to a year instead of the fridge.

Yes, dairy should be kept in the fridge ... but storing butter makes it harden and tough to spread. You can actually keep sticks of butter out for about a week (in reasonable temperatures) so it maintains an enjoyable consistency.

Honey will never turn on you no matter where you keep it.

You've got three months to get through that jar (... like it's a challenge) before you should store it in the fridge.