Storing Fruit and Veg

[Guest guest]

Do you all have nifty ideas for storing produce? I notice that if the fruit

sits in it's own juice for too long it goes bad (I guess why those grocery

fruit trays have little humps built into the bottom for the juice to go).

 

I know certain things such as avocados shouldn't get too much air. Cilantro

will wilt quickly if it gets too much air and will turn black and nasty if

it gets too much moisture. Is it potatoes that shouldn't get stored next to

apples? Potatoes in a dark place?

 

I've just recently started storing things into zip lock type bags instead of

big containers.

 

What do you all do, please?

 

S.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

You want to store apples and tomatoes seperate from other things as

they let out gasses that cause other things to ripen.

 

Potatoes can be place in a paper bag and put into cool, dry space.

 

The best way I've found to keep my greens and herbs as fresh as

possible is to wash them and dry them well. That's where the salad

spinner really comes in handy. Then I line ziploc bags with a paper

towel. I've had lettuce from the garden last well over 10 days this way.

 

Garlic and onions tend to do well in hanging wire baskets at my house.

But actually all of my onions I just harvested from the garden are

" curing " in the basement right now. I think I picked somewhere around

50+ onions! I have Walla Walla, Red Torpedo, Red Burgermeister and a

white storage onion (can't remember name).

 

Hope that gives you some ideas.

 

Denise

 

, subprong <subprong@g...> wrote:

> Do you all have nifty ideas for storing produce? I notice that if

the fruit

> sits in it's own juice for too long it goes bad (I guess why those

grocery

> fruit trays have little humps built into the bottom for the juice to

go).

>

> I know certain things such as avocados shouldn't get too much air.

Cilantro

> will wilt quickly if it gets too much air and will turn black and

nasty if

> it gets too much moisture. Is it potatoes that shouldn't get stored

next to

> apples? Potatoes in a dark place?

>

> I've just recently started storing things into zip lock type bags

instead of

> big containers.

>

> What do you all do, please?

>

> S.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Amy, thank you for the heads up. Although I could think of worse

things my house could smell like! One time James made teriyaki sauce

and the whole house smelled like garlic and ginger for days. It was

actually pretty nice.

 

I'll have to see if I can find that book at the library.

 

James is concerned with me using the dehydrator too much since it runs

for so long (8-13 hrs). We're already reeling from the 3 months of

high electric bills due to our poorly running air conditioner. At

least now for about three weeks we haven't had it on. It's nice to

finally get the break.

 

I'm still debating on the onions, because the ones I grew are great

for storage and will last us most of the winter.

 

 

, " Amy " <sandpiperhiker>

wrote:

> Denise - if you dry the onions.. be prepared for your whole house to

> smell of onions for a couple of days!!! Garlic too.... put the

> dehydrator on the porch if you can. :-)

>

> I highly recommend Mary Bell's Complete Food Dehydrator Cookbook to

> any one interested in drying food...