Re: food storage questions
Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>
On the onions and the potatoes, you need to make sure that the varieties
you save are good keepers. I was talking to an Amish woman about onions
this past week. She lays all of her onions (about 3000) =) up in her barn
loft to cure. She says she leaves them there until about the end of
October. Then she puts them in boxes or bushel baskets and stores them in
her basement. I did the pantyhose thing last year with garlic. I have one
room in my basement that has an artificial spring house contraption that the
Amish used for refridgerator storage. I hung the garlic in that room. I
don't know if my garlics were not keepers, not cures properly, or it was
just too moist in that room, but they all got mold on them. Somebody said a
cool dark place is best and dry is helpful. We did store potatoes down
there though and they did fine. Hope this helps.
Wanting to please my Lord and Savior,
Marci, Adopted List Momma
Amazing Graze Farms
http://www.amazinggrazefarms.faithweb.com
Keep striving to be the best Keeper At Home you can be!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori" <lthornburg@starband.net>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 11:28 PM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] food storage questions
> First of all, onions. I did freeze some this year after I chopped or
minced
> them. Now, I want some fresh though. I have heard I can store them in
> panty hose, separated by a knot each. Does anyone know if there is truth
to
> that? Will this help them last longer than the ones I keep in my drawer?
> For some reason mine seem to rot with a month or so.
>
> Second, potatoes. How can I store these so that they won't shrivel and
turn
> to mush? I was thinking I could put them in a rubbermaid container in my
> garage..my garage stays quite cool and I use this for my food storage. Is
> there a way I could prolong their life? Potatoes get so expensive in the
> winter months here.
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