Bag o'onions. What do you all do to store onions when they come in those mesh bags - sheesh

I rarely succumb to the temptation to buy a whole bag--even a two pound one. No matter

how I store them the last ones are always sprouted or rotten. I usually buy them two onions at a time-pricey but I just hate to waste them. Of course I'm only one person. Maybe if I had a real "root cellar".....

 
Peel them, only the loose skins, then put them in zip-locks in...

the fridge. This is how I found that one does not cry when they are cold. They last quite a long time in the fridge. No mess and they are crisp to use.

 
I have one full drawer of onions in my extra frig. I am amazed at how I depend on onions

now, so I buy the big bag for the same price as (and sometimes less than) the small one.

 
That would be panty hose....

Drop one in the right toe, tie a knot, drop the next one in, another knot. You can continue with the other leg if needed. Then hang them in a cool dark place and cut one off as needed.

 
This is a great idea.......on the yacht...usually I have them in a mesh bag swinging ......

They make a mess...... I'll hang them over the lee-sheet hooks in the fo'c'sle. They will be fun to watch dancing around in there as we sail.
The knobbly panty-hose dance!

 
Thanks all for advice, laughs, and "visions!" Since I don't wear panty hose any more and

I've got a drawer full, I'll give this a shot! I think I'll try Joanie's idea, too, to see which works best for my cooking style.

Debbie

 
Speaking of onions.....why are they so darn huge anymore? The yellow

and red ones are giants! I can't use one of those babies up before it goes bad, and I use a lot of onions. It seems that once they are cut, and put into the refer, they don't keep as well.

 
Now, I don't know if this is so, truly, or not but only cut what you.....

want to use from the top of the onion and only cut the base off if you will use the whole onion. If I cut the onion in half -top to bottom - I kind of go skew to leave some base intact.....Then, if the onion has started discolouring, I slice off the outer bit and voila, it is fine inside...........
Keeping the base whole and then zip-locking the onion seems to keep it going longer than when cutting it off.
Never keep slices or dices for more than a day or two....that deteriorates rather quickly.

 
And why are they so expensive this year? $1.69 per lb and

that is just for brown, NOT vidalias, or Texas sweets or even beautiful red onions....The storage question also interests me, because this year, as opposed to years past, I have notiiced that these huge onions i am getting at the local markets, are VERY quickly sprouting- Are the hugeness of this years onions and the "early sprouting" related???

i had always heard that onions, like potatoes, shouldn't be stored in the fridge, but if you say it works, I will try it!

 
I store potatoes in the frige too. Remember though I live in the tropics......

in a house now that means rats and mice...so I leave little out and of course the heat as we don't have airco.

Sometimes I wouldn't mind moving back on board as there life was so simple, veggies and fruit kept in a mesh bag swinging from the rigging.
If I needed any of them I'd have a lazy swim before and after the strenous task of taking a veg out of the bag....(bye-the-bye I always rinsed all veg and fruit in clorox / water blend before storing as that kept them fresh for longer but I dont do that much anymore)

 
You know, I also store potatoes in the fridge for a couple of weeks or less and have noticed no bad

effects. I read somewhere that if you remove them several hours before using, the sugar converts back into starch. I have no idea if that's the case, but I try to do it. I did a search and found a reputable source that says while it's not ideal, you can store in the fridge if you're not making french fries. Most of us don't have root cellars, that's the ideal storage place, just above 45 degrees.

Cook's Illustrated did a test with several different kinds of storage and noted no adverse effects from refrigerator storage. I wouldn't do it for months, but I honestly don't think it hurts the potatoes to refrigerate for a few weeks.

http://www.kimberly.uidaho.edu/potatoes/faq.htm

 
I store all sweet and red onions in the fridge and the cooking onions in the pantry. The quality of

onions this spring has seemed worse than usual and prices higher. The new crop is just coming in, I think.

 
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