Buying And Storing Produce Made Easy

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Buying And Storing Produce Made Easy
Topic Started: Nov 30 2015, 03:56 PM (185 Views)
Darcie	Nov 30 2015, 03:56 PM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: When shopping for fresh produce, we all have our tricks to find the best foods, from smelling it to squeezing it to even knocking on it. Fortunately, there is an easier way. In the infographic below by Activity Deck, we learn how to select and store fresh produce. And if you aren't sure how long your food can keep, the chart also includes insights on how long each item will remain fresh. Assuming you're going all out and prepping your produce before putting it away, don't make the mistake of storing it all together. According to the food experts at The Kitchn, fruits give emit high levels of ethylene which can spoil surrounding vegetables. Be sure to keep the two in separate storage bins to keep them from contaminating each other. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/20/buying-and-storing-produce_n_8610916.html?ncid=fcbklnkcahpmg00000001 Didn't realize leeks can last all winter, keep them cool and dry.



angora	Dec 1 2015, 03:45 AM Post #2
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	Don't store bananas near other fruit because they speed ripening at warp speed. Never store potatoes and apples near each other because my grandmother said not to. :D



Darcie	Dec 1 2015, 03:52 AM Post #3
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	laugh123 Always store potatoes with apples as the gas from the apples stops the eyes from coming, experience said so. Cover the ends of individual banana with foil, they last a long time, Bill said so and it works.



Shorty	Dec 1 2015, 04:56 AM Post #4
Red Star Member Posts: 2,301 Group: Member Member #1,150 Joined: February 12, 2015	Most of it was pretty logical advice. Don't buy slimy, mushy, etc. Don't store potatoes and onions together. I forget why. My biggest issue is buying too much.



Durgan	Dec 1 2015, 06:23 AM Post #5
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	Storing fresh produce is a disaster in the making. It can be kept reasonably fresh looking for a short period, but always has deterioration. To have palatable nutritional food off season some method of preservation is necessary. Until relatively recent times drying, salting, pickling, was all that was available plus freezing in some cases. Today with some effort most food can be preserved and still be most palatable. My method is to preserve garden produce by making into a slurry and pressure canning and consuming as soup or simple juice. Meat I use little, but utilize sardines and a bit of frozen seafood, mussels. Milk,purchased, I use skim about one liter per day. Sometimes paneer cheese is made from the skim milk. Bread is of various types utilizing whole grain home ground flour. Usually whole wheat. Potatoes are stored in the coolest place in a root cellar. Also fresh garlic. This lasts around 5 months. Grains and nuts from the bulk food store are blended into a slurry and cooked for cereal and a bowl is consumed daily for breakfast. Eggs are purchased from a local farm and about six a week are consumed. All beans from the bulk food store are pressure cooked and frozen and used as a side plate almost daily. Any added sweetener is molasses used sparingly. Sorghum or cane based. Fresh produce in season is utilized as much as possible. Excess is made into juice and pressure canned if sufficient is available. Condiments are butter,salt and some soy sauce. Soy beans are pressure cooked and made into a slurry about aa ten day supply is frozen and always small bowl is consumed daily for breakfast. The dried beans are purchased in 20 kg bag and kept in a plastic can. It is all listed here in detail. http://durgan.org/2011/



Durgan	Dec 1 2015, 06:51 AM Post #6
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	I don't buy the so called fresh produce from supermarkets as general rule with a few exceptions. Avocado, bananas, oranges for immediate consumption.



imjene	Dec 1 2015, 04:38 PM Post #7
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,960 Group: Member Member #745 Joined: April 4, 2010	I have learned, by experience, not to store apples and carrots together. The gas from the apples make the carrots bitter.



Durgan	Dec 1 2015, 09:20 PM Post #8
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	Don't bother, order a PIZZA.



Trotsky	Dec 2 2015, 02:15 AM Post #9
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	imjene Dec 1 2015, 04:38 PM I have learned, by experience, not to store apples and carrots together. The gas from the apples make the carrots bitter. I wonder if anyone has had a room full of apples go BOOM from the acetylene. <I use apples and bananas to hasten the ripening of honeydew melons and mangoes both of which are pretty ghastly unripe.> Edited by Trotsky, Dec 2 2015, 02:16 AM.



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