Storing potatoes & onions

DilbertJones

where is best to store these, and how long should they last stored correctly?

Benny24

My gran used to store them in veg boxes with newspaper in a cool dark shed. They seemed to last forever. We always store the xmas veg in the garage in a cardboard box, and are still eating stuff into the new year!!

wigginsmum

We keep them in cotton pillowcases in the cupboard under the stairs.

culpepper

You can chop onions ready for cooking and then freeze them.
Some of mine are hanging up in those plastic mesh bags you can buy oranges in.
Potatoes prefer cool(not frosty) and perfectly dark.

SusanCarter

I keep mine in cardboard boxes under the sink (because it's cold and dark there). I find the onions last better if I wrap each one in a sheet of newspaper.

MrsMondragon

However you store them, dont store onions and potatoes together. The onions make the potatoes go off quicker...or at least thats what ive been told!

kiwichick

wigginsmum wrote:

We keep them in cotton pillowcases in the cupboard under the stairs.

What a fab idea. My understair cupboard is much cooler than the rest of the house and dark too!!

babysaver

So don't store onions in the fridge then? I keep my potatoes in a dark cupboard but they don't last very long...

Chipps

You're right about not storing onions in the fridge.
I keep them either in a basket, or if I have bought them in one of those net bags, hang the bag up from a hook, in the larder.
How are you storing potatoes in the dark place? If they are in a plastic bag they certainly won't last long. Put them in something that keps them dark, but allows air circulation eg paper sack or cardboard box - the cotton pillowcases are also a good idea. Don't forget that potatoes that have been pre-washed won't keep quite as well as unwashed ones. If there are any that have damaged bits on, try and use those first because if the damaged bit goes mushy it can affect those round it.
Both onions and potatoes, if stored properly, will last for months.

janeawej

If they are hown grown potatoes dont wash them just rub off most of the soil as this will help them to keep, I nade my onions into a string french style and hung them in kitchen this worked well and looked great! try to keep air circulating as this will prevent mould, an old egg tray is good as it raises them up allowing air to circulate also good for stored apples

singlehouseholder

I recently read in a cook book that you shouldnt eat pots that have sprouted, they contain some kind of poison- I usually just peel the pots whether they're sprouted or not. This book was some kind of crazt 60's cookbook. Anyone else heard that sprouted tatties can poison??