"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> On 11/3/2014 8:48 AM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 08:15:59 -0500, James Silverton
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/3/2014 8:01 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> This link is to Mercola and I think he's a quack but I was wondering if
>>>> there was any truth to this part:
>>>>
>>>> "
>>>> 1.. When storing potatoes, keep them away from onions (this will
>>>> make
>>>> them spoil faster). Storing them with apples will help keep the
>>>> potatoes
>>>> from sprouting."
>>>> http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...or_facebookdoc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Some interesting stuff there. Not sure it is all true though.
>>>
>>> Potatoes seem to keep for a long time in the veg compartment of my
>>> fridge. I keep onions there too and they seem to be more prone to
>>> rotting than the potatoes.
>>
>> I have a bag that I keep in a cupboard for storing spuds, but then I
>> only have one or two on hand at a time. A slice of apple in a bag of
>> brown sugar will keep it from becoming hard as concrete though
>>
>> http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15831/Lake...Preserving-Bag
>>
> I guess that's real brown sugar. My "Sugar in the Raw" (light brown, kept
> in an ordinary closet), comes in a box with a spout like that on a
> canister of salt and never seems to cake. Come to think of it, that would
> have to be a very thin slice of apple to get into the container.
>
> There has been some argument about keeping salt running when kept in a
> shaker. A little uncooked white rice seems to work and I remember that
> being common at seaside restaurants.

I used to buy brown sugar in a box. It always went hard. Then they started
putting it in bags. I never had the bagged stuff get hard.

These days I also buy raw sugar which I know isn't really raw. It can be
used as white or brown. It doesn't pack down like brown though but it never
gets hard. I don't use much sugar any more. And when I do use it, I always
use far less than the recipe calls for.

I do have some trouble with salt clumping. I buy Real Salt. I just bang
the container around a bit to break up the clumps.

I have not tried the rice thing but I have seen it done in restaurants.