"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
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> at Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:48:47 GMT in <1104331727.557122.227650
> @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, (SC) wrote :
>
>>Thanks Alex. Storing may be hard in Texas. We use the air
>>conditioning, but we normally have the room temp at about 74F. What do
>>you think about a special cool storage (like the ones they have for
>>wines)?
>
> I haven't seen one yet where the interior didn't smell *strongly* of some
> ghastly plastic. The idea is sound, but the available implementations seem
> to be poorly conceived. What's needed is a unit made of stainless steel,
> inside and out. Unfortunately, most such equipment tends to be commercial
> stuff, which means the capacity will usually be far, far more than what
> you
> need. A less expensive and awkward method may be to get a separate small
> air conditioner for one room and run it at a cooler temperature.
>
>>On the odors...not a prob. No one smokes, or wears perfumes in my
>>house. We do somtimes have smelly types of food in the fridge though
>>(like turkey from Boxing Day).
>
> The fridge is usually a bad place to keep chocolate anyway. It's too cold,
> and it's rare that there won't be at least one item smelling up the
> inside.
> And the interior is usually of the same kind of stinky plastic you find in
> wine coolers.
>
>>Where do you put your chocolates?
>
> In the wintertime I keep them in a sealed, double-insulated box in my
> bedroom. During the summer, they're in the same boxes, but now in an air-
> conditioned basement.
>
I move my chocolate as above, but I keep them in half-gallon Ball jars with
lids (plastic or otherwise).
Dee