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.

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.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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"James Silverton" > wrote in message
...
> 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 sometimes keep onions in there. I used to keep potatoes when I didn't use
very many of them. I presume that my garage is cool enough now.

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.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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"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.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:48:06 -0400, wrote:

> A slice of apple in a bag of
> brown sugar will keep it from becoming hard as concrete though

It will also soften brown sugar that has already turned into a brick.
Don't ask me how I know this.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:27:00 -0500, James Silverton
> wrote:

> 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.

BTDT didn't work for me.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

In article >,
says...

> 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.

A dried bean or piece of macaroni works.

Janet UK

On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 05:01:06 -0800, "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."

This is better reading
http://www.thekitchn.com/food-scienc...ene-gas-130275
http://www.coreperformance.com/daily...d-so-fast.html

Just an FYI if anyone has been thinking about it, a bicycle hook works
very well for banana storage.
http://www.hardwarestore.com/screw-i...ok-506060.aspx


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 11/3/2014 11:52 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>
>> 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.
>
> A dried bean or piece of macaroni works.
>
> Janet UK
>
>
Sounds to me like it's a matter of having something in the shaker to
break up clumps. I've been using uncooked rice for a while satisfactorily.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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On 2014-11-03 11:25 AM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:27:00 -0500, James Silverton
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> BTDT didn't work for me.
>
>
It worked for me, and FWIW.... sticking a cell phone into a bag of rice
after it got dunked saved the phone.

On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:12:19 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-11-03 11:25 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:27:00 -0500, James Silverton
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > BTDT didn't work for me.
> >
> >
> It worked for me, and FWIW.... sticking a cell phone into a bag of rice
> after it got dunked saved the phone.

Yes, rice works with cell phones. I guess I don't use that salt
shaker enough for the rice to work. It's just a solid mass of salt
with rice in it.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 03/11/2014 6:48 AM, wrote:
A slice of apple in a bag of
> brown sugar will keep it from becoming hard as concrete though
>

I've been triple bagging in ziplocks and it keeps soft much longer. I
haven't timed it yet.
Graham
I also have one of those Lakeland tater bags.

On 11/3/2014 10:27 AM, James Silverton wrote:
> 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.

Yep, a few grains of rice in the salt shaker worked well when we lived
in Bangkok.

Jill

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 05:01:06 -0800, "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."
>
> This is better reading
> http://www.thekitchn.com/food-scienc...ene-gas-130275
> http://www.coreperformance.com/daily...d-so-fast.html
>
> Just an FYI if anyone has been thinking about it, a bicycle hook works
> very well for banana storage.
> http://www.hardwarestore.com/screw-i...ok-506060.aspx
>
>
> --
> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to
> hold them.

Thanks!