On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 08:58:54 GMT, "Charles Gifford"
> wrote:

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>"Wford55JD" > wrote in message
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>> Good question. We drove thru Walla Walla WA last week and picked up a
>> bag of sweet onions and from experience I know they spoil quickly. How
>> best to store for the longest life?
>
>My refrigerator has two produce bins. They are at slightly higher
>temperature than the rest of the refrigerator. One is high humidity and the
>other is low humidity. I love sweet onions such as Vidalias but had always
>had trouble keeping them. I discovered 2 years ago that if I put them in the
>low humidity bin they last a long time. I had some Vidalias last year that
>keeped very well, 2 of them for 4 months! I was amazed!
>
>Charlie

"keeped"? No such word. I love sweet onions but I don't buy more
than I can use in 6-8 weeks... as the safe keeping date approaches I
cook something that uses onions and then freeze it, onion soup freezes
well, as does caramelized onions. The onion farmers extend the life
of their crop by selling them to the large food canners like
Campbells... they actually sell them before they plant them, and then
use that contract as collateral for financing their growing. Much of
the food industry operates that way... farmers are not going to raise
hogs without having a contract with a company that sells pork
products.... hog farmers are happy as a pig in shit with a contract to
supply pork for producing SPAM and bacon.