Re: Fresh vegetables
Originally Posted by
Missy
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The only canned stuff is corn, tomatoes and beans of all discriptions as life is too short to soak beans
The only frozen veg I buy are peas, corn, garlic, ginger and chillies. And I buy frozen berries
The rest is fresh
My fridge seems to keep Veg useable for weeks. I often stock up on the special offers in Lidl and still be using them up long after the sell by or BB date. Only the other week I made soup with a butternut squash I bought back in November
I store potatoes and onions in a dark cool cupboard and they also last for ages. If I buy a sack of spuds they go in the garage
Celery lasts longer if you wrap it in tin foil. Carrots last for ages if you remove them from the plastic bag and dry them off then place in the salad drawer on kitchen towel
Having chickens and ducks we have very little veg waste. They love the peelings ( boiled up) and left overs from the plates. Only thing they don't eat is anything from the onion family.
That's interesting
I've known about cool & dark storage for years; when i was a boy our houses weren't centrally heated and Mum kept fruit & veg in larders, pantries, & odd corners - a sack of spuds next to the back door; apples under the bed, and so on
But now I live in a centrally heated flat and there is only a small rack in the kitchen, or the fridge
Or that's what I thought till just now
I've realised that I have a meter cupboard downstairs, about the size of a wardrobe, and that is cold & dark
At the moment I just use it for a few tools & other junk, but I think I'll tidy it out and rig up some kind of hanging rack or basket
There is both a LIDL and a decent greengrocer close to me, I'll use them more
Thanks for the inspiration MISSY
I've tried frozen fruit but it tends to be mushy; still I don't suppose it'll make much difference when I stir it into homemade muesli
I didn't know you could get frozen garlic etc, I'll look out for them