6mo ago

What did your parents refrigerate? Mine refrigerated bread.

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I have an slightly odd one that I do myself: Carrots in a water filled container (in the fridge). That way they last really long and you don't get that limpy half-dried version after a while that is hard to remove the peel off. They basically stay as if fresh from the store or garden.
- I don't know why but I feel like anything in water would spoil faster....but I have no evidence or even a theory as to why this might be. Perhaps you, keeper of the water carrots, could enlighten me as to why they keep longer?
  
  I think the water itself just keeps them from drying out and the fridge is what keeps them from spoiling (water or not). But usually the carrots become too dried out long before they spoil in a fridge. But maybe the typical mold that would grow on carrots also doesn't like being submerged.
  
  They are roots. Roots are like spongy straws. When a sponge dries out.....
- Works even better for celery.
- My mom recently taught my wife something similar. Now we keep them in a plastic container with paper towels between each carrot. The paper towels are moist, but I'm not sure if she wet them or if they collected it from the carrots. But the carrots are really fresh even after a couple of weeks in the fridge.
- I assumed it would be enough if the container was just 1/4-1/3 full, when I have space I also do that, I'll try a full on water container next time. Btw that's also a great way if you have chopped carrot sticks, they stay fresh for the next day(s). I think this works with all root vegetables since, well, it's roots that are meant to take in water and transport it
  I don't know whether this works in a horizontal position actually, I always assumed smth smth gravity, but on the other hand, when you fully immerse them then gravity can probably go out the window.
  
  Yes, horizontal works. My family always stored in water vertically, but my in-laws did that horizontally. Aside from joke wars, it was the same
- I have never had that issue with my carrots and they last for months in the fridge.
  
  Mine start to wilt within three days for some reason (in the fridge). I wonder what I am doing wrong. I always see those bags of carrots in the grocery stores and never buy them because I think to myself no one eats that many carrots within such a short amount of time, except maybe if they are doing a carrot cake or smoothie or something else very carrot-centric.
  
  Carrots? Do you just leave them open air in the middle of the fridge or something? I keep them in the bag in the veggie drawer.
  I've actually got to make sure they don't get mushy/moldy because all the moisture gets trapped.
  
  That must be it. I don't bag them.
  
  Most modern fridges have a humidity control on the crisper/veggie drawer. That most likely accounts for the disparity. There also regional humidity to consider. Living in a dryer climate, your carrots may dry out faster than those in a humid climate.
- You don’t need water.. keeping them horizontal (as they would grow) in a container of sand also keeps them fresh longer
  
  Ya but then my carrots have sand on them
  
  Adds to the crunch.
  
  CarrotS grow vertical.
  
  FYI, carrots grow vertically, not horizontally.

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