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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Sherman A1

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20. Great!

Reply to cbayer (Reply #16)

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 03:20 AM

Aug 2012

We sent a set to our daughter in NYC this year. She was complaining that when she bought salad mix she could only get a day or two out of it and without a car, she can only bring home what she can carry from the grocery store. These have really helped her out. Be sure to hang onto those vented inserts that sit in the bottom. My wife managed to toss one out one day and they don't make individual replacement parts available and those are kinda important to the whole process. Another thing she uses is the green bags (I think Hefty makes some as well as whoever did the available on TV thing) for corn, squash, peppers and such keeping them in the crisper. Those really seem to extend the storage life of those items as well.

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Local produce markets and the frugally inclined [View all] Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 OP

I am both impressed and envious. cbayer Aug 2012 #1

Oh, that sucks for you. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #2

It is all supply and demand out here. cbayer Aug 2012 #3

May I suggest something that worked for us Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #12

You know, this is exactly what I have been looking for and cbayer Aug 2012 #13

My pleasure, Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #14

I found the set on Amazon for about $20. cbayer Aug 2012 #16

Great! Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #20

I had not tried the green bags, as they seemed to be something of a hype. cbayer Aug 2012 #22

You will be pleasantly surprised how cheap a simple chest freezer is, and how little juice dimbear Aug 2012 #19

My electricity is extremely limited and this would be out of the question currently. cbayer Aug 2012 #21

There's one here in town. I'll have to check it out. Kaleva Aug 2012 #4

Dry and dark and cold----a closet? Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #10

If you read the article I provided a link to Kaleva Aug 2012 #11

The site you provided did have plans for a root cellar. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #15

I started another thread about root cellars Kaleva Aug 2012 #17

Yep, I found it. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #18

"Potatoes, carrots, and beets need to stay Moist & Cool" according to that article Kolesar Aug 2012 #23

Prices were sky high at the farmer's market this morning. We bought some things even so. jwirr Aug 2012 #5

I have always thought that our farmer's markets were high too. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #9

I haven't tried this method, but silver queen in the winter... Lars39 Aug 2012 #6

I will try this. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #7

I was thinking maybe to seal the paper bag in a food saver bag, Lars39 Aug 2012 #8