Onions - Extend their shelf life

I picked up this tip some time ago, and found it to be a good one.

Store your whole, unpeeled onions in a nylon stocking., or cut an old pair of panty hose legs.

Put twist ties in between or tie them in a knot, before adding the next onion. I found twist ties a little better, because when I first began doing this, taking an onion out from unknotting it was a pain. When they hang, the knot gets tighter. Twist ties, you can reuse the stocking again..because you might get tempted to cut the stockings inbetween to get them out, if they are knotted...but that's just a suggestion.

You can get lots of onion in just one leg of a stocking, because it stretches.

Hang them in a basement or somewhere cool and dark.

The trick is that the onions are not touching one another. That is the key. If you purchase onions and don't tend to use them up quickly, this is a good way to prolong their life. Take them out of the bag you purchase them in and put in stockings.

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