Ok all,
Now that our move to the Gulf is complete, we've noticed that fresh items go bad quicker - duh. What are some of the things you do to keep things like bread and vegetables fresh longer?
Zip lock freezer bags and tupperware type containers worked best for me. You have to be religious about keeping containers and bags closed up as tight as possible.
Mike
Lance : Try vacuum pack things.
Rubbermaid or similar containers. Rice in your salt containers. Ziploc bags. Jars if you can stand glass on board. Some research on long distance voyagers' websaites. Google Beth Leonard for example.
Interestingly, we always treated eggs as a perishable item keeping them refrigerated. In the tropics, we never put them in the fridge and never had a bad egg. just stored them in a plastic egg box.
:thumb: Thanks all. Great responses as usual. My wife's big question is about storing potatoes.
Quote from: Lance Jones on April 05, 2014, 08:44:45 AM
:thumb: Thanks all. Great responses as usual. My wife's big question is about storing potatoes.
Get a mini-hammock.
Stu, that is soooo funny! My wife HATES storage hammocks. So, now I can put one up... :clap
Quote from: Lance Jones on April 06, 2014, 05:59:47 PM
Stu, that is soooo funny! My wife HATES storage hammocks. So, now I can put one up... :clap
NOOOOOOOOO Way................................. :abd:
If she doesn't like it, do NOT do it.
Also, please don't tell her it was my idea.... :D :D :D :D :D
Lance, I have said this 10,000 times, " having a wife brings everything down to 2 choices, Give her what she wants, or wish you had." And I too do not have a storage hammock...
We tossed the bread on this trip. Flour tortillas or the thin sandwich bagels work so much better. Potatoes, onions, we have some that are almost 2 months old in the 3 tiered baskets that hangs from the mast turnbuckle. Apples, oranges, limes, etc have had a multi week life in the baskets too without refrigeration.
It's trial and error.....and the item itself. We had 2 onions, used half of one. 3 days latter the half was rotten, the whole was fine. I think the key is to shop often for just what you need.
Thanks Ken, great advice. We have opted for the tiered baskets in lieu of the hammock - Stu and Phil - no worries then :D
When we use to cruise in our C-22 years ago, we learned that nature usually build a great preservative in the fruit or vegetables skin. Once cut, it goes quickly.
Outstanding, as usual, advice from all. :thumb: