What is the best way to store fresh whole onions? I just got a 100 lb bag.?

Question

I just got a 100 lb bag for free. I gave away probably 60 lbs.

Answer 1

They aren't going to keep for more than a month so you better give away some more or freeze them. If they are the damp kind they won't even keep a month. But if they have tough dry skins they should last that long before they start to sprout or rot.

Answer 2

Dry, cool storage place or uncovered in the bottom drawer of your fridge. You could make a nice pot of french onion soup.

French Onion Soup
1 stick butter (8 Tablespoons)
8 cups onions, thinly sliced
3 Tablespoons flour
3 quarts beef stock
1 Tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 cup brandy
1 teaspoon BV meat glaze (or kitchen bouquet, bovril, or oxo, in a pinch)--optional
grated Gruyere cheese
grated Parmesan cheese
French bread
olive oil
Melt the butter in a Dutch oven and add the onions, stirring constantly. cook for 5-7 minutes, until soft.
In the meantime, cut slices of French bread into 1/2 inch pieces and toast them at 350 degrees in the oven for about 15 minutes--until they are dry crusts.

When the onions are soft, sprinkle them with flour, stir, then add 2 cups of beef stock and stir until the mixture is thickened. Add the remaining stock, stir into 1 Tablespoon of salt, the pepper, and the brandy. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 1/2 hour to an hour. Add the meat glaze and taste for seasoning.

When you're ready to serve, ladle the soup into individual bowls and cover each with a thick handful of Gruyere cheese. Top each with a piece of the toasted bread, which has been drizzled with olive oil. Sprinkle it with the Parmesan, then run them under a broiler for a few minutes and carry out to the table.

Answer 3

Here's what my grandma did....it works. Take two or three charcoal that you cook out with. Put them in the onion bag and store them in a cool area. The charcoal keeps the moisture away and you have nice fresh onions when you need them.

Answer 4

Keep away from dampness and light. If they hold dry shoots then the best way is to get them some hay and plait them in middle size bunch. Its complicated but its fun , you have to take three bulbs first add little straw then keep adding one bulb and straw.

You can hang few bunches in kitchen for daily use and rest keep them in store.

Infact this process is still carried at my home. And they last for whole year.

Answer 5

Do you have a fruit cellar or a cantina. You want to keep them in a cool dark place and keep them off a concrete floor. I keep mine in my fruit cellar in a wooden box. What are you going to do with 40lbs of onions...I wouldn't want to peel them. ;) May I suggest French Onion Soup. Have a good day.

Answer 6

store the onions someplace cool like a basement or a cellar where the temperature is cooler.

Answer 7

in a paper bag in the refrigerator...or a basement where it is cool. I would chop some up and put them in ziploc bags and freeze them to use in recipes, salads, etc.

Answer 8

Someplace dark and dry...like a pantry. Light will cause the bulbs to sprout.

Answer 9

keep them in a cool dark place like a basement

Answer 10

In a cool, dark place.make sure they don`t get damp.This is true for all root veggies.