In a large basket on the bottom pullout drawer in our pantry unit. I also keep squash there too.

I also do a basket in a pull out.

LOL, in the spirit of my post on that thread:

Potatoes in one drawer, onions in another, and plastic bags (for recycling) are kept in the oven. :)

Mama_goose, I love your storage range!

My roots are in my bottom prep fridge drawer with the ale. :) Where I live they'd go green in a hurry if they were kept out. The only produce that doesn't go in the fridge is bananas.

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potato onion garlic storage

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We have designed a cabinet with wicker baskets (3 I believe) for root veggies. It will be installed to the right of the prep sink for easy access and preparation. In a pinch a pull out drawer with a basket will do the trick, as long as you have some ventilation. I've seen folks use a poked tin door in a nice design as a front of hte cabinet and it can look great if done properly.

The bottom rollout of my pantry has a basket for potatoes and has some other dry goods too. The onions are in a basket in the cabinet above to keep them separate. They used to be next to each other because I'd never heard not to store them together, but they really did spoil much faster until I learned that was a no-no and separated them.

I've read that many times here (don't keep them together), but I have to say my mother always kept potatoes and onions together with no problems, and I've not had any problems doing so, either. Maybe it depends on the climate.

like plllog... frig for me

Fridge-- we live in the South.

I store mine here on the counter

Here is a link that might be useful: veggie cannisters from Chef's

I keep my potatoes in my pantry and my onions in my refrigerator.

In the winter, I keep the root veg in my unheated mudroom--nice and cool. (Midwest) In the summer, they reside in the pantry cupboard where it's air conditioned.

Cj

My 'root cellar' is in the family room. In the firewood cubby that is part of the fireplace. Fireplace wall is all masonry; firewood cubby is a pass-thru to the garage that's covered with a door on the garage side.

All of that masonry get plenty chilly during a Wisconsin winter; so chilly that we keep a blanket draped over the cubby. Improving that situ is a future project but, in the meantime, it makes for a wonderful root cellar. Cool, dark and no problem with odors in the house that we've ever detected. Of course, the food odors would have to rise above the essence of eau de Labrador Retriever to get noticed.

Oh, we don't use the fireplace anymore and, anyway, during most of the winter, it's too cold to use it since it draws so much heated air out of the house & up the chimney. Firewood gets used more efficientyly in the woodstove out in my workshop.

Same place as my breads, in the fridge. In the south it seems like everything has to be refrigerated.

Potatoes and onions are kept in baskets in my pantry all year. I live in the Midwest

I am watching this closely to get ideas- I wanted baskets for the kitchen redesign but ran out of room, so still don't have a good answer.
We have a large walk in pantry - problem is the hot water pipes go up the wall, so it is too warm.
I used to store in the basement, but then discovered someone else liked the treats - the four legged kind! EEK!!
We hope we blocked the holes - but they can get through such a small space - we think they were sneaking through where the block and siding connected.
No visitors to the traps in awhile but still leery of using the basement for raw food...

In the fridge, too.

Another Southerner - bottom of the garage fridge - left drawer for onions, and right drawer for potatoes.

Couldn't leave them out or in a drawer or we would have BUGS.
ick.

Slate floor - interesting idea!
Thanks

In a 65 degree air-conditioned study (South). We also store our wine and chocolate in there. What, doesn't everyone have a separate AC unit to keep a server room cold? lol!

I can see that there would be plenty of air in a walk-in pantry, but what about something smaller? I have the option of putting the onions/potatoes in a basket either in a drawer or on a shelf in a lower cabinet with a door. Are those too closed or is there sufficient circulation? Also, if I go with the idea of keeping onions and potatoes separate, would the upper and lower shelf in the same cabinet provide sufficient distance apart? I know this is getting pretty detailed, but figured people here would know!

Does anybody else find it incredible that the appliance industry provides units to cool soda pop, warm dinner plates, plumb a coffee maker right into the wall, steam vegetables, brown chicken with light bulbs, and magnetize pots, but absolutely nothing whatsoever to store potatoes, onions and garlic?

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In my new kitchen, I wanted the nice baskets built into cabinetry, but I worried about the longevity of the baskets and what appeal the baskets would be for my dog. I decided instead to store the root veg in the cabinet below my prep sink.

I was originally going to store veg under my prep sink, but found that it just got too hot too often from the apparently vast quantities of hot water I use.

They ended up in pull out baskets in the pantry and that works pretty well.

Angie, I think you've discovered a way to finance your kitchen renovation.

That would be assuming I get it done before my 17 yr. patent protection expires!

Angie - what a hoot!
Macy - Wow!
Now, we have a problem that we need a KAT! I used to store potatoes and onions in the basement and then one day, discovered someone else was enjoying the treats - still haven't located the mouse hole but we didn't have any friends this year.
I can't store in my pantry due to heat from the hot water pipes...