Re: [CH] Chili Storage
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:06:39 -0800
> Chiles: fresh hold in the fridge best if lying on a paper towel in a paper
> bag, opened (i.e. not rolled up air tight).
A while ago, just to see if they really work, I bought a bag of those
zip-lock "vegetable bags" (the ones with little tiny hardly-visible holes
all over them). And I found they _really do_ work. The fresh chiles I put
into the fridge in those bags side-by-side with various other typical
storage conditions (just chance, though, not a purposeful experiment) ended
up lasting in perfect condition significantly longer than the other chiles,
like maybe double. I don't now remember exactly how long they did last,
but as I recall they were still in _perfect_ condition something like 6 or
8 weeks later, long past when the others had passed behond the usable
stage, must less perfection -- details are really vague now, sorry, I just
remember the conclusion.
So, I'd say this way of storing fresh chiles in the fridge may well yield
the longest lifespan. But I'm still using that original box, at the rate
of 1 or 2 bags per year, due to environmental guilt. :-(
--- Brent