Hands up I’ll admit these vegetable storage bags were an impulse buy. The impetus of a fridge rammed over Christmas had me thinking how smart it would be to save space by storing vegetables outside of the fridge. I bought them in Lakeland although similar exist elsewhere. They’re not especially expensive, around £3 something each.
They’re cotton with a blackout lining, a draw string and a zip at the side to get vegetables out from the bottom. They’re sold in potato, onion and vegetable versions although apparently these are all the same apart from the colour. Keep your vegetables in a cool dark place and supposedly these bags will keep them nicely without being in the fridge.
I thought these might revolutionise my fridge organisation. See how I got on with my vegetable storage bags in this latest video below. I warn you now, it doesn’t end well.
Obviously I didn’t expect my vegetables to last for weeks but surely five days isn’t much to ask?
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We keep quite a few of our vegetables outside the fridge, in a box in one of our lower kitchen cupboards. For roots and alliums it’s definitely fine. I’ve also been thinking about the bags that keep veg fresh for longer, I’m not sure how they work, they look like regular freezer bags.
The funny thing is my mum has the same bags and hasn’t had this happen.
The polythene bags that keep stuff fresh in the fridge seemed ok but I keep forgetting to use them!
it’s strange. My mum used to keep onions, potatoes and carrots all winter in the kitchen in hessian sacks (they were bought that way from a local farm, or harvested from our own veggie garden and popped in the bags). Firstly, I think supermarket veggies have already been cold stored for months sometimes before they ever reach the shops – I wonder where your veggies came from? Secondly, we do heat our rooms a lot more than we used to. Our kitchen had a big pantry/store – which didn’t have any heating close to it. But, I guess that one is less likely because you kept yours in the cellar!
I think the prolonged cold storage by supermarkets is a likely factor. I can’t remember where those particular vegetables came from but likely to be Tesco or Waitrose.
Thank you Sarah for this review this is so useful. Feeling so sorry for your vegetables though… Do you think it comes from these specific bags?
I’m not sure although Fiona has raised interesting theory that maybe the supermarket had kept vegetables in cold storage for a while so when they were above fridge temperature they deteriorated much faster than expected. Seems weird that all 3 types went manky though.