Comments on: How to Store Radishes, Carrots, Beets, and Turnips http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/ An accumulation of recipes, domestic adventures, and the thinkerings they provoke Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: patricia http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-37640 patricia Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:35:28 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-37640 Ok we have eaten all the radishes and Im over them for now. I currently have an overload of turnips so Im looking for good storage ideas. Several yrs ago I found a website that told you how to can turnips or as we call it (put up). All I can say if DO NOT try this method. Oh boy come fall I had a total mess. All my jars of turnips turned black. No way were they eaten so into the mulch pile of scraps they went. Does anyone know if it is possible to freeze turnips? If so please let me know. :) Ok we have eaten all the radishes and Im over them for now. I currently have an overload of turnips so Im looking for good storage ideas. Several yrs ago I found a website that told you how to can turnips or as we call it (put up). All I can say if DO NOT try this method. Oh boy come fall I had a total mess. All my jars of turnips turned black. No way were they eaten so into the mulch pile of scraps they went. Does anyone know if it is possible to freeze turnips? If so please let me know. :)

]]> By: weirdwilbur http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-37415 weirdwilbur Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:51:47 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-37415 The sand sounds right, but it comes in lots of flavors and grain size. I would expect beach sand to contain salt and crude oil. I suspect that lime stone and uranium sands would have differing properties and influences on the food stored in them. So where do you get your sand, and what is it made of? If you clean it, how is that done? I successfully kept a couple dozen potatoes in a two-gallon wooden box at room temperature in the same (dry) dirt (not sand) in which they grew. The sand sounds right, but it comes in lots of flavors and grain size. I would expect beach sand to contain salt and crude oil. I suspect that
lime stone and uranium sands would have differing properties and influences on the food stored in them. So where do you get your sand, and what is it made of? If you clean it, how is that done?
I successfully kept a couple dozen potatoes in a two-gallon wooden box at room temperature in the same (dry) dirt (not sand) in which they grew.

]]> By: Jana@ Collected Quotidian http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-34178 Jana@ Collected Quotidian Mon, 06 May 2013 16:40:41 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-34178 Not a stupid question at all! If they're not too fuzzy, you can add them to salads for a zippy bite. Or mix them with other greens like kale or collards and cook them. Not a stupid question at all! If they’re not too fuzzy, you can add them to salads for a zippy bite. Or mix them with other greens like kale or collards and cook them.

]]> By: Newbie cook http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-28156 Newbie cook Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:51:29 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-28156 I seriously grew up on packaged food so I'm new to cooking. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what do I use the greens from the radishes for? I seriously grew up on packaged food so I’m new to cooking. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what do I use the greens from the radishes for?

]]> By: Michele Schnelker http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-18067 Michele Schnelker Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:39:52 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-18067 thx for the info and the laugh about sand...but seriously, if i had sand, i'd bury my 4 turnips in them inside a gallon size ziploc or large plastic container! too funny! LOVE alton brown! :) thx for the info and the laugh about sand…but seriously, if i had sand, i’d bury my 4 turnips in them inside a gallon size ziploc or large plastic container! too funny! LOVE alton brown! :)

]]> By: old gardner http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-12796 old gardner Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:15:55 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-12796 well here goes. i use layers of hay to store any root crop in my barn. its great thru the winter and i empty it out in the spring for friends etc. im in central america and if you harvest turnips in late nov. or early dec. this works well. in the city i used a storage shed.good luck and please take off the tops. you can cook them and freeze wow they are awesome. well here goes. i use layers of hay to store any root crop in my barn. its great thru the winter and i empty it out in the spring for friends etc. im in central america and if you harvest turnips in late nov. or early dec. this works well. in the city i used a storage shed.good luck and please take off the tops. you can cook them and freeze wow they are awesome.

]]> By: John W. http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-12795 John W. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:46:10 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-12795 O.K. so I have already removed all the green and the roots leaving the turnips but not not yet peeled. I did peel some all the way and have them in a plastic container in the fridge. Is there any hope aqt storage of the rest in a cool dark room and in ?bly stockings to preserve them for as needed use? Thank you all so much. O.K. so I have already removed all the green and the roots leaving the turnips but not not yet peeled. I did peel some all the way and have them in a plastic container in the fridge. Is there any hope aqt storage of the rest in a cool dark room and in ?bly stockings to preserve them for as needed use?

Thank you all so much.

]]> By: Janet http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-11847 Janet Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:50:53 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-11847 Thank you. I like the pictures too. Thank you. I like the pictures too.

]]> By: Shylah http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-11346 Shylah Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:28:26 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-11346 Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. And, now I will have to try the sand method. Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. And, now I will have to try the sand method.

]]> By: judith http://collectedquotidian.com/2010/05/04/how-to-store-radishes-carrots-beets-and-turnips/comment-page-1/#comment-11237 judith Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:02:22 +0000 http://collectedquotidian.com/?p=902#comment-11237 sand in the fridge! i will definitely try it . til then,the darn roots go out in a basket on the back porch. nice and cool in this early fall weather. i like your site. sand in the fridge! i will definitely try it
. til then,the darn roots go out in a basket on the back porch. nice and cool in this early fall weather. i like your site.

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