Hello,
This morning I was thinking about my new refrigerator and how much I love her. You see, my previous refrig was 35 years old and her name was Olive, as in green. My new refrigerator's name is Sam, as in Samsong. Sam is absolutley wonderful. Bright lights, large shelves and lots of space. However, Sam just doesn't know how to keep vegetables fresh like Olive did. So, since I love a challange, and after seeing how much plastic waste goes into our rivers and oceans, I decided to make a few cloth bags out of old hand towels to store my vegies in. Now let me tell you they work like a charm. I folded a hand towel in half across the narrow side, stitched two sides closed and left one side open. I dampened the towels and placed my rinsed (rinse in gallon of water and 1/4 cup of H2O2) vegies in the bag and left the top open. It has been 4 days and my celery is crisper than when I purchased. You can use just about any fabric you chose to make the bags, kitchen towels, yardage or whatever you choose. I love to recycle and repurpose so I used old towels.
About rinsing, I have a dear friend who is taking chemo and they told him to be sure and buy organic and rinse all fruits and vegies before consuming. Hmmmm? I decided to be proactive since it sure can't hurt to wash away the chemicals and bacteria before consuming.
I will be making several bags so I can switch them out and wash to keep fresh as a daisy.
I love homemaking and hope you enjoy my tips as much as I enjoy creating them. I know others may have already done this and I thank them from the bottom of my heart for giving me the ideas.
Next post I will show you what to do with those great woven plastic pet food bags.
Have a creative day that is loaded with fun.
Carol
Do you think any fabric would work? I ask because I've been buying a lot more veggies and get really annoyed at the amount of plastic I'm consuming/ throwing out in the form of grocery store produce bags (which aren't really that great for repurposing). I began to wonder if just some really lightweight muslin bags might not be the trick? Something that would prevent the produce from being contaminated in the cart or on the checkout conveyor, but also not so heavy that it would add significantly to the price of the produce on the scale.
ReplyDeleteNow I wonder if we can extend that concept by just moistening the produce bag (with produce inside) when you get home and popping in the crisper. The muslin would be breathable, yet hold a little moisture.
What do you think?