What’s on the Storing Vegetables poster
A 8-row table: Item · Where · Note.
Storage that roughly doubles the useful life of most produce.
- Potatoes — Cool, dark, ventilated — Never with onions; never in the fridge
- Onions & garlic — Cool, dark, dry — Away from potatoes
- Tomatoes — Room temperature — Fridge destroys the flavour
- Leafy greens — Fridge, damp cloth — Wash just before use
- Carrots — Fridge, in water — Stays crisp for weeks
- Mushrooms — Fridge, paper bag — Plastic makes them slimy
- Herbs (soft) — Fridge, stems in water — Like cut flowers
- Avocado — Counter, then fridge — Fridge once ripe
Ethylene from apples, bananas and tomatoes ripens everything near them. Store those separately from anything you want to keep.
Questions about the Storing Vegetables poster
- What’s on the Storing Vegetables poster?
- A 8-row table: Item · Where · Note. Storage that roughly doubles the useful life of most produce. Potatoes — Cool, dark, ventilated — Never with onions; never in the fridge; Onions & garlic — Cool, dark, dry — Away from potatoes; Tomatoes — Room temperature — Fridge destroys the flavour; Leafy greens — Fridge, damp cloth — Wash just before use; Carrots — Fridge, in water — Stays crisp for weeks; Mushrooms — Fridge, paper bag — Plastic makes them slimy; Herbs (soft) — Fridge, stems in water — Like cut flowers; Avocado — Counter, then fridge — Fridge once ripe. Ethylene from apples, bananas and tomatoes ripens everything near them. Store those separately from anything you want to keep.
- Who is the Storing Vegetables poster for?
- Storing Vegetables belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning ingredients can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Storing Vegetables poster?
- Potatoes and onions must be stored apart. Together, each makes the other sprout and rot. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Storing Vegetables belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Storing Vegetables?
- Storing Bread, Cheese and Chillies sit alongside Storing Vegetables in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Storing BreadCheeseChillies
- Is the Storing Vegetables poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Storing Vegetables downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Storing Vegetables poster print at?
- Storing Vegetables is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Storing Vegetables loses nothing.Printing guide
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