Anon OpinOnion in recipes should be by weight not number, as they vary by size considerably. Tonight's dish requires "6 onions" which is anything from 300g to nearly 2.5kg. Based on what we had in our fridge, that is.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@anon_opin You keep onions in the fridge?
Mans R@TimWardCam @anon_opin Where do you keep them?
Eugen Rochko@mansr @anon_opin Just in cupboards, with other things that don't need to be in the fridge, like potatoes, swedes, ginger, garlic. (Though for some reason we keep carrots in the fridge - if I can remember that far back, I don't think I did when I lived on my own.)
@TimWardCam @anon_opin Most of those things keep much better in the fridge.
@mansr @anon_opin Better than what? From buying them to eating them they last fine, so no "better" is relevant; if we were going to store them for months we'd check how they were traditionally kept in peasant cottages (which wouldn't have been in a fridge).
@mansr @anon_opin Oh, and the other thing we keep in the fridge these days but my mother never did is eggs.
@TimWardCam @anon_opin Potatoes and such would have been stored in a cold (or at least somewhat cool) cellar. At room temperature, they will start sprouting.
@mansr @anon_opin Sure. The cupboard we use is cool enough for most of the year (it's not in a heated room).
@TimWardCam @anon_opin That makes more sense. If the alternatives are room temperature (20 °C) or a fridge, the fridge is the better choice.