How to Store Apples The Easy Way
Lacking a root cellar or basement of any kind, our food storage options are limited to canning and drying. But I wanted to test out storing whole apples on a small scale since we manged to put away some as apple butter and apple sauce, but didn’t get around to drying any. I at least wanted something I could “bite into” after November.
This is the result of an experiment in which we stored apples in sawdust for about three months. Somewhere around 50% of them came out fine, while the other half went bad. It would have worked better if we’d used a more insulated container, such as a cooler, and if we hadn’t placed any apples against the sides. Those apples that were touching the metal sides of the pot were the ones that went bad. The rest were delicious!
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And now you know that it’s not necessarily true that “one bad apple spoils the barrel.”
Thanks Erik! I was thinking that myself as I was pulling out the bad ones. I think that’s the reason the sawdust works well. It keeps them from touching each other so they don’t all get spoiled by the bad one. One of these days I’m going to have a root cellar. …one of these days.
Haven’t read it myself, but the UW Extension folks highly recommend this book for everything root cellar related…http://tinyurl.com/26gknox (link goes to Amazon).
Thanks Bill. Yes, that’s a good book. I’ve highlighted a lot of paragraphs in my copy.
This is an awesome idea Everett. I get tired of throwing apples away because the go bad in 3 days after buying them.
I’m going to test this out at the pad and I’ll let you know how it works out for me!
Hope the family is doing awesome out there!
Eric
Thanks for the tip.
We used to store apples, we wrapped them in newspaper and place them in the cellar, this worked really well. cheers from New Zealand ,Marie
I love this idea!! I am going to try it next fall. I found your blog today and honestly am so excited to read about your adventures. Thanks!
Saw how you stored you apples, my husband was listening to what you said and he said growing up he knew of people that stored them in straw. So that is another thought. Maybe