Question for you expert cooks: Saving half a onion

JD Miller · 01-28-2019, 07:49 PM

If you cut a onion in half and only need to use half, Is it bad to save the other half in the frig for a day or two till you need it?

I remember a wives tale that cut onions absorb germs and crap

44044 · 01-28-2019, 08:03 PM

I will leave one in Tupperware for several days

baboon · 01-28-2019, 09:01 PM

I just wrap it in plastic wrap

Sanders · 01-29-2019, 11:31 AM

I put it in a ziplock baggie, then in a plastic container -- more to contain the odor than anything else. It should be good for a week, but they never last that long in my house.

10 Bears · 01-29-2019, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JD Miller

If you cut a onion in half and only need to use half, Is it bad to save the other half in the frig for a day or two till you need it?

I remember a wives tale that cut onions absorb germs and crap

They really do absorb (attract) everything out of the air.
That's why they turn so black, they are perpetuating bacteria.

aviator · 01-30-2019, 08:08 AM

ziplock bag it.

RTO · 01-30-2019, 05:33 PM

I do most of the grocery shopping. When I buy onions I hand pick different sizes, mostly small onions that I/we will use all of it in a meal so we don't need to store any in the fridge.

It costs less to buy a bag of onions but I like to choose the sizes that I want so they cost a little more. Also we won't use a three pound bag before the onions start turning bad.

4thIDvet · 01-30-2019, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JD Miller

If you cut a onion in half and only need to use half, Is it bad to save the other half in the frig for a day or two till you need it?

I remember a wives tale that cut onions absorb germs and crap

Correct for some reason don't store onions near potatoes I have read, true false hell I don't know???
Now when you cut an onion for use leave the roots top and bottom attached. Cut around it. I guess it's like leaving the brain and innards attached to survive?
Nice Georgia sweet Videha's onions? Put them separated in women's nylon stockings and hang then dry in a nice dry place.
I love onions anti oxidant and great on burgers.

baboon · 01-30-2019, 06:45 PM

Y'all ever had pickled red onions? Great way to have onions around & ready to go on most things.

cerberus · 01-31-2019, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by baboon

Y'all ever had pickled red onions? Great way to have onions around & ready to go on most things.

In the spring, I buy red onion 'sets' and pickle them. oh yea. Good eats. I also boil them like white pearl onions.
Sometimes I'm surprised my breath doesn't melt my granite tabletop.

cerberus

Pogo · 02-05-2019, 05:04 PM

I toss unused parts of onion into the compost bin.

remus · 02-09-2019, 09:08 AM

I'll put a half onion on a saucer on the counter and it will start to turn black after a day or so. Supposed to draw bacteria or germs or something cleaning the air.

01-28-2019, 07:49 PM	#1
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,180	Question for you expert cooks: Saving half a onion If you cut a onion in half and only need to use half, Is it bad to save the other half in the frig for a day or two till you need it? I remember a wives tale that cut onions absorb germs and crap __________________ .......

01-29-2019, 11:31 AM	#4
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,458	I put it in a ziplock baggie, then in a plastic container -- more to contain the odor than anything else. It should be good for a week, but they never last that long in my house. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

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aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,382	ziplock bag it. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

01-30-2019, 05:33 PM	#7
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,563	I do most of the grocery shopping. When I buy onions I hand pick different sizes, mostly small onions that I/we will use all of it in a meal so we don't need to store any in the fridge. It costs less to buy a bag of onions but I like to choose the sizes that I want so they cost a little more. Also we won't use a three pound bag before the onions start turning bad. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

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Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,969	I toss unused parts of onion into the compost bin. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

01-28-2019, 08:03 PM	#2
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,928	I will leave one in Tupperware for several days

01-28-2019, 09:01 PM	#3
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,306	I just wrap it in plastic wrap

01-30-2019, 06:45 PM	#9
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,306	Y'all ever had pickled red onions? Great way to have onions around & ready to go on most things.

02-09-2019, 09:08 AM	#12
remus Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: az Posts: 3,490	I'll put a half onion on a saucer on the counter and it will start to turn black after a day or so. Supposed to draw bacteria or germs or something cleaning the air.

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