In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:04:19 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
> ><grins>
> >
> >So, how do you store your room temp stuff?
> >My sister just keeps it all in the 'frige, but I did learn here that
> >putting tomatoes into the refrigerator ruined the flavor, and y'all were
> >right as usual!
>
> As you know, I don't live in the warmest of climates. Husbands and
> wives play the furnace game year 'round here - one turns it up and the
> other turns it down. It's an old SF ritual dating back to the first
> gas furnaces. I've been lucky enough to have very few fruit flies.
> If I recall correctly, the last time I had them all I needed to do was
> to eat everything that needed to be eaten and put the rest, like
> lemons and onions, went into the refrigerator. I didn't put any
> fruits or vegetables out for a week or two after that, the fruit flies
> died or left and they haven't returned. I buy organic more often than
> not, so it's not better living through chemicals and I've never even
> had to put up a flystrip. <Did you just see that shiny halo?>

Sounds like a good plan... ;-)

Onions and garlic, and most fruit can be stored in the 'frige and I can
just refrain from purchasing tomatoes for a week or three!

But, I've not seen a single fly now for the past few days so I may have
finally won! <yay!>
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