On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 22:15:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Jean B." > wrote in message
...
>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:20:40 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
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>>> snip
>>>> Here I thought my initial thought was crazy: bury them in sand and keep
>>>> them in a cool place. Your idea may be better though. Less grit.
>>> I believe that is the suggested way to over-winter carrots.
>>> Janet US
>>
>> I need to try these methods. I suppose the sterilized sand will be hard
>> to find now (as vs. in the spring when the kiddies' sand boxes are being
>> set up.)
>
>I was most unhappy tonight. We bought 4 sweet potatoes at Albertsons last
>night. They all looked very good. I set them on top of a box of Taco Salad
>Shells that was sitting on top of my bread box. They were in my possession
>for less than 24 hours. And one was totally bad inside. Not rotten like
>mush but like...all dried out and there were holes throughout it. Clearly
>we need to do more research because we must not know what a good sweet
>potato looks like.
>
>I must also be more careful with the produce at Winco. We bought 2
>cucumbers on Friday and they were totally rotten on Monday. Their produce
>is super cheap. But... I think it is also close to going bad. Which
>perhaps is why it is so cheap.
>

Don't buy your produce from the un-refrigerated area, buy it only from
the cooled produce. Feel the cucumber before you buy it. It should
not give to the touch at all. The color should be dark green -- yes, I
know cucumbers are dark green. But if you look at a bunch of them,
you will see that the color of some of them is not as rich or pure.
They are older or grown too long in the field. Do no choose the
largest cucumber in the bin. If the cucumber is totally, totally
smooth, with absolutely no bumpiness anywhere, looking like it may
have stretched its skin, it was grown too long in the field.

Julie, I really hate the way you condemn an entire business or food
type or whatever just because you had a bad (in your view) experience.
Everyone who shops needs to know how to make the best selection of
goods. You simply do not know how to do this. Do you really think
that Winco orders produce from the supplier saying "now, be sure to
give us the stuff that is just about to go bad?" Or that there is a
supplier that specializes in food just about to go bad? Some day
someone is going to sue you for making false statements about them.
Janet US