"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:37:23 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>Turns out that my dad actually did like to eat them but couldn't
>>stand the smell of them once cut open, in the fridge and my mom does not
>>like them. I read somewhere to put butter (margarine or even a buttery
>>spread will work) on the cut end. This seals it and keeps the smell from
>>stinking up the fridge. Only after I showed my dad this, did he allow me
>>to
>>keep onions in the house.
>
> I put my cut onions in a Ziploc bag. No smells in the fridge. If you
> don't have a Ziploc bag, just use some Saran Wrap.

Yes, but those hadn't been invented when I was a kid. The bags I mean. We
did have Saran Wrap but that won't stop the odor even if you use several
layers.