On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:47:46 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> On 2/5/2014 10:48 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Doris
>>>
>> That would be too easy.
>
>Again, those weren't around with I was a kid. Only wax paper bags, and when
>I was older, the fold over sandwich bags. Neither were good enough to stop
>onion stink.

I doubt you are nearly old enough to predate plastic bags...
resealable plastic bags are older than you (and Zip-Loc wasn't first)
and plain plastic bags predate resealable/zipper bags by several years
http://www.ehow.com/facts_4928021_hi...plock-bag.html