On 2/6/2014 12:19 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> 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
>
She's not old enough to predate plastic bags. She thinks because her
mother didn't buy such products they didn't exist.

Jill