Does your grandmother do this?

Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox

Both of my grandmothers loved their onions.

We’ll hang them in the basement.

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The entire box of sweetGeorgiaonions fit into the one pair of her stockings.

Consider this talent the perfect formula for storing onions through the winter months.

“Food preservation was much more important than what we do today because it was their survival.”

chef Julia Child at vegetable market observing vegetables

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“It was usually dark there, which would help keep them from sprouting as much.”

Tying them this way keeps them from touching each other so the air moves around them freely.

To retrieve an onion of your own, simply snip the first knot from the bottom, and enjoy.

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Why Vidalia Onions?

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