...aahhh, the initial posting I just found
Brian
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As I'm still landlocked and in the reading, researching and earning and saving my money to actually do what you folks do please take anything I post with a grain of salt - I haven't even worked my way up to newbie yet. But.one of the topics I've been reading up on is provisioning, and specifically the challenges with keeping fruits and vegetables fresh aboard for extended periods of time. For the first time ever, I actually bought something off of an infomercial to try a possible solution.
The product is Debbie Meyer GreenBags, which are advertised to keep fruits and veggies fresh.
The science behind this is (allegedly - decide for yourself) is infusing plastic bags with a mineral form of Zeolite, which absorbs ethelene gas (gas let off by fruits and veggies during ripening and as it sits around). Remove the ethelene gas and fruits and veggies last longer before spoiling - ethelene causes fruits and vegetables to overripen and no longer be edible.
Tonight we had salad with dinner - we bought romaine and iceberg lettuce almost 3 weeks ago. I've got apples that are the same age and are still fresh. Everything we've tried has lasted way, way longer than storing it in the fridge, etc. Tomatoes - same thing. You can wash stuff before you put it in the bags but everything must be dry. The results we've seen have been unreal and as we look to cruising and enjoying fresh foods these might make a significant difference.
Anyway, the website is
www.greenbagstore.com -I'd be interested if anyone has tried them or thinks they might be worthwhile. They're not cheap, but are reusable up to about 10 times and you should use the same bag for the same fruit or vegetable (a bag for romaine, bag for tomatoes, bag for bananas, etc.).
Chris