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Noodle Storage

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  1. skylogger

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    I get onion bags from the grocery store to store my noodles in they are perfect for drying them out thought it might help others that start fires and such with them

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    What a good idea.
     
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    I use similar burlap sacks and hang them up in the garage rafters - gets nice and hot up there, dries out kindling or smoker wood splits in a couple months
     
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    I have 2 55 gallon plastic barrels with the tps cut off to store mine.
    Those onion bags are the bees knees!
     
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    Fantastic idea.......

    I dried a pile of cedar noodles on the hearth the other evening!!

    We use noodles for tinder bundles on our scouting activities, I always cut them over a tarp, easy cleanup that way. In the summer I'll leave them spread out on that tarp in the sun (so long as the wind isn't bad), they dry out really quickly. I then pack them tightly into cardboard boxes and store them in the loft of the barn for when I need them.
     
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    You were the inspiration for my post after I saw yours drying in front of the stove!
     
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    See! Dat's why I likes it here so much!
     
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    That is a great idea. I have just been using trash bags in the garage. I am almost out of my last bag from 2 years ago.
     
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    Well, thanks to you, I'll be looking to buy some bulk onion sacks.....

    Glad we inspired each other!! :yes:
     
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    Looks like I will be hunting down onion sacks also. I was going to get some burlap sacks tomorrow but I'll also be tracking down these. Anything beats my current storage in the pic below. Wouldn't recommend my current setup as they can't breath hardly at all

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    Keep them in your house for a while, every other day reach down in the box and turn them over .......they dry out OK that way.
     
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    I don't have a door wide enough to fit this box in the house haha. Does anyone know if tractor supply has onion bags? Where are y'all finding them?

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    I usually find onion bags in very close proximity to onions, at my local supermarket or produce wholesaler. :stirpot:

    If you must buy them, there's a bunch of online places that sell mesh bags. Just google "bulk onion bags".
     
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    My mom gets them from the local supermarkets, they give them away just talk to the produce guy.
     
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    Old feed sacks work good.
     
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    Not sure what local feed and seed stores you may have around you but my mom works at one in town. Onions aren't a year around thing but when it's planting time they have tons of empty bags.
     
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    I get my sacks for cheap at the local co-op. But like others posted above a local grocery ask the produce stockers they will hook you up
     
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    Empty dog food bags work good.

    Gary
     
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    they work good for storing but perform subpar in the drying process.
    I use dog food/birdseed bags for sifted charcoal or already dry smoking wood.
     
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