root cellar
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People who don’t have a root cellar can try keeping their potatoes in a basket or a burlap sack.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
"We had a root cellar and we had electricity. So, we hung out there for a couple of days."
From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2022
In one case, a Russian was said to be living in a root cellar and eating only pickles for months.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022
You can slow ripening by storing tomatoes at around 50 degrees, in somewhere like a root cellar or a small wine fridge devoted to produce, McDermott says.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022
He wants to know why I did not tell about Calvin and me and the root cellar.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
