ALDI sells dirt cheap carrots, but everytime when I buy them, the carrots get dried up easily (sometimes even within 2 days). Could anyone tell me how I could store them a bit longer? Or is it really a matter of quality that I should switch to Migros or Coop?
I've seen it with Migroop as well as Aldi, from bio to Prix Garantee - neither the retailer nor the price seem to be a factor. My experience has been that anytime carrots are packaged in plastic they can rot within days.
Thanks for the tip about unwashed carrots at Landi, Sbrinz!
I have to second Nikiagarwal ́s comment. In my experience, Aldi ́s carrots are the worst I ́ve had here so far. I like Aldi for some things, but with produce you have to really check them out. Green leafy things like lettuce, also looks pretty bad there. Again , to qualify, my kids eat them only raw, so the qualities like taste and crunchiness are quickly obvious . Perhaps cooked, the difference would be negligible.
I ́m sorry to defend Coop and Migros but they do have the better carrots, here in CH.
My Swiss m-i-law stores her unwashed carrots in the natur-keller, she says they must be kept in the dark, on a sheet of plastic that only lightly covers them so they can still "breathe", and not go limp/dry. They have to have NOT been washed.
My own experience with freezing carrots was that without first blanching them in boiling water, then ice cold water, before freezing - they`re inclined to be rubbery when you cook them. Had to throw out masses at that attempt, they were tasteless tenderised rubber!
I guess that the carrots that still have their green tops (in shops) are unwashed? Should still be a bit of soil clinging to them, at least.