Q: I've tried storing potatoes and onions in the fridge, and inside a cupboard on the shelf, but they always seem to shrivel up, grow eyes, or go bad much faster than they ought to. What's the ideal way to keep them fresh longest when I'm miles from the nearest root cellar?

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