She eats. I’m her mother. I let my daughter eat. Last night she was hungry and we had some peppers.

[Tree-Hugger]

42. I'm sure some definitely goes bad

I do have to admit...a 5 lb bag of onions is food porn to me. You can use onions for sooooo much as the other poster who answer noted. Onions actually keep pretty well as long as it's not too hot and humid. A 5 lb bag would certainly be useful to me. You can also chop them and freeze them. Carrots can be frozen as well. You can also use them in soups and stews, or roasted with some sweet potatoes and onions.

I do okay with cooking. I'm always searching the internet for different ways to cook things. I have the time to do that and I am slightly organized with chopping and freezing stuff that I can't use right away. I think there are some people, such as my husband, who are working non stop in that attempt to make ends meet and they don't have the time to cook big meals or chop up a bunch of produce to freeze. They may not have a freezer or they may not have electricity. In those incidences, produce may go to waste. Again, things like onions, apples, and potatoes have a chance to keep well without refrigeration if conditions are good.