white potatoes making up for 80% of vegetable consumption in the America

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20. I try to keep potatoes in a cool place.

Supposedly, the optimum storage temperature for potatoes is around 48-50 °F, somewhat warmer than the refrigerator. I just keep them in our garage during the winter, which at night is the optimum temperature, and unfortunately don't have a great place during the summer.

White flour is another long term storable, it will keep at room temperature for up to a year, though I've kept it longer and it still seems fine. If the flour has any germ in it, it will go rancid. I make my own whole grain breads, but I buy white flours in 50 lb bags, then purchase bran and raw germ separately, and mix them in ratio when I make the bread. Only the germ needs to be stored in the refrigerator.

Cabbages are another great vegetable, much more nutritious than lettuce.

Frozen vegetables seem to be the best for long term storage. A long time ago we obtained a chest freezer which does not have a defroster circuit in it, which means two important things occur. First is that it is low power use, there's no heating circuit to defrost the ice build up. The second is perhaps more important, the frozen food is always kept at below freezing temperatures, which means that your frozen items will last a lot longer. In a freezer that has a defrosting circuit, it occasionally (likely several times per day) goes above freezing temperatures for short periods of time, which melts any frost build up. The only hassle about the chest freezer is that various things get buried, thus it's a little inconvenient.