SC - potato storage OOP??

[Victoria Wilson]

Um, I keep my potatoes in the bottom drawer of my refrig (as well as my
onions), as I do not use them all that frequently.  The cold seems to
keep them fresh longer, as well as slowing down the root growth on
them.  During the winters here in Montana, I have had them freeze in my
truck before getting into the house (long days of shopping, ususally
during the christmas season) and still used them just fine.  Since the
only potatoes I use are the Idaho, I am not sure what would happen to
any other types of spuds.  I do not know if this method is correct, but
the local spud farmers are the ones that told me how to store my spuds
for elongated usage.  I do not seem to have the "green" discoloration
that you folks describe, although I have been told that if you buy them
like that in the store, that they may have been harvested to soon and
are not "ripe" so to speak.

Lady Kinga


Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> 
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
> >
> > Cairistiona asked:
> > > Hello!  Someone mentioned hanging mesh bags of potatoes earlier, and I just
> > > wanted to ask:  do you hang them in the kitchen?  Don't they go green?  I
> > > usually keep mine in a hessian-lined crate, where they're covered because
> > > they always turn green when exposed to too much light, and I've read in
> > > various places that the green indicates an oxalic acid build-up.  If they
> > > don't go green, what's your secret, please?
> >
> > Interesting. I've heard this about them turning green too, now that you
> > mention it. But mine seem to start growing roots and such before they
> > turn noticably green. Maybe the hanging mesh basket or bag is not such
> > a good idea.
> 
> As Cairistiona mentioned, light is a factor, as is turnover. If you
> don't eat potatoes frequently, you might want to A) make sure they're
> not stored in sunshine, etc., and B) not buy a huge bag of spuds that
> you're not going to eat for months.
> 
> It might be helpful to remember potatoes are tubers, not roots, and so
> are more closely related to stems than roots. I vaguely remember Lydia
> Childs' "The American Frugal Housewife" c. ~1835 C.E., says it's all
> right to break off those little roots that sometimes grow on potatoes in
> storage, but that if you keep the potatoes too long, too much of their
> stored substance will be used to form the roots, so if the roots grow
> repeatedly the potatoes aren't good any more.
> 
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
> 
> troy at asan.com
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