Tips for keeping your pantry potatoes fresh.
Cut away any damaged areas and use those potatoes immediately.
Only spotless potatoes will keep well in long-term storage.
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If you buy a pre-packaged bag of potatoes, the plastic bag should already have air holes.
Keep Them Out of Sunlight
Potatoes should not be kept out in the open on your countertop.
Avoid Moisture
You do know how potatoes grow, don’t you?
In the dark, moist ground.
Andnever store potatoes in the refrigeratorthe cold temperature turns potato starch into sugar.
So keep those potatoes away from your tomatoes!
2019;10:1632. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.01632
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chemung County.Storage Guidelines for Fruits & Vegetables.
Accessed March 10, 2013.
