Storing patatos

[burnt bager]

Hi
I have a large sack of potatos that is left in the sack. But after a while some of them (specily in the middle of the bag) start turning into milgue and go soggy and wrotten
Can I stop this please?

Thanks
BB

 

[calvados.boulard]

I'm no expert, but I take mine out of the bag and put them in a spare strainer, that lives in a dark cupboard. The airflow keeps things a bit better in my experience.

 

[phatch]

A little cooler than room temp, away from other kinds of produce, dim to dark conditions.

 

[burnt bager]

I'm no expert, but I take mine out of the bag and put them in a spare strainer, that lives in a dark cupboard. The airflow keeps things a bit better in my experience.

what do you mean by a strainer?

 

[calvados.boulard]

what do you mean by a strainer?

A sieve ,or colander. A bowl with a bunch of holes.

 

[burnt bager]

are you saying getting air flow into it is the trick?

 

[L'uovo vulcanico]

IF they don't breathe, they think they've been planted and start to sprout. Think of what makes potatoes grow and fosters the enzymatic process to initiate that - dark, moist, warm-ish, and enclosed - and remove as many of those factors as practical.

 

[calvados.boulard]

are you saying getting air flow into it is the trick?

Yup.

 

[Seoul Food]

I know a lot of people say this is a no no but I refrigerate mine in a open container if I need to.