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raccoon

(32,466 posts) Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:03 AM Oct 2022

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Baking potatoes. Should I keep them in the refrigerator before using, or not? Nt

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Baking potatoes. Should I keep them in the refrigerator before using, or not? Nt (Original Post) raccoon Oct 2022 OP

Cooler spot, but not refrigerated IMO.. Same place I keep onions hlthe2b Oct 2022 #1

+++ JohnSJ Oct 2022 #3

Tomatoes same thing. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #4

Preferably but the damned fruit flies have forced me to put them in the refrigerator.. hlthe2b Oct 2022 #7

I have heard that wine corks will get rid of fruit flies. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #8

I read keeping onions and potatoes together isn't a good idea, so now I separate them. MLAA Oct 2022 #5

In the pantry, different placement, different baskets...NOT together hlthe2b Oct 2022 #6

if refrigerated ShepKat Oct 2022 #2

I knew they got weirdly sweet chowmama Mar 2023 #9

hlthe2b

(114,669 posts)

1. Cooler spot, but not refrigerated IMO.. Same place I keep onions

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:05 AM

Oct 2022

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)

3. +++

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:12 AM

Oct 2022

twodogsbarking

(19,326 posts)

4. Tomatoes same thing.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:51 AM

Oct 2022

hlthe2b

(114,669 posts)

7. Preferably but the damned fruit flies have forced me to put them in the refrigerator..

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 11:28 AM

Oct 2022

Even intact unblemished tomatoes attract the little SOBs. Grrrr

twodogsbarking

(19,326 posts)

8. I have heard that wine corks will get rid of fruit flies.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 11:52 AM

Oct 2022

https://food52.com/blog/24639-french-home-hack-fruit-flies

MLAA

(19,800 posts)

5. I read keeping onions and potatoes together isn't a good idea, so now I separate them.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 10:54 AM

Oct 2022

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/can-you-store-potatoes-and-onions-together/

hlthe2b

(114,669 posts)

6. In the pantry, different placement, different baskets...NOT together

Reply to MLAA (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 11:26 AM

Oct 2022

ShepKat

(548 posts)

2. if refrigerated

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:06 AM

Oct 2022

more than 2 weeks, the starch turns to sugar. Leave them out and in a couple weeks they will revert back to starch. I've never heard of refrigerating them for the sole purpose of baking them

chowmama

(1,117 posts)

9. I knew they got weirdly sweet

Reply to ShepKat (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 12:54 PM

Mar 2023

I didn't know they'd change back.

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