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Share Your Food Adventure  Where & how do you keep your potatoes
& onions  ElsieB Jan 11, 2008 07:40 AM  I have tried many places
in my kitchen/pantry and many dif containers. I am never
satisfied. I have looked for quality 'potato keepers' on the
internet and found nothing that impressed me. I know that kept
under optimal conditions potatoes shd keep well for a long time
(look at the early Americans with their root cellars!). At any
time, I could have several varieties of potatoes and onions in
the house, but often find (or smell) rotten ones. I have a
wonderful antique wire hanger with 3 baskets, but the light gets
to the potatoes and they sprout or green. I cover them with
towels but that is not perfect. i tried keeping them all in
their separate brown paper bags - that doesn't work for me, it's
out of sight - out of mind... then they rot because I forget
what's in all those bags or under those towels. I have a pantry
between the kitchen and g