What is the best way to store potatoes and onions?

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asked Feb 7, 2022 in Other-Food Drink by bythenumbers (1,590 points)
What is the best way to store potatoes and onions?

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answered Feb 13, 2022 by Carrie123 (14,510 points)
The best way to store potatoes and onions is to store the potatoes and onions in a cool and dark place but keep the potatoes and onions separately.

If you're using the onions or potatoes within a week or two you can simply just leave the onions and potatoes out on the counter in a rack or box that is open.

You can freeze raw potatoes but the raw potatoes should be cut up and blanched before freezing them.

If you freeze whole potatoes without cutting them up and blanching them first then the frozen whole potatoes will become soggy.

Ideally you should not keep potatoes in the fridge as they can absorb moisture and they don't typically last as long in the fridge.

When stored in a cool, dark place, whole, uncooked potatoes can last up to two months.

But at room temperature they can go bad in as little as two weeks.

If you have to refrigerate your potatoes, they will last for three to four weeks.

The key to storing potatoes for a long time is to store the potatoes in a cool, dark and dry place.

Potatoes need airflow to prevent the accumulation of moisture, which can lead to spoilage.

The best way to allow free circulation of air is to store them in an open bowl or paper bag.

Do not store them in a sealed container without ventilation, such as a zipped plastic bag or lidded glassware.

The key is to store potatoes in a cool dry place, like in the cabinet of a pantry, in a paper bag or cardboard box.

It's important to keep potatoes at the cool, ideal temperature (but not, surprisingly, the fridge) to prevent them from turning green, getting soft spots, or pre-maturely sprouting.

Potatoes are good for up to 5 weeks although they may last a bit longer depending on how you store them.

When potatoes are stored in a cool dark place the potatoes will last longer.

If the potatoes start going bad you can cut the bad parts of the potatoes off and eat the rest.

The shelf life of potatoes is 5 weeks and after 5 weeks the potatoes will go bad and start to smell bad.

If you want to keep the potatoes longer store the potatoes in a cool dark place or in the refrigerator.

The potatoes will keep in the refrigerator for 4 months before they spoil and start to smell.

If you want to keep the potatoes longer than 4 months you can freeze them but they will become soggy once you freeze the whole potatoes.

I will sometimes freeze extra potatoes whole and use them in soups and stews where the sogginess of the potatoes when thawed is not a problem.

For fresh potatoes it's best to buy them fresh and then eat them within the month.

Or cut the potatoes up to make fries and then blanch the cut up potatoes and freeze them so they will always be available and ready to deep fry.

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