On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:36:20 -0700, Tamzen Cannoy >
wrote:

>In article >,
>
>> I don't suppose you have a root cellar, do you? Or a dirt cellar? A basement
>> where you could bury the potatoes?
>
>Not if he lives in most of the western US. I miss basements. I have to
>only buy 3-4 potatoes at at time due to lack of one as well as no air
>conditioning. Darn things rot or sprout in days here in CA.

Last winter we didn't use our cottage for almost three months because
of the snow. We had a bag of spuds in the veggie drawer of the
fridge. They were fine.

Lou