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Default How to keep cabbage from turning sour?

Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article
> >,
> lf5517a > wrote:


>> I've tried keeping potatoes in the fridge and when I tried eating
>> them, the middles where either slimy or grey. I'd rather microwave a
>> fresh potato every day, or bake maybe four twice a week than even
>> think of eating potatoes which have become moldy. they just don't
>> smell nice when they get bacterial growth in them and the mold growth
>> is so varied that I just don't trust any of it.

>
> How hard is it to cook a frigging potato on demand?
>


That was my thought. My next thought was "easier than trying to choke
down a week-old potato."

I keep potatoes for a day or two, because I do like them cold, and
because cold leftover potatoes make good hash, home fries, and potato
salad, but after a day or two? I'd rather make more fresh.

Serene
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