On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:34:56 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
> wrote:

>
>Janet wrote:
>> In article >, lid
>> says...
>> >
>> > If potatos are not old enough and they come in a 5lb bag with lots
>> > of moisture, how do you dry them without getting sprouts or mold?
>>
>> Take them out of the plastic and spread them on a newspaper ? But I
>> can't imagine a 5 lb bag lasting long enough to sprout or go mouldy.
>
>When you cook for one they can. But on a recent rerun of Molto Mario, he
>said potatoes are normally dried for months before marketing, but are
>sometimes sold too soon. I never heard that before.

Unless one lives in potato growing country, and it's harvest season,
most all one buys at the stupidmarket are storage spuds, typically out
of the ground at least a month. Potatoes are best fresh dug, most
folks have never tasted a freshly dug potato. As soon as potatoes are
dug they are ready to eat, there is no drying, just wash off the dirt
and cook.