On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 22:07:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 2 Sep 2012 01:54:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>> How do you do it?
>>>
>>> I have a wooden bin that I used to use for potatoes and onions. Until I
>>> learned that they should not be stored together.
>>
>> I store them together.
>
>Well they shouldn't be. One of them gives off a gas that causes the other
>to rot more quickly.
>
>I was pretty shocked to see the price at Albertsons though. $1.98 a pound!
>I paid 78 cents a pound at one store and 48 cents a pound at another.
>
The onions give off a gas that causes the potatoes to sprout.
Janet US