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Default Food prep the day before

On Sep 16, 1:52*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
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> > wrote:
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> >On Sep 15, 12:02*am, wrote:

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> >> Can potatoes and carrots be peeled the evening before they're used in a crock
> >> pot? They'd be for beef stew. My guess is put them in water in the

> >fridge after
> >> peeling or would the potatoes soak up too much water? Thanks.

> >I often prep vegetables the day or night before I'm going to cook
> >something in a crockpot. *Never have noticed any soaking up water, it
> >does keep those potatoes from turning that nasty gray/black color.

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> Okay, why would you peel potaotes and carrots in the first place?
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> Steve
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_I_ peel potatoes because the dish I might be preparing does not call
for the skins to be left on and to save time from having to do it the
day of preparing the dish. You _never_ peel potatoes?