On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:54:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:


> They *didn't* go bad in a day. I had them for more than a day. And I have
> no problem eating the eyes. It was someone here that posted a link about
> not eating potatoes that have sprouted. I have eaten sprouted potatoes in
> the past with no problems. I must have gotten lucky there.

I was wondering what temperature they are stored at. The warmer it
is, the faster they sprout. You said you're in a warm spell with no
air conditioner.
>
> But I also mentioned the brown/black spots. On the *inside*. Most of the
> potatoes I got a few years ago were that way.

That was an awful year. I'd buy what looked like a great potato (or
bag of them) on the outside, cut it open only to find the center was
hollow and black. I don't know what the blight was, but it was nasty.


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