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From: pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: keeping potatoes from sprouting
Message-ID: <2694@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 09:03:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 09:03:36 1985
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Reply-To: pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

Keep them away from your onions (bananas too, I believe). Many vegetables
give off a compound (ethylene oxide, I believe) which causes ripening.
Bananas and onions are loaded with it - if you want to ripen something,
put it in a paper bag with a ripe banana.  As for potatoes, I keep them
in the hall closet with my bike, boxes, cross-country skis, and other things
that ripen slowly :-)
	-peter "Take a sea cucumber to lunch today" bain
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