Red potatoes
By Catherine Haug, April 20, 2017 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons).
Most grocers keep true potatoes in the refrigerated produce section, and sweet potatoes at room temperature, both under bright lights. But this doesn’t mean that’s where you should store them at home.
When stored improperly, “they might look OK; but when cooked, they may emit harmful properties that they wouldn’t have, otherwise. They can become not just slightly shrunken and wrinkly, but potentially toxic.” Why?
How should they be stored? (more…)