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"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> On Jul 3, 4:50?pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > if you buy corn on the cob and circumstances dictate that you can't
>> > cook it until the next day, should you refrigerate it or leave it out?
>> > does cold accelerate the sugar to starch process, or slow it down?

>>
>> > thanks.

>>
>> > your pal,
>> > blake

>>
>> All chemical processes are slowed at lower temperatures. Refrigerate it
>> in a
>> plastic bag.

>
> That's not necessarilly true with plants... with potatoes their starch
> turns to sugar faster under refrigeration.
>
>


True, but I bought corn two days ago, used some, and refrigerated the rest
until yesterday. It tasted the same. Tonight's final serving will probably
taste just as good. Three days is my limit, not because of any systematic
method other than that's how often I shop.