On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:58:33 -0500, "Polly Esther"
> wrote:

>I am reading "Leaving Home" by Louise Grace. Reading old cookbooks is
>something I enjoy; occasionally I even learn something. Beneath her recipe
>for French Onion Soup, Ms Grace adds the note: Do not store onions next to
>potatoes for they will take moisture from the potato and tend to mold
>faster.
> Do you suppose there's any truth to this? Polly

False. They will cause the potatoes to sprout.
Janet US