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

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

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> 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.

That's it.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 6/20/2013 2:44 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> That's it.
>

As will simple dark drawer neglect...

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:48:04 -0600, casa bona > wrote:

> On 6/20/2013 2:44 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> > That's it.
> >
>
> As will simple dark drawer neglect...

I learned, after it was specifically pointed out, to separate them. I
now keep my potatoes in a cupboard drawer (not a refrigerator bin) and
my onions are on the counter with winter squash.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 6/20/2013 3:19 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:48:04 -0600, casa bona > wrote:
>
>> On 6/20/2013 2:44 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> That's it.
>>>
>>
>> As will simple dark drawer neglect...
>
> I learned, after it was specifically pointed out, to separate them. I
> now keep my potatoes in a cupboard drawer (not a refrigerator bin) and
> my onions are on the counter with winter squash.
>

I have the potatoes and onions separated by 2 drawers, so far so good...

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> That's it.

Okay so maybe I was wrong but... I know that they should not be put
together.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
> sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> That's it.
>
> Okay so maybe I was wrong but... I know that they should not be put
> together.

Hey, whatever works for you!

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On 6/21/2013 3:59 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:23:55 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> That's it.
>>
>> Okay so maybe I was wrong but... I know that they should not be put
>> together.
>
> Hey, whatever works for you!
>

Look it was all good until the onions started cross-posting to
alt.usenet.kooks ;-)

On Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:58:33 AM UTC-4, 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

I go thru onions and spuds pretty fast, so I have never had the problem. I took Sheldon's advice about hand choosing onions and spuds and always have the right size now on hand. I may pay a little more per pound, but I like the choice factor.

Kalmia wrote:
> On Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:58:33 AM UTC-4, 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
>
> I go thru onions and spuds pretty fast, so I have never had the
> problem. I took Sheldon's advice about hand choosing onions and
> spuds and always have the right size now on hand. I may pay a little
> more per pound, but I like the choice factor.

I don't always hand choose. But I will never buy them again from Costco.
Too many rotten ones! I do normally hand choose onions but once in a while
if I am feeling cheap or am cooking something with a ton of onions in it, I
will buy a cheap large bag of the yellow ones.

We do not eat many potatoes any more so I usually hand choose but if I see a
super good sale on the bags, I will get a bag and then try to figure out
what to do with them.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:55:22 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I don't always hand choose. But I will never buy them again from Costco.
> Too many rotten ones!

I don't know when that happened to you, but I remember one year not
too long ago when it seemed like every potato I cut into had a black
core and none of them came from Costco - so don't blame them. It was
some sort of blight... it was so bad it was even discussed here.

> I do normally hand choose onions but once in a while
> if I am feeling cheap or am cooking something with a ton of onions in it, I
> will buy a cheap large bag of the yellow ones.
>
I like to buy onions by the bag because I like using the small sized
ones that they put in bags. It means that I can use the entire onion
in one or two meals, so it's not sitting half the week in the
refrigerator while I whittle away at it. However, I've been buying
the larger ones lately because they're charging to danged much for a
tiny sack of onions AFAIC.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:55:22 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I don't always hand choose. But I will never buy them again from
>> Costco. Too many rotten ones!
>
> I don't know when that happened to you, but I remember one year not
> too long ago when it seemed like every potato I cut into had a black
> core and none of them came from Costco - so don't blame them. It was
> some sort of blight... it was so bad it was even discussed here.

Yes, I had that too and they weren't from Costco. The problem from Costco
was mold. Plus there is no way we could ever eat that many potatoes before
they went bad. The onions? Perhaps. I do use a lot of onions.
>
>> I do normally hand choose onions but once in a while
>> if I am feeling cheap or am cooking something with a ton of onions
>> in it, I will buy a cheap large bag of the yellow ones.
>>
> I like to buy onions by the bag because I like using the small sized
> ones that they put in bags. It means that I can use the entire onion
> in one or two meals, so it's not sitting half the week in the
> refrigerator while I whittle away at it. However, I've been buying
> the larger ones lately because they're charging to danged much for a
> tiny sack of onions AFAIC.

Whoa! You and I are just the opposite. I prefer the really large ones and
I can easily use 2-3 of those for one meal. But it all depends on what I am
making. For smaller amounts in cooking, I usually just use the dried ones.

On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:31:19 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> On Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:58:33 AM UTC-4, 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
>
> I go thru onions and spuds pretty fast, so I have never had the problem. I took Sheldon's advice about hand choosing onions and spuds and always have the right size now on hand. I may pay a little more per pound, but I like the choice factor.

I don't go through them very fast and never buy potatoes by the bag
unless I'm cooking for a crowd.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

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

That's very true! I did not know this for many years and stored them
together. I know better now.

On 6/20/13 10:15 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>.... But the onions may give off gasses that cause the potatoes to
> green or sprout.

This is absolutely true.

-- Larry