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[–] Ragincloo@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (5 children)

So you may think! But I left three pounds of potatoes on a high shelf and forgot all summer til I noticed a smell. They rotted and started leaking everywhere. It stained the shelf. Potatoes will come for you if you give them time, humidity and heat

[–] CrazyEddie041@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I forgot about a bag of potatoes once. ONCE.

They smelled like lukewarm death.

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And to think at some point in history that happened to somebody and they thought I better drink that liquid potato

[–] dnzm@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago
[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Emmm. Moist

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago

The secret is to store them in dirt. Worst case scenario, you now have a potato plant instead of a potato.

Everything will come from you if you give it time humidity and heat 😂.

[–] pterencephalon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I also discovered this. I was panicking a little bit when I started smelling what seemed like sewage in my basement. In a 100 year old house, I was wondering what broke. After a few hours, I figured out that there were potatoes rotting in the pantry, which was more open to the basement than it was to the main floor of the house - so all the smell sank down there. It was honestly a relief.

[–] JBloodthorn@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I worked at a train yard taking train cars full of potatoes and loading them on semi trucks to go across the bridge to Canada. One car had sat in the sun with no refrigeration for a week before it got to us. When we cracked that thing open, the smell was atrocious. It was like we could feel it as it expanded out, it was so potent.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Hell, just leave us alone and we'll start sprouting!"

[–] 0x4E4F@lemmy.rollenspiel.monster 15 points 2 years ago

And then you can plant us in the garden and have a bunch more, how cool is that!

[–] Duchess@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago

a flowering/sprouting potato creeps me out in a way i can't describe, they look completely alien.

[–] SternburgExport@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Onions and potatoes are the best fruits

[–] Aasikki@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Best part about onions is that if it's gone a little bad, just tear of layers untill you find a good layer.

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

The healthiest house plants in my home are the potatoes in the bottom of the kitchen cupboard I forgot about.

Worst case scenario, I'll grow more potatoes

[–] Creyapnilla@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Супер Сус!

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

What's taters, precious?

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