A food expert has shared an unusual method in ensuring that his potatoes last for much longer than usual. Mike, who regularly posts on the Kitchen Tips Online YouTube channel, shared a list of dos and not to dos in storing the beloved spud.
And we’ve heard this often when it comes to storing food - he suggests leaving them in a dry and cold place. But the eye-raising part of this tip, is that he advises people to utilise the cellar or the basement when storing the food item, the Mirror reports.
He explains: “When I used to live in Ohio, I used to put my potatoes in a basement, in a bin, and they would last routinely for eight to 10 weeks.”
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If you do not have that option, he shared another storage tip that can help potatoes “last just as long”. Talking of his favourite current method, Mike said: "What I do is use a cooking or baking tray with a rack.
"I put the potatoes - unwashed, don’t wash the potatoes and disrupt the skin - and distribute them equally on the tray and I put the pan in a drawer in my kitchen."
He added that you should also remove the potatoes from any plastic packaging before storing them.
“I assure you, you should never keep potatoes in the original plastic bag they came in," Mike explained.
He also debunked the suggestion that you should store your potatoes in the fridge.
Mikes added: “"We’ve all heard it before - maybe Grandma told you - ‘put your potatoes in the fridge," he said. "Well, that’s actually not a good idea because potatoes don’t like a cold temperature.”
He added: "Potatoes prefer a temperature of between four and 10 degrees Celcius. And also, potatoes like humidity.” Mike warned light can also lead your potatoes to develop a green coating, which "is actually toxic".
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