Overcome sprouting potatoes in your pantry

Do you hate those ugly sprouts that form on your potatoes after just a couple of weeks?

It turns out an apple a day might keep those sprouts away and also help the potatoes last longer.

 

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Try it and tell us if it works…

America’s test kitchen ran an experiment and found potatoes stored with an apple stayed firm and sprout-free even after eight weeks, compared to potatoes stored without an apple; they turned out “largely soft, shrivelled, and sad looking.”

So add an apple and save your potatoes!

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