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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much do you buy and how long do you keep them before you eat them?

I haven't noticed this but I don't keep them around for long. Probably try not to keep them for more than 2 weeks.[/quote]
I have tried all sizes. For a long while, I would only buy the smallest bag, 5 lbs. But then kids came home from college and I needed more. Last time I bought a huge bag, 50 lbs, in Canada at business Costco, and that same day they were full of black all over them. I separated them all put them in a cold place, we have a large basement here too, and it is not humid, heck it was below 25C outside, and within a week I threw all but 5 away.
There was a period, in MD, when I bought only those potatoes that were not in bags, and those were good for the first few days, that is true.
I am from Europe and when I was young, we used to buy 50 kgs of potatoes, put them in the basement and none rotted. None had black spots. They might have shriveled up a bit but that is about all. Now I get it some of it inside is bruising, but I have run into rot outside and rot inside and then the dark spots in the middle. The problem with the dark spots outside is that they rot fast. I am storing them properly, the issue is I am buying them already rotting on the outside, which means grocers are storing them and transporting them improperly.

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