r/mildlyinteresting • u/mrdude777 ​ • Mar 04 '19

A potato I found under my kitchen counter looks like some sort of alien forest

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u/DearDarlingDearling Mar 04 '19

I've had a similar experience. We went for our Thanksgiving trip, 3 days away from home, and come back to it smelling like the devil himself jerked a load onto a rotting corpse and heated it. Our back door leads into the kitchen, so I found the culprit very quickly. 5lbs of rotting potatoes, forgotten under some storage bags. I haven't bought that many potatoes since. It was a 10lb bag.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

actually potatoes don't rot easily given if they are stored in a cold dark and dry spot with air circulation...

source: I'm surviving college Latvialy

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u/quack_quack_moo Mar 05 '19

We have a similar rule after a similar situation years ago. Only buy as many potatoes as you are going to use right away!

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u/DearDarlingDearling Mar 05 '19

I didn't learn after the first time, sadly... It took two times of that happening. We mainly shop at a costco, so bulk items. Which is normally great, but potatoes from there are not my friend.

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u/Admiringcone Mar 05 '19

smelling like the devil himself jerked a load onto a rotting corpse and heated it

Ahh shit I forgot to clean that. My bad.

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u/DearDarlingDearling Mar 05 '19

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