The Kitchen Stink. Caution: Rated GROSS!

Andy said:

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers,
was a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like
slime! [shudder]

Oh boy, spoiled potatoes are awful. I forgot some out in the garage,
in St. Louis summer heat. Wheeeeeeeeeeeew.

Brian

This reminds me of a joke (based on a true story) :

Entered into a Home Depot suggestion box :

I'd like to suggest a new entry for the Employee Manual at Home Depot
(a large USA hardware store).

1. If a customer comes to the checkout area toting a toilet auger, a
pair of knee-high rubber boots, a mop, two gallons of bleach,
elbow-length
neoprene rubber gloves, a scoop shovel, and a gallon of
industrial-strength
deodorizer, it is not neccesary to ask him or her, "So, how are you
doing
today?" Nobody really wants to know.

2. After said customer tenders cash for his/her purchase, please use
an
antibacterial hand sanitizer.

OBfood : rotten potatoes really do stink. I have a (not rotten) potato
recipe, but after that joke and the original story, I'm not sure anyone
would be interested.

Dean G.
Hey ! You said your appetite was gone already.

"Dean G." <[email hidden]> wrote in news:1123017986.695628.95810
@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Quoted message said:

This reminds me of a joke (based on a true story) :

Entered into a Home Depot suggestion box :

I'd like to suggest a new entry for the Employee Manual at Home Depot
(a large USA hardware store).

1. If a customer comes to the checkout area toting a toilet auger, a
pair of knee-high rubber boots, a mop, two gallons of bleach,
elbow-length
neoprene rubber gloves, a scoop shovel, and a gallon of
industrial-strength
deodorizer, it is not neccesary to ask him or her, "So, how are you
doing
today?" Nobody really wants to know.

2. After said customer tenders cash for his/her purchase, please use
an
antibacterial hand sanitizer.

OBfood : rotten potatoes really do stink. I have a (not rotten) potato
recipe, but after that joke and the original story, I'm not sure

anyone

Quoted message said:

would be interested.

Dean G.
Hey ! You said your appetite was gone already.

Dean G.,

😄

I have to look on the bright side. It wasn't a dead mouse in the wall.
That stench lasts for a month!!!

I put the Caution in the subject line so folks could choose to skip it
before sitting down for a meal.

All the best,

Andy

"Andy" <Q> wrote

Quoted message said:

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

Oh, gawd, that is Horrible. Once we had a fruit fly infestation
that didn't want to quit. Relentless. Tracked down the source,
finally ... a bag of melted potatoes, what a FRIGGIN stench,
and all liquid, too. Still gives me the willies to think about it.

nancy

Andy said:

I noticed a kitchen stink two days ago and thought mabye something died.
I've had mice die in the walls before.

I replaced the lava stones on the BBQ but that wasn't it.

Today it was really bad after a night of no air-conditioning.

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

With surgical gloves on, I wiped out the liquid, disinfected it with
wipes and lysol and put the drawer on the porch to dry. I sealed up the
potatoes and took them to the trash shed.

After a shower and half a bar of soap later, I feel better.

Andy
No appetite left for today.

I can't keep potatoes in my kitchen in the summer. We have a small
apartment, and the kitchen is also small, with no real ventilation
except for the fan over the stove. Potataoes+humidity=slime and stink.
'Rotten potato' is one of the worst smells *EVER*, IMO.

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sarah bennett said:

Andy said:

I noticed a kitchen stink two days ago and thought mabye something died.
I've had mice die in the walls before.

I replaced the lava stones on the BBQ but that wasn't it.

Today it was really bad after a night of no air-conditioning.

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

With surgical gloves on, I wiped out the liquid, disinfected it with
wipes and lysol and put the drawer on the porch to dry. I sealed up the
potatoes and took them to the trash shed.

After a shower and half a bar of soap later, I feel better.

Andy
No appetite left for today.

I can't keep potatoes in my kitchen in the summer. We have a small
apartment, and the kitchen is also small, with no real ventilation
except for the fan over the stove. Potataoes+humidity=slime and stink.
'Rotten potato' is one of the worst smells *EVER*, IMO.

Oh, you have not smelled a kitchen when a freezer *full* of various
and unknown fish quit during an away trip during the summer. I was
storing a bunch of frozen seafood for a Chinese friend (don't
remember why, it was a long time ago) and the refrigerator konked out.

O..M...G... Fortunately I was renting, it wasn't my refrigerator,
and the landlord (who lived downstairs) had to clean it up. I
couldn't have done it.

Come to think about it, that was a bottom freezer. I don't know why
people are crazy about them. It didn't impress me either way.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I can't keep potatoes in my kitchen in the summer. We have a small
apartment, and the kitchen is also small, with no real ventilation except
for the fan over the stove. Potataoes+humidity=slime and stink. 'Rotten
potato' is one of the worst smells *EVER*, IMO.

No doubtr about it, rotten potatoes smell horrid.

The worst smell ever in my book though was this:

Susie, a cat we had many years ago, had (unbeknownst at first to us) started
spraying. One of the first places she sprayed was the burner on our
electric stove. Unaware this had happened, I turned the stove on. Two
minutres later we were in the parking lot of the apartment building
wondering if we needed to call the paramedics.

Anny

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:dcop0m$2p1$1
@news.monmouth.com:

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"Andy" <Q> wrote

Quoted message said:

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers,

was

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like

slime!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

Oh, gawd, that is Horrible. Once we had a fruit fly infestation
that didn't want to quit. Relentless. Tracked down the source,
finally ... a bag of melted potatoes, what a FRIGGIN stench,
and all liquid, too. Still gives me the willies to think about it.

nancy

nancy,

I never saw potato liquid like that before. I've stored baking potatoes
before and they've just grown roots out of their eyes. (Another pretty
thought?)

Good grief,

Andy

Dean G. said:

This reminds me of a joke (based on a true story) :

Entered into a Home Depot suggestion box :

I'd like to suggest a new entry for the Employee Manual at Home Depot
(a large USA hardware store).

1. If a customer comes to the checkout area toting a toilet auger, a
pair of knee-high rubber boots, a mop, two gallons of bleach,
elbow-length
neoprene rubber gloves, a scoop shovel, and a gallon of
industrial-strength
deodorizer, it is not neccesary to ask him or her, "So, how are you
doing
today?" Nobody really wants to know.

2. After said customer tenders cash for his/her purchase, please use
an
antibacterial hand sanitizer.

OBfood : rotten potatoes really do stink. I have a (not rotten) potato
recipe, but after that joke and the original story, I'm not sure anyone
would be interested.

Dean G.

3. Mark receipt "Toilet augers not returnable"
4. Advise returns desk of new policy.
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Andy Q said:

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

THANK YOU for the reminder, Andy. I just checked our bag of spuds, and
they weren't disgusting yet, but there was moisture forming on the bottom
of the bag. I just tossed them out. I'm not going to cook potatoes in
this heat, anyway.

Carol

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Quoted message said:

THANK YOU for the reminder, Andy. I just checked our bag of spuds,

and

Quoted message said:

they weren't disgusting yet, but there was moisture forming on the

bottom

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of the bag. I just tossed them out. I'm not going to cook potatoes

in

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this heat, anyway.

Carol

Carol,

You're welcome. Keeping Damsels from distress is my job.

Andy
http://tinyurl.com/agkyj

Andy Q said:

Damsel <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

THANK YOU for the reminder, Andy. I just checked our bag of spuds,
and they weren't disgusting yet, but there was moisture forming on the
bottom of the bag. I just tossed them out. I'm not going to cook potatoes
in this heat, anyway.

Carol,

You're welcome. Keeping Damsels from distress is my job.

Are you this adorable in person, too?

Carol

Damsel <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Andy Q said:

Damsel <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

THANK YOU for the reminder, Andy. I just checked our bag of spuds,
and they weren't disgusting yet, but there was moisture forming on
the bottom of the bag. I just tossed them out. I'm not going to
cook potatoes in this heat, anyway.

Carol,

You're welcome. Keeping Damsels from distress is my job.

Are you this adorable in person, too?

Carol

Carol,

Why yes, yes I am! http://tinyurl.com/agkyj

😄

Andy

Andy said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:dcop0m$2p1$1
@news.monmouth.com:

Quoted message said:

"Andy" <Q> wrote

Quoted message said:

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding
drawers, was a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a
pool of potato liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench
coated me like slime! [shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

Oh, gawd, that is Horrible. Once we had a fruit fly infestation
that didn't want to quit. Relentless. Tracked down the source,
finally ... a bag of melted potatoes, what a FRIGGIN stench,
and all liquid, too. Still gives me the willies to think about it.

nancy

nancy,

I never saw potato liquid like that before. I've stored baking
potatoes before and they've just grown roots out of their eyes.
(Another pretty thought?)

Good grief,

Andy

Roots beat liquid any day! I had some squash turn to liquid once in the
compartment in the fridge... I completely forgot they were there. They
didn't stink but man was it a pain to clean up (they were in the plastic
bag, thank god).

Jill

Andy said:

I noticed a kitchen stink two days ago and thought mabye something died.
I've had mice die in the walls before.

I replaced the lava stones on the BBQ but that wasn't it.

Today it was really bad after a night of no air-conditioning.

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

Whenever I start smelling something rank in my kitchen, the first thing I
check is the pantry where I have two stacked bins, one for potatoes and one
for onions. Rotten onions are almost as bad as rotten potatoes.

Dave Smith said:

Whenever I start smelling something rank in my kitchen, the first thing I
check is the pantry where I have two stacked bins, one for potatoes and one
for onions. Rotten onions are almost as bad as rotten potatoes.

I found rotten potatoes AND onions in a carpeted bedroom closet after a
renter moved out on bad terms. That room (in a previous house) is tiled
now.

Carol

In article <[email hidden]>, Andy <Q>

Quoted message said:

I noticed a kitchen stink two days ago and thought mabye something died.
I've had mice die in the walls before.

I replaced the lava stones on the BBQ but that wasn't it.

Today it was really bad after a night of no air-conditioning.

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

With surgical gloves on, I wiped out the liquid, disinfected it with
wipes and lysol and put the drawer on the porch to dry. I sealed up the
potatoes and took them to the trash shed.

After a shower and half a bar of soap later, I feel better.

Andy
No appetite left for today.

Been there, done that. ;-)

I refrigerated potatoes after that,
but now I no longer eat them at all......
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

Nancy Young said:

"Andy" <Q> wrote

Quoted message said:

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

Oh, gawd, that is Horrible. Once we had a fruit fly infestation
that didn't want to quit. Relentless. Tracked down the source,
finally ... a bag of melted potatoes, what a FRIGGIN stench,
and all liquid, too. Still gives me the willies to think about it.

nancy

The one time we had a fruit fly infestation, it was a spoiled grapefruit
that had rolled into an out of the way place. ;-)

Not stinky per se', but it was nearly liquified with fruit fly maggots!

Disgusting.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Andy said:

I noticed a kitchen stink two days ago and thought mabye something died.
I've had mice die in the walls before.

I opened the pantry and there, in one of the bottom sliding drawers, was
a plastic sack of yukon gold potatoes sitting in a pool of potato
liquid. YUUUUUUCKK!!!!! I almost puked. The stench coated me like slime!
[shudder]

I forgot all about them. They were probably a month old!

With surgical gloves on, I wiped out the liquid, disinfected it with
wipes and lysol and put the drawer on the porch to dry. I sealed up the
potatoes and took them to the trash shed.

After a shower and half a bar of soap later, I feel better.

What a wuss. An Italian woulda just cut away the bad parts and made
gnocchi.

Sheldon