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Q&A How do I store part of a raw sweet potato?

Sweet potatoes are mostly starch, and still alive. What I do with potatoes (should also work for sweet potatoes or other starchy tubers) that are to many or too large to be prepared and eaten at o...

posted 10mo ago by watchmaker‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar watchmaker‭ · 2025-11-26T00:19:03Z (10 months ago)
Sweet potatoes are mostly starch, and still *alive*.

What I do with potatoes (should also work for sweet potatoes or other starchy tubers) that are to many or too large to be prepared and eaten at once, is to *kill* them by heating them up, slicing them into handy portions and store them in the deep freezer. 

As my deep-freezer volume is limited and occupied by other foods, I keep most potatoes (the uncut ones) in the non-freezing part of the refrigerator, hoping to consume them before they sprout too much.