# Onions and Potatos....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875 "2002-12-15T11:09:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875/21 "2002-12-16T16:54:11Z")

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**HPL** think of the green onions you get in the grocery store. The green part on your onion is the same thing. The standard “onion” part is actually a modified stem that stores carbohydrates. It will sprout in the dark in the correct temperatures just like tulip bulbs will sprout. No sunlight necessary, as they’d be buried anyway.

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**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875/22 "2002-12-16T17:40:45Z")

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[Dan Quayle]

Excuse me, I think you left something off in the OP, it’s **Potatoe**

[/Dan Quayle]

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875/23 "2002-12-16T17:47:17Z")

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Um, **Qwisp** , I’m the one who asked if potato skins were safe, originally.

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**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875/24 "2002-12-16T18:51:44Z")

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Sorry **Guin** I just hit the quote button, and copied the part I was answering. I missed the part about eating potato skins. I was only answering about carving out the eyes.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onions-and-potatos/142875/25 "2002-12-16T20:23:02Z")

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'Kay, I have a loooovely story for you. I hadn’t cleaned out my vegetable bin in some time. This was a drawer in the cabinet, as opposed to the crisper in the fridge. Well, my potatoes grew INTO THE WALL! Firmly rooted, with sprouty things going crazy all over the place. It was a big project to get them out. I’ve since stuck to storing spuds in the fridge.

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