Sunday, July 23, 2006

Who knew potatoes could become liquid...?

Ok so we're not lazy but we are forgetful.
Bryan went to take the trash out because it needed to be done. He remembered that we had a bag of old potatoes that were in desperate need of being pitched and went to go get them. When he opened the cupboard it smelled like the old potatoes then more so as he pulled them out.
As he was recovering from the odor only I noticed the brown liquid dripping from the bag. He noticed my yelling and quickly tried to stop it with his hand. That turned out to be a terrible mistake because then his hand reeked of the potato liquid.
We finally made it into the garbage bag and while he took it to the dumpster I had to mop it up. I thought a small price to pay for him doing all the dirty work. So as I continued to cook hamburger for the chili he graciously mopped up the liquid in the cupboard with paper towels and sprayed a few cleaners on the once pool of brown goo to get rid of the smell.
Truthfully the smell isn't completely gone but needless to say we probably won't be buying potatoes by the bag again.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmm i didnt know that they could become liquid either. thats kinda grose because i could watch all that while i was reading it and yet it was quite ammusing. hehe ok well i love you guys!!!
Courtney

FantasticAlice said...

EW! I have run into that problem too. It happened once and it has never happened again to me! I know some kind of vodka is made from potatos...hmmmm...

jonathan said...

yes vodka is made from potatoes, and they really are mostly water so when they break down you get potato slushie. dont try to make vodka of it though. thats gross.

raj said...

for an interesting scientific experiment on the subject, google "stinky meat project". but FAIR WARNING: do not visit that site if you have an active imagination and/or easy gag reflex! I almost lost it just looking at the pictures. But it's also a little bit hilarious.