pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) (07/22/85)
Keep them away from your onions (bananas too, I believe). Many vegetables give off a compound (ethylene oxide, I believe) which causes ripening. Bananas and onions are loaded with it - if you want to ripen something, put it in a paper bag with a ripe banana. As for potatoes, I keep them in the hall closet with my bike, boxes, cross-country skis, and other things that ripen slowly :-) -peter "Take a sea cucumber to lunch today" bain -- - peter bain ...!{allegra|decvax|clyde|ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!pdbain hard mail: CCNG, CPH-2369A, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2M 5G4 telephone: (519) 885-1211 x2810