Stopping Potatoes sprouting

Today's interesting fact has to do with potatoes and how to stop them from sprouting.

Potatoes sprout when they are in the right conditions... unfortunately, being kept in the dark, and in a warm kitchen, encourages them to put out new shoots from their eyes to reach the light.  You need to keep them in the dark, to keep them from going green, when they start producing poisons that can cause illness and if consumed in large amounts even death.

To prevent this potatoes from sprouting, add a couple apples to the potato bag.  The ethylene gas produced by apples as they ripen, will stop the potatoes producing the offending sprouts.  You could use bananas as well, but they ripen much faster than apples do.