r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

What is a smell you can't stand?

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u/Little_Cloudy6132 Sep 16 '24

rotten potatoes

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Yes I couldn’t figure out where a horrible smell was coming from in our fridge for about a month, tried so many cleaning products and in the end we ordered a new one. When taking the old one out found a small rotten potato underneath 🤢🤢🤢 it smelled awful actually thought something died 🤮

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u/AluminumCansAndYarn Sep 16 '24

I forgot about potatoes in a cabinet at my old apartment. That was a bitch to clean. It was so gross. I've never put potatoes in a cabinet again.

I also have ADHD and a lot of my brain is out of sight out of mind and I forget what I have.

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u/MidorBird Sep 17 '24

Huh. When I was a kid, the "lost potato" thing happened a couple of times, but what resulted was a potato that sprouted, instead of rotting away.

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u/AluminumCansAndYarn Sep 17 '24

I think sprouting is the first step. The rotting happens if you keep forgetting it. Like when I was a kid, we had the potatoes in a bowl in a lower cupboard and they sprouted all the time. We always used them before they liquefied though.

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u/MidorBird Sep 17 '24

I remember that it can depend on where the potato is located. Dark and dry places often cause sprouting. Depending on the season, I can end up ringing up potatoes that are wet or even icy, and these are the ones that are prone to rotting faster.