Potatoes - popular vegetable in many countries. In particular, in Russia it is used at production of the most various dishes. At the same time many people don't know specific properties of this product. For example, not everyone can explain why at the wrong storage potatoes become sweet.
Consumers who store potatoes in the fridge or in a cellar, for certain paid attention that the product develops a sweetish taste. It suits not everyone. But to avoid a similar situation, it is necessary to understand the chemical processes happening in potato, and factors which cause them. One of an essential ingredients potatoesof - it is starch. It, actually, also gives to vegetable such sytnost what the product and is appreciated in agriculture. Starch as chemical, belongs to the category of polysaccharides. At hit in an organism, because of influence of acids it turns into glucose - a monosaccharide which becomes a source of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, in turn, are used by an organism for activity maintenance. Similar process happens also in potato tubers. At their storage in temperature there are subzero degrees Celsius, process of disintegration of polysaccharides on simpler elements, including glucose is started. This substance also gives sweetish smack to potatoes. This process in itself is harmless as it is similar to what occurs in digestive tract after consumption of potatoes in food. Nevertheless, if you don't like a sweet taste of potatoes, try to store potato in a different way. The place for storage has to be dry and cool, but temperature shouldn't fall subzero. One more method is a fast freezing which is applied at preparation of semi-finished products from potatoes. For this purpose prepare a product - clean tubers, cut and freeze. It is necessary to store them in the freezer until the direct use. Nevertheless, if you have no other opportunity, it is possible to store potatoes and in a cellar. The main thing that it lay there not for long. For several weeks the tubers shouldn't become sweet, and here if you keep it till spring, then such opportunity exists.