Old fashioned spuds

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Not sure if this is the right place, but I haven't seen these since I was a kid...

In Morrisons, they are selling 27lb sacks of Estima spuds for £3.50. This works out at 13p per pound. They are unwashed and in my mind they keep for much longer, as they are in a paper sack and covered in a layer of mud, both of which keep light out and stop them going green. And I reckon they make some of the best chips in the universe!

For the effort of keeping them in a corner and washing them for a minute, that's a enormous amount saved - the equivalent weight in Waitrose would cost £12.50 and could easily already be going green from light exposure.

Having spuds covered in mud seems to be an old style thing to me...

halight

Thanks for the above post

PasturesNew

I bought a sack once, dipped my hand in one day to pull out some spuds (when it was still 2/3rds full) and out flew a hundred tiny flies... 2-3 spuds had gone rotten/soft and allowed flies to breed.

Since then I've not had a sack.

JCS1

Sacks are best when share with family/friends, stops the ones near the bottom going off.

Rikki

I always by sacks of potatoes in the winter months. They keep better in a cold dark garage or shed, not in the house.

thriftlady_2

I'm always banging on about buying spuds in sacks. Try a farmshop where they're even cheaper -the last sack I bought cost £5 for 20 kg (44lb) or 11p a lb.

They are best kept in a cold, dark place like a garage. Very convenient if you happen to have a door from your kitchen into your garage:D

hilstep2000

I've had one of these Morrison's sacks. They are really good potatoes, and although there are only two of us in the house, they kept realy well too.

westcountrymaid_2

I always buy a sack or 1/2 a sack from our greengrocers in the winter, my favourite are Dunbar, lovely for roasting as they are fluffy in the middle and taste lovely.

Larumbelle

When my homegrown runs out I buy mine from farm shops too. My faves are Marfona and Cara.

Bitsy_Beans

I buy mine (piscasso variety) in a sack (complete with mud!) from local nursery - 25kg for £6. Split the bag with my mum and the spuds are sooooo tasty. As we eat a lot of mash in this house they don't disintergrate into water when boiled too. Can also be scrubbed well and make lovely jacket spuds.
Mmmmmmm potatoes.......I love you!

Dustykitten

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

I buy mine (piscasso variety) in a sack (complete with mud!) from local nursery - 25kg for £6. Split the bag with my mum and the spuds are sooooo tasty. As we eat a lot of mash in this house they don't disintergrate into water when boiled too. Can also be scrubbed well and make lovely jacket spuds.
Mmmmmmm potatoes.......I love you!

I get the same spuds - best variety I've tried, we always have a sack and it lasts about 5 weeks