How many things can you do with potatoes.

-taff

Time for lesson in how to store potatoes then......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWBDEYCZvx0

Pink.

I've added your thread to our existing one on using potatoes to keep the suggestions together.

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ogglydoggly

Okay, so living next door to my parents has it's perks. My dad gets extremely restless of an evening and being that we live within walking distance of 2 major supermarkets, he can often be found rummaging through the reduced sections for bargains. Usually, at about 8pm, we get a knock at the door and there he stands with bags full of goodies (actually 9 times out of 10 it is bread)

Last night we heard the usual knock and said our running joke "it's the bread man" only to open the door and find him standing there with 10 kilos of Sylvan potatoes :eek:

At the bargain price of 40 pence I am chuffed and grateful although a little unsure what on earth to do with them all :rotfl: The first thing that popped into my head was ask on the old style board, they'll know what to do :T

There is me, DH, DS 1 (8), DS 2 (6) and DS 3 (3). We have a chest freezer so space is not an issue.

So any recipes for potatoes that freeze well? I don't mind a bit of prep and baking first :rotfl:

Thanks in advance

suzybloo

I am in the same position as you we have an allotment so grew two 25kg sacks of potatoes which are in the shed, but hubby is in agriculture and over the last three weeks have received a further two bags. I am off work today so I am going to have a great time (!) peeling and making mash for the freezer. It's a faff at the time but if they are mashed well, cooled and frozen quickly they are so handy to defrost, add another knob of butter and drop of milk after they have been heated, and they are just like fresh made. You could chip them blanche them and freeze on trays for your own home made chips/wedges and use like normal frozen products. With the wedges I would wait until going to cook them before putting on the seasoning.
Hope that helps!

aliama

You could also make a head start on your Christmas roasties, by freezing them after they've been parboiled and bashed up.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4967/golden-roast-potatoes - see the tip.

BTW, I hope you've got a big freezer.

Funky_Bold_Ribena

Take them out of any plastic bags, put them into paper ones and keep cool and dark and just use them as you need them.

splodger_seedswapper

i agree with FBR - if the spuds are not sprouting - then they don't need using straight away - i have all of my homegrown spuds in the shed in hessian or paper sacks - if you don't have any of these i have found that hoover bags work just as well (it's amazing how many people upgrade their hoover but keep the unused bags ):rotfl:

if you are sure you want to freeze a load - mash freezes well. par boiled spuds are ok too but are not as good if just reboiled when defrosted (bit watery in taste) but they are ok if pan fried or put in bubble 'n squeak etc.
i tried freezing par boiled grated spud with onion earlier in the year - for rosti potato - works ok but not as nice as freshly made mix.
dauphinoire is ok frozen

meg72

There are some great recipes on this site

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/

karren

if you have time, id cook as much as you can face, id mash some, id roast some and make cheese and pot pie, ive fozen them schooped out with ice cream scoop prev and thats worked and saved so much hassle when working!

Broomstick

Mashed potato is very good for making HM fish or veg cakes. You can just mix in tinned mackerel, salmon or tuna and add things like fried onion, herbs, sweetcorn, any veg that needs using up etc. If making veggie versions I sometimes add some grated cheese and, although I haven't tried it, I'm sure it would be possible to put egg in the mix for added protein. I shape the cakes into flat rounds and freeze them. Cook in the oven or with gentle frying. They do really well with baked beans for a quick meal. Every so often, I do a bulk cook of them.

B x