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Freezing potatoes

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  • jcr16
    jcr16 Posts: 4,185 Forumite
    mash freezes really well, i used to make cheesy mash and freeze that as well. i often find whenever i cook mash i always cook far too much.
  • LJM
    LJM Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    how does it taste after frozen does it go watery?do you just defrost and heat?having a dizzy mo
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  • Evening

    Just wanted to check if anyone had actually ever frozen potatoe's before? Sainsbury's had some nice TTD one's on offer last week, so I picked some up on Sunday. However by Tuesday they were starting to look ill, so I thought it would be a good idea to sprinkle a little bit of water on them and freeze them.

    So this morning I took them out to defrost at room temperature and they started leaking black liquid (might have been dirt). I chopped them in half and they seemed ok in the middle but I didn't risk it.

    I guess no one has tried freezing them before? And if so, were they successful??



    PS - If you can't eat them, stick em in a slingshot and fire at housemates, hurt like hell!!!
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  • furndire
    furndire Posts: 7,308 Forumite
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    I used to freeze them cooked and add to cooked stew meat to make meat & potato pies.
    On the subject of potatoes, I made extra mash and froze that last week - flattened out in a zip lock bag, which worked well. I was able to break off just the amount I needed for a portion for an odd meal.
  • I don't think I've ever frozen them before. If anything, I would boil them first and then freeze, or par-boil them at the very least. You must be able to freeze them otherwise the frozen chip industry would suffer somewhat. ;)

    Par-boil them!! Good idea :beer:
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  • MATH
    MATH Posts: 2,941 Forumite
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    They must be at least par-cooked before freezing. In future if you cook or par-cook and open freeze them on a baking tray and once solid transfer them to a lidded container or bag they will be 'free-flow' and you will be able to take out as many as you need. HTH
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  • spl2nh
    spl2nh Posts: 136 Forumite
    Kind of off topic I know but I was told by a 'healthly person' ;) that fruit and vegetables are the only thing you can't get food poisoning from.
  • amyandoli
    amyandoli Posts: 470 Forumite
    i buy a big bag of cheap UK pots each month and have a day processing them (along with other fruit and veg). I put some big ones in the oven to cook (with other foods too, so ovens f-u-l-l) as jacket potatoes, and some small ones skewered to be jacket potatoes. I boil a big pan of water and parboil potato wedges, chips, boiled potatoes ready to be bagged, labelled and frozen. throughout the month I just take them out as when required. For mash, I always have smash on standby, it's good for thickening up stews and soups too. I also process fruit ready for crumbles etc parboiling or dehydrating, and other veg parboiling and dehydrating.
  • slonik
    slonik Posts: 132 Forumite
    So do jacket potatos taste alright if they've been frozen? I was thinking of cooking a batch to use for pack lunches, freezing, then defrosting/heating up in the microwave at work. (There's only one so can't hog it for long enough to actually cook a jacket potato)
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  • wokkies
    wokkies Posts: 8,467 Forumite
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    Thats a brilliant idea with the jacket pots do you defrost them when you take them out freezer or just re heat in microwave??
    to be updated:;)
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