Buying spuds in bulk

harrym1byt

Rather than buy pre-packed or weigh your own potatoes from the supermarket, we go to a local fruit and veg shop and order a 25Kg sack. The shop owner is always out and about in his van, so we ask him to drop them off which he does for free. The sack lasts us around a month if kept in a cool dark place, the quality is much better and they are much cheaper, than they would be bought from either the shop by weight, or the supermarket.

Slowly57

I used to love doing this but now have nowhere to store spuds where a) they won't freeze (when the frosts come, and then thaw + rot something disgusting) or b) where beasties won't be attracted (meeces and rats). We had to abandon a compost bin for the same reason - b)

As you say harrym1byt - much cheaper than shop-bought and best quality.

Nomoonatall

I used to love buying sacks of spuds too. Much better flavour.

I used to par boil loads of them, then cover them in semolina or flour and herbs and then freeze. Blooming lovely roasties!

Rosemary7391

That's probably more potato than I eat in a year!

DigForVictory

When I find a sack of Estimas, I will buy it. Just my chaps are picky blighters & regard every other sort as second best.
They eat them, mind. Just persuading them to treat the sack with courtesy if it isn't Estima is hard work. (Three teens get through spuds with a distressing swiftness!)

determined_new_ms

I buy a 12.5kg sack and it last us about 3 or 4 months. Sat in the garage. If I notice them starting to go past best I cook and freeze. I've got in the habit of when I make roast potatoes doubling up and when I drain after par boiling freezing. Makes the next roast so simple! A bit of lo meat & 1/2 batch of Yorkshire frozen means we can have a quick mid week roast

thriftwizard

A 25Kg sack lasts the six of us about a month, kept in a cool dark workshop patrolled by umpteen cats. (My apples & quinces are also stored out there, along with jams & other preserves.) Desiree is the flavour of the month around here, though Estimas and Wiljas will suffice in an emergency. We're dropping down to four at the beginning of December though, which means a sack will last us a bit longer. I would grow them myself, and did when I had an allotment, but we just don't have enough room in the garden for something I can buy in bulk so cheaply. That said, there are always a few "spud bags" on the go for those lovely tasty little new potatoes straight out of the compost...

DigForVictory

thriftwizard wrote: »

those lovely tasty little new potatoes straight out of the compost

<whimpers with envy>