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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 12:37:37 PM
Jeez I have a million and haven't had much luck in the past with freezing them
Any tips?
Or should I pressure can them.? Has anyone done this.
I am seriously thinking about giving out potatoes as Halloween treats if I don't find a way to preserve them soon. LOL
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 08:28:38 AM
Audrey--yes, just add the cream, butter, seasoning, etc...I've never had any problem with thawing them as is, but I suppose if you felt they were a little dry, adding milk/butter certainly wouldn't hurt.
Remember, you can also make potato latkes with leftover/frozen mashed potatoes, so there's yet another use.
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| acairnsmom |
Posted - Sep 15 2010 : 08:35:38 AM
So when freezing mashed potatoes, you make regular mashed potatoes with butter and milk and then can freeze them? I am always looking for quick meal ideas and this might be a good one. Do you then need to rewhip them when they are thawed? And what a super idea Angela for hash browns. DH loves hash browns and if I can make my own instead of relying on the ones from the grocery store that would be super! I am starting to realize all of the prepackaged foods we love to eat but hate to buy, I could be making for myself. That way I could control the ingredients.
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| dutchy |
Posted - Sep 15 2010 : 12:07:07 AM
I freezes boiled potatoes and they taste still fine. Never tried freezing mashed, gotta try that too as I was given quite a load of potatoes last week yay. I am a small eater so am afraid they might go bad on me. Thanks for the mashed tip :D
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| natesgirl |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 9:16:18 PM
I shred, blanch and freeze in patty size and shape for hash browns. I also love to freeze really thick mashed potato patties for fryin for later. You can also blanch and cut into wedges then freeze, these are great for oven bakin or deep fryin.
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 5:12:41 PM
Hamburger splits sound delicious!
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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 06:58:25 AM
thanks Jonni,
Sounds yummy
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Sep 14 2010 : 06:54:05 AM
I freeze mashed potatoes, but potatoes typically don't freeze well--well, they freeze, it's the thawing process that does them in.
But make a bunch of mashed potatoes and freeze them and you've got meals in minutes. My favorite? Hamburger splits--it's an old soda shop dish from my mom's high school hangout in Grove City, Ohio during the 1960's.
A hamburger on a bun (we simply add cheese), split in half. Put a giant dollop of mashed potatoes in the center of the split, then cover the whole thing with warm beef gravy. Comfort food at its' best!!!!
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| SheilaC |
Posted - Sep 13 2010 : 05:34:19 AM
I've frozen mashed potatoes in muffin tins and then popped them out and into ziplock bags---yummy and easy for a busy night! |
| rosarita78 |
Posted - Sep 12 2010 : 7:36:35 PM
I have kept potatoes for almost a year in a dark cool space. I got newspapers and papertowels. In a cool dark place I layed out the potatoes so they didn't touch eachother and covered them with newspaper/papertowels. I still had potatoes a year later and they were just fine. They never did oxidize or taste funny. Good Luck
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 6:04:35 PM
I have dried them and frozen them and canned them and they are all just fine.
When I freeze I blanch first and freeze on a cookie sheet with parchment in a single layer and then when frozen hard transfer to a freezer bag.
Diana
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| prairie_princess |
Posted - Sep 11 2010 : 12:51:41 PM
LOL!!! Hey, they're more nutritious than candy!
I'm pretty sure you can can them.... I know you can buy them canned at the grocery store, so I'm pretty sure you can home can them, too.
I wonder how potatoes that have already been cooked or mashed would do in the freezer? Maybe you could boil some to freeze? that way, if the texture changed, it might not make a difference if you were just to mash them later? Not sure...
And I always wondered if you could dehydrate them... even make potato chips that way? and then vacuum seal them?
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