Stravinsk
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I'm a huge potato fan. I eat some form of potato nearly every day. Sometimes cooked directly, but more often the prepared kind that comes in the form of frozen hash browns, potato gems (tater tots), fries etc.
Recently in my area we have had some problems with supply. Stores have been putting limits on frozen potato products because when they arrive they are bought up in bulk by customers due to supply problems.
These frozen products can range anywhere from say, $7/kilo (for beer battered frozen fries, for instance), to as high as $21/kilo for specialty frozen products.
Too much for potatoes, mate. I'm making my own.
Tips:
Soak dirty potatoes for an hour or so, this makes them much easier to clean.
Prepare water in a cooking vessel with desired flavors and salt, then turn on the heat. This eliminates clumping of spices in containers due to steam if they were to be added after the water is already at a boil. Worth noting that stores often charge an extra few bucks per kilo just by adding small amounts of spice to their products.
Boil for several minutes until soft and edible, then use a strainer to drain. Save the hot flavored water for any more you're going to do.
Before freezing, the potato products need to be dried somewhat. I do this by placing them on sheets of aluminum one layer thick, and then placed in the freezer. If alternatively, you were to just throw them all in a freezer bag together after cooking and placing in a freezer, you will end up with a potato product rock that will have to
be broken apart to get clumps that will not cook evenly and this all is just a pain.
Since a 5Kg bag of potatoes cost me around $6, it's a considerable savings to do it this way.
Recently in my area we have had some problems with supply. Stores have been putting limits on frozen potato products because when they arrive they are bought up in bulk by customers due to supply problems.
These frozen products can range anywhere from say, $7/kilo (for beer battered frozen fries, for instance), to as high as $21/kilo for specialty frozen products.
Too much for potatoes, mate. I'm making my own.
Tips:
Soak dirty potatoes for an hour or so, this makes them much easier to clean.
Prepare water in a cooking vessel with desired flavors and salt, then turn on the heat. This eliminates clumping of spices in containers due to steam if they were to be added after the water is already at a boil. Worth noting that stores often charge an extra few bucks per kilo just by adding small amounts of spice to their products.
Boil for several minutes until soft and edible, then use a strainer to drain. Save the hot flavored water for any more you're going to do.
Before freezing, the potato products need to be dried somewhat. I do this by placing them on sheets of aluminum one layer thick, and then placed in the freezer. If alternatively, you were to just throw them all in a freezer bag together after cooking and placing in a freezer, you will end up with a potato product rock that will have to
be broken apart to get clumps that will not cook evenly and this all is just a pain.
Since a 5Kg bag of potatoes cost me around $6, it's a considerable savings to do it this way.