Should I freeze my potatoes cooked or raw?

[big brown horse]

I do have a dehydrator... What temp?

 

[ORChick]

Not a potato expert by any means - I've never had enough land to grow more than enough fingerlings for summer salads. However, I would think that fingerlings would not store well in the cellar, because their skins are too thin, and they themselves are small. Though a cellar would be a good place to hold them for short term storage, weeks, rather than months. I have had good results with freezing mashed potatoes, like patandchickens. Sometimes when I have extra all purpose potatoes that are about to sprout I will freeze them. To do so I either shred them (think hash browns), or dice them (think homefries or clam chowder), and then blanch them for a minute or two in boiling water, plunging them immediately into ice water, and then draining them when cool, and patting them dry. Then I spread them on a cookie sheet, and freeze. When frozen they go into a ziplock bag. I've had good results freezing them this way.

 

[Blackbird]

We've had fingerlings, Yukon golds, Pontiacs, Russets, and several other kinds all store well in our basement. I would guess it depends on where you live and the temps.

Now I'm hungry.

 

[big brown horse]

We've had fingerlings, Yukon golds, Pontiacs, Russets, and several other kinds all store well in our basement. I would guess it depends on where you live and the temps.

Now I'm hungry.

RIGHT!!

I made a wonderful potato soup last night with some of them. It was to die for.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Dehydrating potatoes, --cut into 1/8 to 1/4" slices, boil for about 5 minutes, place on towle to dry for a few mintues. Dehydrate until dry. Put in blender and pulse to make granules.

Scoop out 1/3 cup to 2-2 1/2 cups water to reconstitue.

Or leave in slivers and make scalloped potatoes. A 10 lb bag of potatoes make about 1 quart of flakes.

 

[big brown horse]

Thank you!!!

 

[me&thegals]

We've had fingerlings, Yukon golds, Pontiacs, Russets, and several other kinds all store well in our basement. I would guess it depends on where you live and the temps.

Now I'm hungry.

RIGHT!!

I made a wonderful potato soup last night with some of them. It was to die for.

Now, don't you know better than to refer to a soup, insert the drooly symbol and not include the recipe?!? Recipe, pretty please

Glad you asked this question since I have boatloads of potatoes and was wondering the same thing. I wonder if the commercial stuff is flash frozen in some way that work better than home freezers?