Look What $10 Bought at My Local W/M

[patricimo54]

mantella gave me a call to tell me that they had lowered the price of the 5# russets from a $1 to $.50 a bag at our local Super Center. That is $.10 a # folks. I promptly went down and purchased a 100#.
Since I haven't done that well in the stock market I thought I'd keep a closer eye on the food market. I don't know if it is a local thing are company wide. All I know it would be a challenge for me to raise this many spuds for the same money. I will start off storing these in our "Storage Frig" on the back porch. If I had a dehydrator I would put it to use for some of these. I have also thought of pealing and slicing some and putting them up in the freezer. I am open to any input you would like to share for long term storage.
Hopefully some of you will find similar bargains in your area.

[cam]

Karma for the heads up, Pat. I know this past summer, we were buying sweet corn for literally pennies at walmart. This went on all summer until this past week, I believe.

Cam

[jimmyt]

Nice score man! Our local Walmarts do not sell food

[hillbillyken]

Pat

Tators need to be kept cold or they will grow. The best place to store tator is a root cellar but if you don't have one then any DARK,DRY, COOL place will work.

To start insure you have somewhere that has a temp of about 40 degrees. They will store for many months at this temperature. Use any bruised or any with any damage what so ever first. The damaged ones will be the ones that spoil first. Because moisture cause rot DO NOT wash them store as is out of the plastic bags in a unsealed cardboard box or something that will allow for good ventilation. If you feel that moister will be an issue I have stored my beside a dehumidifier.

I hope these tips help and good luck

[Nutso]

Cool, dry place....out of those plastic bags. Whenever I get potatoes I take them out of the plastic bags and put them right into paper. It really cuts down on rotten potatoes.

[keeper172]

Here awhile back I had a guy give me a lot of red taters. I canned them.

[fishleclair]

Nice haul!!!! ;D Wish our W/M would follow suite

[ninedeer]

I always cann all my extra and small taters.As they said out of plastic bags and stored in a cool dry dark place.Thanks fro the info Karma to ya

[patricimo54]

Well this is what is left of my 100# of spuds. My Bride and I consumed them on a regular bases.
After cleaning and culling I stored them in our storage fridge in our utility room. It seems that the dehydrating nature of the fridge caused them to shrivel a bit which caused us to peel a little deeper the meat of the potatoes were still good eats.
mantella stored his in layers of hay in his pantry and according to what he is tell me his faired even better than mine. Maybe I can get him to post a pic. as well.

[Admin]

I'd say you got a heck of a bargain. ;D Have you ever thought about canning any spuds? We canned a bunch and they are so dang handy to have on hand.

[TrappinTommer]

I know you can buy canned sliced potatos and they are prety good. It seems as though they are skinned, sliced, and then canned in water. All ya have to do is drain the water off of them and then cook them. I like to fry them with some onions and seasoned salt. Maybe you could try to can them in some water to keep them longer ;D

[patricimo54]

Mar 1, 2010 19:39:56 GMT -5 Admin said:

Have you ever thought about canning any spuds?

I've never considered it, but I do believe it is time I do.
Thanks.