BahamaMama
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Potato harvestI have had a good haul of tatos from the veg bed in the garden, new potatoes are International Kidney (Jersey's) and maincrop are Majestic.
They are good and healthy, no blight and some real whoppers in the crop. I hope to store most of them in old paper feed sacks and observing the rule of only storing perfect specimens. Here is where it gets a bit tricky, a number of the tatos have been attacked by slugs  or have tiny little blemishes. I don't want to ditch these ones as there are quite a few and too many to eat in one or two sittings, how can I keep these?
I am thinking of cooking and freezing potato dishes but as this is something I have never done, I am stuck for ideas - would it work anyway?
Any suggestions?
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cinders
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I made potatoe wedges and froze them.I just slightly cooked taters,then tossed them in a small amount of oil and spicy seasonings.
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lottie
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I make bubble n squeak[ or colcannon] and freeze it as I usually have a potato/onion/cabbage glut at the same time---it's suprisingly successful and quick food, especially if you've a bit of cold meat in the fridge, or nice on it's own if not 
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alice
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I always separate out the damaged ones to use first but don't necessarily use them all straight away. I store them carefully in a separate paper sack and pick out any bad ones as they appear, but the majority store well for a few months. Have I just been lucky do you think?
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Tay
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| alice wrote: | | I always separate out the damaged ones to use first but don't necessarily use them all straight away. I store them carefully in a separate paper sack and pick out any bad ones as they appear, but the majority store well for a few months. Have I just been lucky do you think? |
I don't think so. This was always the way that we did it as slug damage, and the occasional fork hole  were inevitable. And I'd sort through the 'to use soon' pile and further categorise them; those that will last a month or two, and those that won't. With the ones that won't keep, I'd use in cooking meals/freeze some mashed potato and also make several vats of soup. I used a recipe which killed two birds with one stone; used up the annual glut of courgettes, and used those spuds which would have otherwise ended up on the compost heap.
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lottie
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Chickens like cooked sluggy/too small to eat potatoes---but that's illegal now unless you cook them on an open fire outside isn't it?
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woodsprite
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Oooh I'd never thought of freezing bubble & squeak  .
Mind you I'm still having to get used to cooking for only two people, when the boys were at home I always cooked excess veg with the Sunday roast for b & s on for Monday dinner. I still do but now the excess is far too much for me and him.
I will freeze the extra now!
S'funny how it takes someone else to suggest the bloomin' obvious innit?
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lottie
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I've never really ever adjusted to cooking for 2 from cooking for 7----we eat an awful lot of leftovers 
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BahamaMama
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Thanks for the ideas - I have separated into the 'eat now' pile and will be making some freezer supplies as soon as I have enough blackberries to defrost the rest of the freezer supplies and make wine, thereby freeing up freezer space.
Complicated!!
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Slim
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| lottie wrote: | | I've never really ever adjusted to cooking for 2 from cooking for 7----we eat an awful lot of leftovers |
Cooking for small numbers just isn't any fun! 
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gil
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Just started digging up my tatties today (the maincrop, not the row of 'earlies' I dug up far too soon).
Kestrel - whoppers and plenty of them. Getting 5-6lb off each shaw. Some slug damage but not too bad
Lady Christl - quite good too, but only 2-3lb per shaw, and smaller tatties - quite a few are badly slugged, just like the Arran Pilot (early row) were.
On the whole, very pleased. Much better than last year.
Having some Kestrel as mash for tea tonight/
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Frewen
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I had rubbish first and second earlies - but the self seeded things (originally Cara) have been/are good and have set fruit again this year 
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tahir
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Apart from the odd plant we've been digging up on a per meal basis we've harvested 3 wheelbarrows full so far. I reckon we've got another 7 or 8 barrows worth to dig up yet. Inadequate labelling by my wife means I can't tell you which white variety we planted that is totally tasteless and watery. Sarpo Mira might be blight free but iy's only really good fo chips, and even though it's a maincrop it's already died back. Red Duke of York are fab this year.
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Penny
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We've just dug ours up. They're huge this year.
The ones which were blemished I roasted, and they are now in meal sized portions in bags. They cook beautifully from frozen.
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tahir
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| Penny wrote: | | They cook beautifully from frozen. |
Hmm, unfortunately we're going to need our freezer space for the sheep
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Soapnutter
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| tahir wrote: |
Hmm, unfortunately we're going to need our freezer space for the sheep |
And only on here does that sound reasonable.
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lottie
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First year of spuds here on plot dug out from turf---tried a very wide variety [12]to see what does well here--
Kestrel was always our banker and it's been dissapointing--the biggest success has been Atlas big blemish free spuds and Rooster have done well also---Cherie has done best out of the salads--but we haven't dug the Pompadour up yet.
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