Freezing jacket potatoes

[tillytoodles1]

I live on my own, so when I buy a bag of potatoes, most of them end up in the bin. I live in a flat with communal gardens so I can't plant them when they start sprouting. I love jacket potatoes but usually buy the McCains ones, so I wondered if home frozen ones taste any different?

Can you store them in a cool, dry place with an apple in the bag? Transfer out of plastic first. Potatoes shouldn't need freezing.

Just Googled and the apple thing is a myth. My granny was wring!

No different at all, definitely do it if you've got freezer space. I buy baking potatoes when they're cheap, bake them while I'm doing a roast then cool, wrap in foil and freeze. 5 mins in the microwave.

I do them slightly differently. I buy 2 x packs of sainsbury 4 JP's, so 8. Microwave them, oven cook them. Then when ready cut in half and butter them, add pepper, then topping - for me cheese, for Dh baked beans and cheese or chilli. Then I put them in a take away container. In freezer. Voila. Ready made lunches!

I only eat them one at a time, twice a week, so I would have to keep them for a while.

Yes I do it and they are fine.

I find they go a bit mushy.

Have you ever eaten McCains, are they different?

Yes they are fine! I always freeze them. I cook 6 or so in the oven. Cut in half and Scoop the middle out, add cheese, bacon, seasoning and egg to the potato middle. Mash together and re stuff the skins. Bit of grated cheese on top. I then individually wrap each half in cling film and freeze. Easy delicious dinner.

I do let them warm up to room temperature before cooking though.

Are you cooking directly from frozen? Try defrosting them and letting them slowly warm up to room temp.

I would buy fewer - buy them loose in the quantity you need?

Or bake a whole load, then make the middles into one thing (potato scones, or potato cakes, or a mash-topped pie, or colcannon/bubble & squeak) and do potato skins with the skins the next day. If you don't want to do the potato skins I can send my address and you can post the skins to me as I can never have too many

I aways do this so I have quick lunches for my toddler.

I only eat them one at a time, twice a week, so I would have to keep them for a while.

People would keep potatoes for months in the olden days! They're a storage food.

The aim with potatoes is to keep them cool, dry and in darkness - so an opaque cotton bag in the fridge works well