Tinned potatoes...

[Firstdateshotel]

I've recently discovered tinned potatoes... Aibu to say they are deeeeelicious????

My DH loved them chopped up small, with tinned carrots and frozen peas and a tin of Minced beef in gravy (M&S is nice) In to a Pyrex and in a slowish oven for 40mins or so…. Bloody lovely, I must admit… even better over a couple of Yorkie puds
He ate a lot of it before we met!

I can eat them but wouldn't inflict them on anyone else.

They're great in a frittata.

My memory of them is also very ropey. @pigsDOfly described it perfectly.
I haven’t tried them for many years but all these recommendations are making me think it’s time to revisit them!

Completely dropped off my radar! That’s my mission for the weekend - seek out tinned tattles. Yum!

Odd texture. You can make them palatable though

@ButForTheGrace

2 tins sliced and fried with onions, whack in a tin of chopped corned beef, serve with a fried egg, baked beans and think slices of bread and butter. A staple camping meal for our family

Oh god, that sounds amazing

Yesssssss!!!! Have you tried roasting them? Delicious

@Inthesameboatatmo

Nope and nope 🤢🤮

^^ this

I love them roasted but still have quite a big scar on my arm from when one exploded on me when I took the roasting tray out of the oven, about 20 years ago!

I'll be buying tinned potatoes for many years to come.

In the Mortimer and Whitehouse fishing series, Bob Mortimer does the outdoor cooking, and calls them "trapped potatoes".

@knittingaddict you can still get sandwich spread 😊 it’s by the jars of meat spreads usually.

I’m a picker for home delivery so I generally know what’s in stock

I love them - sliced and fried in butter. Also love M&S chicken in white sauce, served with rice and frozen peas, smothered in soy sauce - a lovely quick and easy meal.

Food of my childhood. Drain them and fry them in a little oil, eat between white bread with salt, vinegar and ketchup.

They are THE BEST for making potato salad, and also Spanish omelette (aka) tortilla . They never fall apart.

I didn't know these were a thing at all! I'm never without a bag of potatoes though so wouldn't need them...interesting if I was going caravaning though...are they like baby boil size ?

I had forgotten all about them but you are right OP! Best eaten straight from the tin with a fork, dunked in mayo on the way to one’s gob.

@AuntLydiasNewHairdo

Do M&S still do that chicken in white sauce? Fond memories but for the life of me I can't remember what my mother did with it.

Yes they do... amazing in vol-au-vents.

PS They were a student staple for me if not already apparent from serving suggestion.

My mum would make gammon/bacon & tinned potatoes with peas & mint sauce, then she would put the ‘goodness’ (which was really the badness on them). The goodness is some of the oil from the pan with the gammon bits in it. Delish

Not for me!

@sluj

Never mind tinned potatoes, I have been fantasising about tinned cream. Anyone remember that?

God yes, Nestle sterilised cream in a can. I can visualise the taste immediately, it was delicious, blue label with strawberries and cream on the front.

Drained, sliced up and fried with onion until they've gone crispy, then add corned beef, turning until it starts to brown, served in heaps, topped with a fried egg and a splash of Worcester sauce.? ....Never tried it.......except on every camping trip in the last 10 years! Food heaven!

@Mollypolly2610

Use them in both Indian and Thai curries.

Please don’t ruin a good curry with these!