Ordered a sack of potatoes from the milkman tomorrow....what shall I do with them?

[HettiePetal]

A bit skint at the moment so I thought this would be a good way to provide filling meals.

Obviously will be doing the usual mashed based meals, plus chips & roasties etc......................but does anyone have any interesting potato recipes?

(Have a well stocked spice & herb cupboard).

Ta :)

I remember the days when the milk man delivered orange juice and bread ahhhhh.

Dauphoise, mash for the freeze, spicy wedges, jackets for the biggies :)

What spices would you use for the wedges, Monty? And do you just sprinkle them on then stick them in the oven?

Had roast chicken with dauphinoise last night. So yummy.

Oh, and birdy - the potatoes are nice and clean. Look just like the ones you get in cellophane from the supermarket, but in a paper sack thing.

For anyone else thinking of doing similar...

If you have a market, local greengrocer or farm shop that sells potatoes by the sack, they usually sell a 25kg sack for £5-£8. It does rely on being able to pick them up though. Realistically you need a car, unless you are lucky enough to be close enough to somewhere that you can walk there with a wheelbarrow.

Unwashed potatoes in a paper or hessian sack will keep for ages in a cool, darkish place. They won't go manky anywhere near as quickly as supermarket spuds.

I am glad you liked those recipes, HettiePetal.
These recipes are based on Bengali traditional style, except two recipes which are Amritsari style.

Hope you like them!

with the gratin add garlic and cheese if needed.

You could go one further get some nice cod etc and make fish cakes with the mashed potato and freeze.

how about freezing potato gratin?

savoury mash.
boil the potatoes with garlic cloves mash with milk and butter.
cook bacon spring onion and mushrooms.
mix together with grated cheese and eat! yummy

I made some lovely twice baked potatoes last night and dh and ds loved them.

Bake for 45-50 mins, leave to cool, cut in half and scoop out potato to leave shells. Arrange the shells on a baking tray or dish.

Mash potato and mix with "left over" ingredients (I used some fried mushrooms, sliced spring onions, sliced ham and cream cheese mixed together) and spoon back into the shells. Sprinkle on some grated cheese and cook until the cheese is grown and bubbling.

I used what I had leftover in the fridge, but you could mix the potato with cream, grated cheddar, crumbled blue cheese, tuna, onion, Sweetcorn - anything really.

While the oven was on I shoved a macaroni pudding in on a slow cook at the bottom - took me right back to school dinners!

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