Tinned potato shortage

[karmalama]

Is there some kind of weird tinned potatoes deficit ?

Tried last week in Waitrose, none and no gap on shelf. Thought I'd be clever today and go to Iceland first and again nothing, still none in Waitrose and just checked Ocado and none listed, not even out of stock just not there.

Only wanted to make a fish cake recipe from the new Jamie book ,

They've probably discontinued them because they are so yuk! 🤣🤣

You could substitute a real potato?

It's a well kept secret, but potatoes come in an untinned variety, and you can do everything with them, and more, than the tinned variety.

They sell potatoes in tins?

They’re hiding them with the frozen peppers (yes I know, also available fresh..)

I haven’t noticed OP but some of the replies you have received are snobby and even ableist.
Not everyone can afford to buy and cook potato’s and a tin of 40p ones are much easier to prepare than having to scrub and peel and chop.

I buy tinned potatoes all the time!I love them

Try co op.

They had them in Lidl last week. Nadiya did a quick supper recipe with them which I thought looked great!

Tinned potatoes have taken off in popularity due to them being an air fryer delicacy. Google it. Its true!

Yes I have tried them and they are very nice air fried.

Tinned potatoes don't go off and can be kept as a cupboard staple. Don't be so snobby.

I just remembered I love tinned potatoes. Haven't had any in years must get some if they are available. Maybe with some tinned red salmon for that full reliving a lovely tea at my nans .

Tinned potatoes are very valuable to food banks. Many people are living in bedsits with just one ring, and also the energy to boil potatoes is going to be an issue for many. So tins of potatoes are very much welcomed.

They do.

They also sell beans in tins, disgraceful.

I havent looked for tinned potatoes. They don't taste great do they but will eat them if I have to.

I have been struggling to find strawberries though.

Tinned potatoes are really nice sautéed, or for potatas bravas. Fried tinned spuds done on a mini gas cooker on the beach, with a sausage. Heaven.

I didn't mean to be snobby! I didn't realise they were cooked, which from some of the comments it seems they are. That does make them a different product to a cheaper bag of raw baby potatoes (which you also don't have to peel or chop). Tinned potatoes make more sense if they are cooked! Consider me educated 😊

Every other post I see on many of the FB groups I'm in is posts about air frying tinned potatoes.

Well Nadia Hussain uses them in Indian dishes so they can't be all bad.

Bloody TikTok. They're all over TikTok being roasted in air fryers.

Anything in a tin is cooked. It's part of the tinning process. All tinned food is safe to eat hot or cold.

Aldi has them

Also came on to say wouldn't have ever considered them until I got my air fryer. I'm now a convert.

There's a popular air fryer recipe for roast potatoes using tinned ones, maybe that's why?