Thread: Frozen Potatoes

"James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello All!
>
> I absent mindedly put a bag of small, uncooked, unpeeled, yellow potatoes
> in the freezer. When I found them today I thought I'd see what had
> happened. I just took one, scratched the skin and nuked at 30% power. Then
> I used 100% power for 2 minutes and the potato seemed as good as usual.
> Has anyone else eaten frozen uncooked potatoes and lived? :-)

Aren't the ones sold frozen in the bag with the seasonings raw? Here is what
I would do: I would cut them up frozen if I had a knife sharp enough and fry
them with onions thrown in after they get crispy and/or brown.

cybercat wrote on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:42:46 -0400:


> "James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in
> message news:1Swzk.182$pp3.18@trnddc06...
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I absent mindedly put a bag of small, uncooked, unpeeled,
>> yellow potatoes in the freezer. When I found them today I
>> thought I'd see what had happened. I just took one, scratched
>> the skin and nuked at 30% power. Then I used 100% power for 2
>> minutes and the potato seemed as good as usual. Has anyone
>> else eaten frozen uncooked potatoes and lived? :-)

>Aren't the ones sold frozen in the bag with the seasonings raw? Here is
>what I would do: I would cut them up frozen if I had a knife sharp
>enough and fry them with onions thrown in after they get crispy and/or
>brown.
..



That's reassuring but I seem to remember warnings. Perhaps, those
concerned letting thawed uncooked potatoes sit around at normal
temperatures.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

cybercat wrote:
> "James Silverton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1Swzk.182$pp3.18@trnddc06...
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I absent mindedly put a bag of small, uncooked, unpeeled, yellow potatoes
>> in the freezer. When I found them today I thought I'd see what had
>> happened. I just took one, scratched the skin and nuked at 30% power. Then
>> I used 100% power for 2 minutes and the potato seemed as good as usual.
>> Has anyone else eaten frozen uncooked potatoes and lived? :-)
>
> Aren't the ones sold frozen in the bag with the seasonings raw? Here is what
> I would do: I would cut them up frozen if I had a knife sharp enough and fry
> them with onions thrown in after they get crispy and/or brown.
>
>
I think those potatoes that are frozen for stew or soup mixes, etc. are
par-boiled prior to freezing.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Sep 15, 12:23*pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.not>
wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> I absent mindedly put a bag of small, uncooked, unpeeled, yellow
> potatoes in the freezer. When I found them today I thought I'd see what
> had happened. I just took one, scratched the skin and nuked at 30%
> power. Then I used 100% power for 2 minutes and the potato seemed as
> good as usual. Has anyone else eaten frozen uncooked potatoes and lived?
> :-)
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I nibble on raw potatoes all the time. I can't see frozen raw being
any different, and if you cooked them so they tasted the same, and you
lived to tell us, what's the problem? ;-)

There is a big hazard in leaving hot, cooked potatoes out to cool to
room temp - but I forget what the proper way to cool them is. I
usually leave them out for about a half hour, and then put them in the
fridge uncovered until they are totally cooled. My son who worked in a
hotel kitchen was always yelling at me about how potatoes grew
dangerous bacteria very quickly.

N.

Nancy2 wrote on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:50:15 -0700 (PDT):

> On Sep 15, 12:23 pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.not>
> wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I absent mindedly put a bag of small, uncooked, unpeeled,
>> yellow potatoes in the freezer. When I found them today I
>> thought I'd see what had happened. I just took one, scratched
>> the skin and nuked at 30% power. Then I used 100% power for 2
>> minutes and the potato seemed as good as usual. Has anyone
>> else eaten frozen uncooked potatoes and lived? :-)
>>
>> --
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>>
>> Email, with obvious alterations:
>> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

> I nibble on raw potatoes all the time. I can't see frozen raw
> being any different, and if you cooked them so they tasted the
> same, and you lived to tell us, what's the problem? ;-)

> There is a big hazard in leaving hot, cooked potatoes out to
> cool to room temp - but I forget what the proper way to cool
> them is. I usually leave them out for about a half hour, and
> then put them in the fridge uncovered until they are totally
> cooled. My son who worked in a hotel kitchen was always
> yelling at me about how potatoes grew dangerous bacteria very
> quickly.

I thought I had heard of problems during WWII with starving people
eating potatoes that had been frozen and thawed. Perhaps, the freezing
and thawing makes them more susceptible to rotting.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sep 15, 2:57*pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.not>
wrote:
> *Nancy2 *wrote *on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:50:15 -0700 (PDT):
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 15, 12:23 pm, "James Silverton" <not.jim.silver...@verizon.not>
> > wrote:
> >> Hello All!
>
> >> I absent mindedly put a bag of small, uncooked, unpeeled,
> >> yellow potatoes in the freezer. When I found them today I
> >> thought I'd see what had happened. I just took one, scratched
> >> the skin and nuked at 30% power. Then I used 100% power for 2
> >> minutes and the potato seemed as good as usual. Has anyone
> >> else eaten frozen uncooked potatoes and lived? :-)
>
> >> --
>
> >> James Silverton
> >> Potomac, Maryland
>
> >> Email, with obvious alterations:
> >> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
> > I nibble on raw potatoes all the time. *I can't see frozen raw
> > being any different, and if you cooked them so they tasted the
> > same, and you lived to tell us, what's the problem? *;-)
> > There is a big hazard in leaving hot, cooked potatoes out to
> > cool to room temp - but I forget what the proper way to cool
> > them is. I usually leave them out for about a half hour, and
> > then put them in the fridge uncovered until they are totally
> > cooled. My son who worked in a hotel kitchen was always
> > yelling at me about how potatoes grew dangerous bacteria very
> > quickly.
>
> I thought I had heard of problems during WWII with starving people
> eating potatoes that had been frozen and thawed. Perhaps, the freezing
> and thawing makes them more susceptible to rotting.
> --
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Ya got me, I dunno nuffin'.

N.