Frozen or tinned potatoes

Frozen mash for emergency use is also very good. It is also useful for singletons as the potatoes come in 2" pellets, so you can take out how many you want. They get excellent reviews, well the Waitrose ones do, so no reason for others to be different.

Ooh err, I must be a bit 'easy to please'. Tinned spuds - no peeling, no waste, ready in 5. Also like a good jacket or roast but if its just a substitute for peeled boiled spud, tinned are fine.

We don't mind tinned potatoes done in the air fryer, also sometimes chop them up to pad out a soup or casserole; I'm not a fan of frozen potatoes - except for our own leftover mash (usually including a sweet potato), which we use to make potato patties

I par boil then half roast (until just beginning to brown) potatoes. Cool put in a zip lock bag and freeze. Shake out as many as you want spray with a little oil and finish roasting in hot oven or air fryer. Delicious.

Potatoes keep.No need for frozen.

kircubbin2000

Potatoes keep.No need for frozen.

So does flour, you could say there is no need to buy shop-made bread. It is useful to buy your bread readymade, though. I have a breadmaker, which kneads and bakes my bread twice a week, but I also buy part-baked rolls to freeze and use if I can't even put the ingredients into the pan and set it going. They cook in ten minutes and are crisp and fresh.

For some purposes, ready-prepared and frozen potatoes are very useful. I wouldn't buy frozen baked potatoes, but frozen mash and potato croquettes are at least as good as what I would make, so I always have them in my freezer.

Never tried frozen mash. Aunt Bessie’s roast are OK but can’t compare to the real thing. I keep a tin of Sainsburys potatoes for emergency, drain them and fry them in butter and olive oil. A bit like sauté. Use them maybe once a year.

I think tinned potatoes are vile. I don't like bought mash either. I sometimes do a large amount of mash (I live on my own) and then I freeze it in sandwich bags in 200 g portions. I usually end up with a portion of mash for that day plus 3 or 4 to go in the freezer. They are easy to thaw in a microwave from frozen. They sometimes come out slightly dryer after freezing, in which case I add a bit of milk to it.

Thank you all very much for your replies. I think it will be frozen potatoes as a stand by, the tinned ones sound horrible!

Not fussed on tinned potatoes unless fried or sprayed with oil and plenty of salt then done in air fryer. I’ve recently discovered pots of potatoes which you just add boiling water to. At 50p a pot you can’t go wrong. I get them from the Iceland warehouse. I usually add a bit of salt and garlic powder but they are ok as they come. The make is Reeva. I’ll try and post a picture if I can but don’t hold your breath.

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Gingster

Don’t bother with tinned. Horrible. Soft and tasteless.

Frozen roasts are ok.

I totally agree with this you can get loads of different types of frozen potatoes to keep as stand by in the freezer, so handy.

Frozen mash is the best any make really

I was surprised how good Tescos own brand frozen mash is. Ideal if you need just one portion, add some butter, it’s even better.