Frozen or tinned potatoes

Not a fan of frozen roast potatoes, they're often all different sizes, some very small mixed with large. Not a patch on the real thing. DH is a fan of Idaho mash, I put plenty of salt & pepper in and some butter.

M&S do great mash and roast potatoes both can be frozen

Frozen potatoes are ok, I find tinned ones disgusting?

I buy as back up Frozen baby Roast potatoes from "M&S" later on in the season they will be replaced by Baby Frozen Jersey Royals. We like them, so do several of my chums, who also use as back ups. I put them in the Air fryer quick and easy.
I also keep Tin ones which I use for my Cornbeef hash, curries etc.
I very rarely make/eat mash potato so no idea if that's any good.

Cook frozen roast potatoes are great - nearly as good as mine. I stock up when we pass a Cook Store. None of the others are very good imo.

I do keep parmentier from M&S in the freezer but they have to be thawed. Likewise the potatoes in cheese sauce from Waitrose.

Wouldn't have tinned potatoes.

Another fan of Idaho mash here. Tinned potatoes are dreadful and Aunt Bessie’s roasties are ok. I’ve sometimes made a stock of mash, portioned and frozen it when spuds were very cheap.

Frozen roasties aren’t a patch on fresh, but they’re handy to have in. I get frozen mash from Morrisons or Waitrose, less keen on the Aldi one. Portions on my plate and four minutes in the microwave, so easy!

I use frozen potato wedges too, my DGS like “skin-on fries”.

tinned potatoes are horrid water soaked things, I have tried them all
frozen is ok
as are packets of dried Idahoan when on offer, instant mash

I freeze home made mash without adding anything to it,
this is fine, better than supermarket frozen which is ok actually

I concur about frozen mash. It's great for something like cottage pie in a hurry. I don't think frozen roast potatoes are ever better than ok. A bit like frozen yorkshire puddings - they will do if you are hungry and short of time, but will never be a real substitute for home made.

I find the potatoes in sauce you get in ambient packs in Aldi and Lidl much better than frozen roasties. They keep for ages in a cupboard, and you just heat them up. Like the ones in the photo.

Frozen mash is the only frozen potato I use. I've used aunt Bessie's Sainsbury's and Iceland's. All good. I don't like frozen roast potatoes, havent tried the tinned ones for over 30 years and they weren't nice but they might have improved

I am one of those who say frozen mash is good. At least, Auntie Bessie's is good and so is Tesco's own brand. I haven't tried any others. It is useful to have a bag in the feezer - they are in small lumps, so you can take out as many as you need at a time, put them in the microwave with a little water and a knob of butter for a few minutes and give them a stir.

Same with a bag of potato croquettes, they take 15 minutes or so in the oven or air-fryer and are crisp outside and soft inside.

Potato Pops are Malteser-size balls of potato in batter, better for nibbles than a meal, but they go down well with children.

Occasionally I’ll buy Aunt Bessie’s roasties in duck fat as a back up, they’re ok.

I remember tinned new potatoes from when we went camping 50+ years ago, they had a peculiar smell and taste. I haven’t bought them since.

I haven't had frozen potatoes as such although people say frozen mash is quite good. I usually have tinned potatoes in but not for eating as they are, I add them to other things for a quick fix like to a curry or a soup/casserole, they are useful for that I find.

If you have an air fryer, the tinned potatoes are not bad dried off and roasted. I haven't tried them done in the oven but I am sure they would be fine. Also parboiled fresh potatoes coated in oil can be successfully frozen and air fried or roasted at a later date. If you are using the oven and have space, you could do some jacket potatoes and freeze them. When needed they microwave in 5 minutes, just like the McCain ones you can buy. When I make mash I usually do extra and freeze in individual portions. Potatoes are really useful for preparing ahead, so good luck with trying them out.
Years ago when we visited my MIL we always had tinned ham with tinned potatoes and tinned veg followed by tinned fruit!

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

Frozen roasts are ok.