Types: Using the pre-peeled and cut potatoes in the bag.

Subject: Using the pre-peeled and cut potatoes in the bag.
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
From: tootief at webtv.net (Catona Fisher)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 23:31:01 -0600 (CST)
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I want to know if anyone has used this product, and is it as good as fresh potatoes?
From: hucke at enteract.com (Matt Hucke)
Date: 4 Nov 1999 14:08:34 GMT
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Pre-peeled potatoes are an abomination unto the LORD.
From: rlm at worldnet.att.net (Arelem)
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 15:23:23 GMT
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You mean Just Potatoes? If so, read the label; they're not "just potatoes". I tried roasting them and they turned out rubbery and I tried steaming them and they turned out mushy. Next trip to the store, I bought a bag of Russets.
From: Gary O. (tractrix at pacbell.net)
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 07:56:35 -0800
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I don't know the product, at least not in the past 25 years. I may have tried something like that before then, only to find that I would never use it again. Have you ever seen the tip in gourmet recipes where the cook is advised to wash the cut/sliced/diced/grated/shredded potatoes or to place the same in a bowl of cold water with lemon juice? The first techinique cuts down on the starchiness, a good technique especially when using a baking potato in place of a boiling potato. The second technique cuts down on discoloration from oxidation.
From: AUNTTT1223 at webtv.net (Teresa Loomis)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:25:37 -0500 (EST)
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I DONT KNOW ABOUT THE BAG POTATOES BUT THE CAN POTATOES ARE GOOD FOR A QUICK SIDE DISH. JUST DRAIN THEM AND PUT THEM IN A SKILLET WITH BUETTER OR MARG.. THEN ADD GARLIC POWDER, SEASON SALT, GROUND PEPPER, AND CHOPPED CHIVES. ITS NOT BAD AT ALL.

SOMETIMES I WILL COOK A SCRAMBLED EGG OR TWO IN IT WHEN THEY ARE ALMOST DONE, (BROWNED).
From: Linda Nellett (lanellet at interaccess.com)
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 15:11:40 -0600
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I have never tried the "bagged" potatoes, but I simply can't stand canned potatoes no matter how they're served. They taste really strange to me; I'm not sure if its due to the canning process or the type of potatoes usually used for canning. I can always tell when they are included in a soup or whatever...they just taste icky!
From: Nancy Young (qwerty at mail.monmouth.com)
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 17:18:53 -0500
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Linda Nellett wrote:
> but I simply can't stand canned
> potatoes no matter how they're served.

That's funny ... I dislike almost all canned vegetables, but I just love canned potatoes. I know ... they have a unnatural smooth texture, and they taste different ... what can I say, I love 'em. When I'm really lazy, I'll use them for rosemary pan roasted potatoes, and they make me happy.
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:09:50 -0600
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Catona Fisher wrote:
>I want to know if anyone has used this product, and is it as good as
>fresh potatoes?

Haven't tried this, but I'm sure it's more expensive and has less flavor in the long run than fresh potatoes.
From: Bill (hilbrich at antares.cloudnet.com)
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 21:24:26 GMT
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Catona Fisher wrote:
: I want to know if anyone has used this product, and is it as good as
: fresh potatoes?

*** This might be a decent product, but the commericals irritate me to the point that I go to bed everynight and pray that the company goes belly up.

I mean to suggest that the effort to peel and slice a potatoe is on the same scale as killing and plucking a live chicken or processing the milk for your own cow should be enough to insult almost everybody.
From: Jill McQuown
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 23:19:22 -0600
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Bill wrote:
> This might be a decent product, but the commericals irritate me to the
> point that I go to bed everynight and pray that the company goes belly up.

I don't watch much television so I've never seen these ads, but if that's what they are implying, you're entirely correct... it's ludicrous! It takes what... 10 minutes (if that) to peel 10 potatoes. And with so many recipes not even requiring that you peel them... sheesh!