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    Should potatoes be stored before cooking?

    Hello all,

    I was wondering if early potatoes (or any other potatoes for that matter) cook better if stored for a while after harvesting? I've noticed that they cook much faster than shop bought, I'm always turning them to mush! I wonder if perhaps they need a few weeks for the water content to settle or something? Or I'm just a bad cook?

    Thanks.
    He-Pep!
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    I too have noticed fresh potatoes do seem to be watery, I leave my at least a week unless we are short of spuds.
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    • #3
      You really need to keep an eye on them, or else steam them

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        leave them to mucky to dry out well before preparing and cooking. I always cook all my veg in a pressure cooker and use the water for gravy.
        Roger
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        • #5
          Freshly dug spuds do cook quicker and are also more prone to turning into mush. Keep checking them with a sharp pointed knife while boiling and take them out the water as soon as they are about ready, or as already said steam them. I think after they've stored a while some of the natural the sugars turn to starch and they'll boil like shop spuds then.
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          • #6
            If you have never eaten little,fresh dug,steamed potatoes,you have not lived ,i am lucky to have a potato/veg scraper for my kenwood,wonderful for those little ones,and carrotts,i personaly,always steam veggies,and have no bother,boiling seems to split them up,
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