Potatoe clamp

[Snadger]

Anyone still 'clamp' their spuds or beetroot etc?

[dexterdoglancashire]

Gotta ask - whats a "clamp"? dexterdog

[martini]

Hi Dexter - I'm tempted to reply they're normally yellow and you get them if you park illegally (sometimes even legally) but I think they're like a mound of earth with straw inside where you put your potatoes to store them - but I'm probably wrong and someone will enlighten us

[Snadger]

Gotta ask - whats a "clamp"? dexterdog

Shamed of you dexterdog....being a dog of the world an all.....

In olden days before we had freezers, various methods of storage were used

One of them was a potatoe 'clamp'. Basically a hole was dug...lined with straw..tatties were placed in hole...straw over top...soil on top of that, so the tatties were clamped. Wallah! I believe a small wisp of straw is left out of the top to allow it to breathe.

Stored in a frost free environment....but thats all I know, or think I know.!

Need a bit of enlightenment from someone who still uses this method of storage..thats all

Thought it might free up a bit of shed space

[dexterdoglancashire]

Thanks for that chaps! Guess your advanced years gives you the edge on this kind of knowlege Snadger! dexterdog

[nick the grief]

Shamed of you dexterdog....being a dog of the world an all.....

In olden days before we had freezers, various methods of storage were used

One of them was a potatoe 'clamp'. Basically a hole was dug...lined with straw..tatties were placed in hole...straw over top...soil on top of that, so the tatties were clamped. Wallah! I believe a small wisp of straw is left out of the top to allow it to breathe.

Stored in a frost free environment....but thats all I know, or think I know.!

Need a bit of enlightenment from someone who still uses this method of storage..thats all

Thought it might free up a bit of shed space

Tut Tut Snadger, no need to dig a hole.

1) Layer of straw
2) pile on the spuds
3) Cover with Straw
4) Dig a trench round the sides & use to cover the straw. - acts as a drainage channe; to keep tatties dry
5) You can either leave some straw sticking out or put a clay drainage pipe in stuffed loosley with straw

Well thats how my Dad used to do it.

[Snadger]

Thanks for that chaps! Guess your advanced years gives you the edge on this kind of knowlege Snadger! dexterdog

Oh dear, the game is up, I'll just have to waddle away with my Zimmer frame and get my pipe and slippers!

An don't you dare ask what a Zimmer frame is!

[Snadger]

Tut Tut Snadger, no need to dig a hole.

1) Layer of straw
2) pile on the spuds
3) Cover with Straw
4) Dig a trench round the sides & use to cover the straw. - acts as a drainage channe; to keep tatties dry
5) You can either leave some straw sticking out or put a clay drainage pipe in stuffed loosley with straw

Well thats how my Dad used to do it.

What do you mean , no nead to dig a hole? I'm always digging holes I can't get out of!!

[nick the grief]

Old english proverb

When in hole.............. stop digging