This goes under the heading “What I did during the pandemic.” Subtitle: “Potatoes.”
We bought a 15 pound bag of potatoes during one of our early pandemic shopping excursions. This was our version of panic buying. I don’t think I’ve ever bought more than a few pounds of potatoes in my life. Enough for clam chowder or maybe mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving. But DH said, “I love potatoes. I could eat potatoes every day.” Well, he pretty much got to.
Twice baked potatoes. Mashed potatoes. More twice baked potatoes. A lot of mashed potatoes. Potato leek soup. And, finally, a big pot of potato-bacon-cheese soup. Those, above, were the last of them.
Then last week I bought seed potatoes for the garden. Wouldn’t you think I’d had enough potatoes?
Potatoes are never enough … except when it’s spring … they sprout in the pantry!
Has DH changed his mind about potatoes? lol
I love potatoes too. There are so many ways to cook them. Colcannon is really good too, mashed potatoes and cabbage. Another is champ, mashed potatoes and leeks. Can’t forget potato pancakes, I love those with eggs.
The best potatoes I’ve ever eaten were in Ireland, Bill. And they were good everywhere I had them, no matter how they were prepared.
That sounds so good! Great idea!
They were a staple of my diet growing up.
I didn’t buy a lot of anything and now everything is available again so no panic. I still can’t get Calamine lotion though. Why did people hoard that?
I’m with him. You can’t have too many potatoes. Though 15 lbs is a lot. I had to buy 10 as they were out of the 5 lbs. Ah well, they’re almost gone…….with a few to a neighbor…..
Potatoes are a staple in my pantry … I think they are so versatile.
I managed to get toilet rolls today, which is lucky because we were down to our last roll. I still can’t get self raising flour but have enough plain flour to get me by a while longer.