Storing potatoes

[KenK]

I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
instead make one on the spur of the moment.

Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
after cutting open afer baking.

Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.

I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
with baking something else in the meal to save energy.

TIA


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when something closes the door from the inside.

[sf]

On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:

> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>
> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
> after cutting open afer baking.
>
> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>
> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>

Keep them in a dark place that is cool and dry (not inside the
refrigerator) and don't store them near onions.


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sf

[sf]

On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:

> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>
> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
> after cutting open afer baking.
>
> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>
> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>

PS: you could bake 2 potatoes at the same time and make the second
into twice baked potato. Mine are very simple, no sour cream - just
milk. Every recipe I see has too much junk in them. All they need is
a very light sprinkle of cheese on top before they are baked the
second time.


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sf

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

On 7/24/2015 3:21 AM, sf wrote:
One of the many attacks on our country from the Religious Right is the
claim that our country is a Christian Nation...not just that the
majority of people are Christians, but that the country itself was
founded by Christians, for Christians. However, a little research into
American history will show that this statement is a lie. Those people
who spread this lie are known as Christian Revisionists. They are
attempting to rewrite history, in much the same way as holocaust deniers
are. The men responsible for building the foundation of the United
States were men of The Enlightenment, not men of Christianity. They were
Deists who did not believe the bible was true. They were Freethinkers
who relied on their reason, not their faith.

If the U.S. was founded on the Christian religion, the Constitution
would clearly say so--but it does not. Nowhere does the Constitution
say: "The United States is a Christian Nation", or anything even close
to that. In fact, the words "Jesus Christ, Christianity, Bible, Creator,
Divine, and God" are never mentioned in the Constitution-- not even
once. Nowhere in the Constitution is religion mentioned, except in
exclusionary terms. When the Founders wrote the nation's Constitution,
they specified that "no religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."
(Article 6, section 3) This provision was radical in its day-- giving
equal citizenship to believers and non-believers alike. They wanted to
ensure that no religion could make the claim of being the official,
national religion, such as England had.

[tert in seattle]

wrong!

they need:

- sour cream
- bacon
- cheddar cheese
- red onions

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

You forgot the green chile and a sprinkle of garlic salt.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 7/23/2015 12:51 PM, KenK wrote:
> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>
> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
> after cutting open afer baking.
>
> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>
> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>
> TIA
>
>

Step 1. Get them out of the refrigerator

Put them in a cool (not cold) place in a paper, not plastic bag.
Ideally, 50 to 55 degrees.

Baking then freezing gives poor texture. Mashed is not so bad.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Butter

> - bacon
> - cheddar cheese
> - red onions

Scallions

I presume salt and pepper go without saying.

Cindy Hamilton

[sf]

Nope, they're disgusting that way. Loaded potatoes (something I'd
never eat) could be a meal though.

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sf

[sf]

Agree. Scallions would be nice, but they aren't necessary.

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sf

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

So did Martin O'Malley...

http://thedailybanter.com/2015/06/presidential-candidate-martin-omalley-just-flopped-badly-on-racism-and-the-charleston-shooting/

Martin O’Malley: “From the reports I read, and let’s be honest with one
another, the facts are still evolving here. I mean it would appear that
the racial motivation was certainly a big part of what happened here.”
Guest: “How do we address things like that?”
Martin O’Malley: “We do it by — we do it by acknowledging the racial
legacy that we share as Americans. And I don’t know exactly how we — how
we– how we address this, Walter. I mean, look, we — as Americans, we all
share a very painful racial legacy. And we need to acknowledge it and we
need to take actions to heal it. I don’t think anybody figured out the
magic solution to that.”

http://time.com/3963692/bernie-sanders-martin-omalley-black-lives-matter/

A sea of mostly white progressives, including unions, labororers,
bloggers, activists and musicians sat watching the drama unfold.

It was a moment that spoke to the tumult on the Democratic left and
surprised even the organizers of the nine-year-old annual event. As the
Democratic party increasingly coalesces around a progressive wish list
like expanding Social Security and reining in Wall Street, the growing
Black Lives Matter movement is calling loudly for the left to focus on
racial injustice as well.

The two presidential candidates found themselves at the center of the
chaos, both caught off guard and unable to answer the protestors.

“Black lives matter. White lives matter. All lives matter,” O’Malley
said to boos and jeers.

After O’Malley exited, Sanders took the stage and flashed with
annoyance. “If you don’t want me to be here that’s okay,” he said. “I
don’t want to out-scream you.”

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

Chives!

Wither the poor lost chives!

[Roy]

Perhaps you should just have them plain, no butter, no sour cream, no
chives, no bacon bits, no salt or pepper and of course without the
skin as well. That way you could appreciate their true natural flavor
and wholesomeness.
====

[col...@gmail.com]

Hole them up in the ground.

[Kalmia]

On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 12:51:06 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:

How far away is your supermarket or produce stand? Unless it's a very long way, or you shop once a quarter, why can't you just buy a few piecemeal and store in a dark cupboard. I can buy separate spuds for about 1.19 a lb.

It's not like you're trying to store strawberries or sumthn.

[Brooklyn1]

Potato pancakes {latkes) freeze very well, as do potato knishes. Even
better is freezing potatonik, make lots, very addictive.
https://pragmaticattic.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/potatonik/

[tert in seattle]

hmm... does it bother you when people say they like to eat twice baked
potatoes that way?

[graham]

On 23/07/2015 12:58 PM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>

>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
>> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>
>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
>> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
>> after cutting open afer baking.
>>
>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
>> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>
>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
>> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
>> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>
>> TIA
>

> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>
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Comme ça: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag

I use one and have brought them back as gifts for friends.
Graham
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[sf]

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:37:06 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle

Nope you got what you gave. Tell me I'm WRONG and I'll throw it right
back in your face. I posted what Ken is more likely to make since
he's a newish cook.

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sf

[graham]

On 23/07/2015 3:42 PM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:04:06 -0600, graham <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 23/07/2015 12:58 PM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>>> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
>>>> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
>>>> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
>>>> after cutting open afer baking.
>>>>
>>>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
>>>> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>>>
>>>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
>>>> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
>>>> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>
>>> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
>>> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
>>> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>>>

>> Comme ça: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag
>>
> That's exactly the one I have, couldn't do without it.
>
> How's your weather today?
>
Fine so far, thanks! Possible thunder later which
is normal for this time of the year but not like yesterday.
Graham


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[tert in seattle]

Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going
through all this?

[S Viemeister]

On 7/23/2015 5:04 PM, graham wrote:

> Comme ça: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag
>
> I use one and have brought them back as gifts for friends.
>

I bought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a
quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.

[graham]

The sewing machine went with the divorce:-) so as I couldn't find a
design that used glue and wood screws, it was easier to buy the Lakeland
product:-)
Graham

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[Nunya Bidnits]

"tert in seattle" wrote in message
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>they need:

> - sour cream
> - bacon
> - cheddar cheese
> - red onions

plus

roasted garlic
butter

Chives just before serving

All the baked potato "filling" gets scooped out, mixed with all
the above ingredients, and baked covered until piping hot. In
the meantime run the shells through the oven, then refill them
with the baked mixture, top with more goodies, run through
broiler to brown and melt said goodies, and serve.

Now if you put all that stuff inside a taco shell fried crispy
that is made of shredded potatoes, you can take it to the next
level.

MartyB

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

On 7/24/2015 8:31 AM, graham wrote:
Fundamentalist Christians are currently working overtime to convince the
American public that the founding fathers intended to establish this
country on "biblical principles," but history simply does not support
their view. The men mentioned above and others who were instrumental in
the founding of our nation were in no sense Bible-believing Christians.
Thomas Jefferson, in fact, was fiercely anti-cleric. In a letter to
Horatio Spafford in 1814, Jefferson said, "In every country and every
age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance
with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his
own. It is easier to acquire wealth and power by this combination than
by deserving them, and to effect this, they have perverted the purest
religion ever preached to man into mystery and jargon, unintelligible to
all mankind, and therefore the safer for their purposes" (George Seldes,
The Great Quotations, Secaucus, New Jersey Citadel Press, 1983, p. 371).
In a letter to Mrs. Harrison Smith, he wrote, "It is in our lives, and
not from our words, that our religion must be read. By the same test the
world must judge me. But this does not satisfy the priesthood. They must
have a positive, a declared assent to all their interested absurdities.
My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had
never been a priest" (August 6, 1816).

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

On 7/24/2015 8:05 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
Whenever the Supreme Court makes a decision that in any way restricts
the intrusion of religion into the affairs of government, a flood of
editorials, articles, and letters protesting the ruling is sure to
appear in the newspapers. Many protesters decry these decisions on the
grounds that they conflict with the wishes and intents of the "founding
fathers."

Such a view of American history is completely contrary to known facts.
The primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were
not Bible-believing Christians; they were deists. Deism was a
philosophical belief that was widely accepted by the colonial
intelligentsia at the time of the American Revolution. Its major tenets
included belief in human reason as a reliable means of solving social
and political problems and belief in a supreme deity who created the
universe to operate solely by natural laws. The supreme God of the
Deists removed himself entirely from the universe after creating it.
They believed that he assumed no control over it, exerted no influence
on natural phenomena, and gave no supernatural revelation to man. A
necessary consequence of these beliefs was a rejection of many doctrines
central to the Christian religion. Deists did not believe in the virgin
birth, divinity, or resurrection of Jesus, the efficacy of prayer, the
miracles of the Bible, or even the divine inspiration of the Bible.

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> Now if you put all that stuff inside a taco shell fried crispy

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On 7/23/2015 4:47 PM, Dr. Edward Morbius wrote:
> Fundamentalist Christians

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On 7/23/2015 4:48 PM, Dr. Edward Morbius wrote:
> Whenever the Supreme Court makes

[S Viemeister]

Understood!
Although - good solid 2nd hand machines can be ridiculously inexpensive.
I bought a few of them when I was teaching my daughter's Brownie troop
how to sew. Ten to twenty dollars each - they all needed a bit of work,
but I'm pretty good with mechanical stuff.

[Nunya Bidnits]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
news:dc06310e-7b27-44b1...@googlegroups.com...

Looks right. That sort of potato dish needs abundant salt. I
also like creamy mashed potatoes made with only quality butter,
sour cream, salt and pepper. No milk or cream.

MartyB

[MisterDiddyWahDiddy]

On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 11:51:06 AM UTC-5, KenK wrote:
> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>
> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
> after cutting open afer baking.
>
> Potatoes are expensive!

No, they're not. Potatoes are cheap If you only want one every two or three weeks, just buy single potatoes

> Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?

No.

> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2013/03/11/do-potatoes-need-to-be-refrigerated/
>
> TIA


--Bryan
"You live a dogs [sic] live [sic] with your nose planted in your
wife's crotch."
--Barbara Llorente in rec.food.cooking July 21, 2015

[Julie Bove]

"KenK" <inv...@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:XnsA4E06436AC...@130.133.4.11...

>I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>
> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato.
> Of
> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half
> edible
> after cutting open afer baking.
>

> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?

> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>

> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>

> TIA

I don't have any luck keeping them for that long. If you want baked, then
I'd say bake a few extra the next time you make them and freeze them.

[Troll Disposal Service]

On 7/23/2015 5:25 PM, Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> I presume salt and pepper go without saying.

[Brooklyn1]

If I'm going to make baked potatoes I bake at least a half dozen and
refrigerate the left overs, I like cold baked potatoes for salad. I
usually buy potatoes from BJ's, the Green Giant brand, they carry 7
pound bags of huge Chef's spuds, they average a pound each so a 7
pound bag contains seven potatoes, all perfect. They are not
expensive either, about $5 a bag. From living on the east end of Long
Island I'm spoiled where potatoes are concerned, I could buy 100 pound
sacks of fresh dug spuds for cheap, like eight bucks... a world of
difference between fresh dug and storage. My neighbor here grows
potatoes, onions and garlic too, we each grow different crops so we
trade. My string beans are coming in fast and furious so I dropped
off about five pounds today and my yellow crook necks are producing
now, I cooked twenty today and left ten at my neighbor's front door. I
filled a ten quart pot with sliced yellow squash, with garlic, fresh
picked curly parsley, a couple diced Vidallias, two huge spuds, diced,
a can of diced tomatoes, some dehy bell peppers, a couple bay leaves,
a big pinch Penzeys Italian herb blend, s n'p, a packet of Goya
chicken boullion, olive oil, butter... I think that was it...
delicious. Plenty for tomorrow, gonna serve it over plain white
rice... vegetarian two days in a row is rare for me... but I can still
add a kielbasa or a few tube steak. Years ago I'd buy two three
hundred pound sacks of fresh dug from the farm near Riverhead, keep
like 20 pounds for me and bring the rest into Brooklyn on a weekend.
They were sso fresh dug they were still covered with wet dirt, not
washed yet. My mom would keep what she wanted and divide the rest
among the neighbors. Her next door neighbor, Dominick Cordiano was
some kind of a big shot union longshoreman, always made sure to leave
me a case of good scotch, glommed of course... we got along famously
for years so long as I kept my hands off his daughter Mary Ann who
eventually married a cop and moved to Staten Island. Dominic's
father, Nick lived there too, he grew figs and made wonderful vino in
huge wooden barrels in the basement. The day before I flew off to the
Great Lakes Naval Training Center for boot camp they got a gallon of
dago red into me, I didn't feel my feet touch the ground the first
three days, don't know how I made it but I did... musta been all the
pasta, meat-a-balles, and cannolis that helped sop up that vino. I
haven't been back to Brooklyn for twelve years now but I hear it's no
longer the same, it's all effed up with illegals, it's best I don't go
back or that Dumbo eared DC ignoranus mullanyon punk would end up
impaled on a pointy stick in Mill Basin to feed the horseshoe crabs.

[sf]

What's your motivation to be such an asshole?

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[Dr. Edward Morbius]

For any of them, yes.

One wonders and fails to solve for 0.

[Nunya Bidnits]

"sf" wrote in message
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Please do not use pofanity. Seek alteratives, for example,
instead of asshole, try "rectum" or "pendejo".

[Ophelia]

"graham" <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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I have one of those too.

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[Ophelia]

"S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message
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Where is the quilting shop?


>

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[Ophelia]

"graham" <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote in message

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That must be a relief!

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[S Viemeister]

On 7/24/2015 4:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote
>> Ibought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a

>> quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
>> I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.
>
> Where is the quilting shop?
>

Far, far, away.
It was bought during one of the Skittish Quilters get-togethers - this
one was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

[Xeno]

On 24/07/2015 4:58 AM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
>> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>
>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
>> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
>> after cutting open afer baking.
>>
>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
>> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>
>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
>> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
>> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>
>> TIA
>
> I have a bag which has a black lining,

What is the bag made from?

> shove the spuds in there and hang in the cupboard.
> They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.

We buy only a few at a time as well. I am heading into town most days
and the place where we buy such things as potatoes is on the way. No
need to have a large stock of them.


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Xeno

[Xeno]

On 24/07/2015 7:42 AM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:04:06 -0600, graham <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote:
>

>> On 23/07/2015 12:58 PM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>>> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
>>>> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
>>>> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
>>>> after cutting open afer baking.
>>>>
>>>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
>>>> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>>>
>>>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
>>>> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
>>>> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>

>>> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and

>>> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
>>> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>>>

>> Comme ça: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag
>>
> That's exactly the one I have, couldn't do without it.
>

I should have read further.. Good idea so I bought one.

http://tinyurl.com/oxxrjbg

This one suits us better as it will sit nicely on a shelf in the pantry.




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[Xeno]

We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.

Anyway, I guess it wouldn't have been all that difficult to come up with
an airy wooden box with an inner lining and a lid. You could even make
it with rustic appeal using old fruit packing crates.

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Xeno

[Xeno]

New sewing machines don't seem to be all that expensive these days
either. When I went to get ours fixed, I priced a replacement. Was
almost tempted.... but decided on getting a second hand part (the
controller) instead. New controllers for our ancient Janome are no
longer available so it was fortunate our local sewing machine repairman
had a SH spare.

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Xeno

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:

> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.

It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
a sewing machine (and any woman, too).


Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message

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Ahh you man on t'other side :)


>

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[Xeno]

Yeah but I dropped the controller and broke it.. Did I mention I was
clumsy???

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Xeno

[Xeno]

On 24/07/2015 11:30 PM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:

> I hope it closes at the top - I think the main idea is keeping them in
> total darkness in a cool spot, almost as if they were still in the
> ground.
>
Says it closes with a drawstring so I presume it will be no different to
the bag type...


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Xeno

[S Viemeister]

On 7/24/2015 9:18 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote
>> On 7/24/2015 4:04 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote

>>>> I bought a length of cotton fabric printed with a potato design, at a

>>>> quilting shop and made a couple of drawstring bags for storage.
>>>> I did the same with an onion-patterned fabric.
>>> Where is the quilting shop?
>> Far, far, away.
>> It was bought during one of the Skittish Quilters get-togethers - this
>> one was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
>
> Ahh you man on t'other side :)
>

Yes. Quilting fabrics in the UK are ridiculously expensive. That seems
to be true in Australia, too - four of our group were Aussies, and they
went crazy in the fabric shops! Even adding on the cost of shipping
everything back, the stuff cost a fraction of what they would have paid
back home.

[Ophelia]

"S Viemeister" <firs...@lastname.oc.ku> wrote in message

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Good idea to stock up while you can then:)


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[Dave Smith]

On 2015-07-24 8:32 AM, Xeno wrote:

> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>
> Anyway, I guess it wouldn't have been all that difficult to come up with
> an airy wooden box with an inner lining and a lid. You could even make
> it with rustic appeal using old fruit packing crates.
>

I bought a small, inexpensive sewing machine a few years ago. I use it
for hemming things and the occasional minor repair. My wife has never
touched it and could not see any value in having one. When our son was
young he used to bring things to me to be sewn.

[notbob]

On 2015-07-24, Xeno <xeno...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On 24/07/2015 11:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> It's a power tool! Any man should be able to use
>> a sewing machine (and any woman, too).

I pretty much cut my mechanical teeth on my mother's old Kenmore
electric sewing machine. Turns out that piece of junk would become
completely unusable after the bobbin spit out all its contents into
the exposed gears underneath the machine head. I became the go-to guy
for un-fouling the machine, despite not having a clue what I was
doing. I ended up as a hi-tech mechanic (among other things), but
never again have I even attempted to deal with an electric sewing
machine.

> Yeah but I dropped the controller and broke it.. Did I mention I was
> clumsy???

Give me a brand name. I may have the controller you need. I've
tossed at least 2 portable elect sewing machines, yet still have
another. Most thrift shops have a couple lying around for cheap. ;)

nb

[Xeno]

Thanks for the offer but it's OK, the local sewing machine repairman had
a spare one from a defunct trade-in. It is a 30 year old Janome....
which, I might add, doesn't get a lot of use so it's like new.

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[notbob]

Yes, you are correct. I've never even heard of a "Janome", so
probably do not have one. Regardless, I'm glad you were able to obtain a
new controller. ;)

nb

[Ed Pawlowski]

Janome is one of the better pro quality machines. Singer was good when
your grandmother had one, but today they are cheaply made.

There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000
and up. Way up.

[notbob]

On 2015-07-24, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> wrote:

> There are many machines out there for the serious sewer that are $3000
> and up. Way up.

Yep. I almost bought a commercial Singer, but someone else in the biz
told me a I needed a walking foot for leather. I changed my plans.
To much $$$$ for a passing lark. ;)

nb

[Ophelia]

"Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote in message
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Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded in
the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now I
have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many years
it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...



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[Brooklyn1]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:17:23 -0400, S Viemeister

The Super Walmarts here have a huge millinery section, bolts and bolts
of fabrics and not expensive. Every Wednesday the local quilters meet
at the library, Fridays (today) is the knitters meeting. Most attend
both to share/swap supplies, and plan trips to millinery & knitting
emporiums. NYC is probably the best place on the planet to buy
milliner's supplies; fabrics, thread, needles, findings of all kinds,
and huge stores with nothing but buttons, amazing buttons, stores with
nothing but zippers of every kind imaginable, and for a very
reasonable cost they will make the installation while you wait.
http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=quilting%20fabric&typeahead=%20fabrics%20quilting

[tert in seattle]

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:05:05 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
><te...@ftupet.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going
>> through all this?
>
> What's your motivation to be such an asshole?

I would appreciate it if you watch your tongue!

[graham]

My mother and her sisters taught me to sew (and even darn socks!) so I
tackle minor repairs by hand. However, I would use a sewing machine
much, much more infrequently than my other power tools so I haven't
bought one.
Graham

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[Dr. Edward Morbius]

Oh puleeeze, what is this, a church social?

[KenK]

lucreti...@fl.it wrote in
news:e8e2ralusebaova5g...@4ax.com:

> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>>ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>
>>Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>>potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>>only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>
>>Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>>two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>
>>I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>>realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>>potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>
>>TIA
>
> I have a bag which has a black lining, shove the spuds in there and
> hang in the cupboard. They keep a goodly time. I'm on my own so I
> don't buy bags of spuds, just maybe half a dozen per time.
>

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>

Any suggestions on where to find a bag like that? I can't recall seeing
one anywhere. Sounds like a good solution for me.

TIA


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when something closes the door from the inside.

[S Viemeister]

On 7/24/2015 12:32 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
NYC is probably the best place on the planet to buy
> milliner's supplies; fabrics, thread, needles, findings of all kinds,
> and huge stores with nothing but buttons, amazing buttons, stores with
> nothing but zippers of every kind imaginable, and for a very
> reasonable cost they will make the installation while you wait.
>

I used to spend a lot of time (and money) in NYC's Garment District!

[Dr. Edward Morbius]

http://www.amazon.com/Carol-Wright-Gifts-10927986-Storage/dp/B002T06K4Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437757381&sr=8-1&keywords=potato+storage+bag&pebp=1437757425893&perid=0Q1FPHV3C3NMX251CR79

Potato & Onion Storage Bags
by Carol Wright Gifts
Sale: $12.99 & FREE Shipping
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Miles Kimball Company.
Estimated Delivery Date: Wednesday, July 29 when you choose Two-Day
Shipping at checkout.
Color: Red
Includes 2 10lb. bags
Reusable cotton/poly
Blackout lining absorbs moisture and obstructs light

[KenK]

sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote in
news:1l82raldbbe0dfokb...@4ax.com:

> On 23 Jul 2015 16:51:02 GMT, KenK <inv...@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them
>> ahead, but instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>>
>> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked
>> potato. Of the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was
>> only half edible after cutting open afer baking.
>>
>> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or
>> two? Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>>
>> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I
>> realize I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the
>> potato baking with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>>

> PS: you could bake 2 potatoes at the same time and make the second
> into twice baked potato. Mine are very simple, no sour cream - just
> milk. Every recipe I see has too much junk in them. All they need is
> a very light sprinkle of cheese on top before they are baked the
> second time.
>
>

Thanks. Good idea!

Never tried twice-baked. I'll have to research that.

[Cindy Hamilton]

It's not necessary to *own* every kind of power tool, so you're ok
there.

Although I can't quite persuade my husband of that. He's even
got a wet saw that will cut half-inch thick glass. Granted, he
rescued it from the dumpster where he used to work, so it's not
like he paid real money for it.

Cindy Hamilton

[Janet]

In article <F6usx.187419$r46.1...@fx28.iad>, gst...@shaw.ca says...

I let my husband use mine. His tailor grandmother taught him as a
small boy, and as a boyscout, he designed and made his own tent. Now he
mostly just mends his own trouserpockets. My sons all learned to knit
for Action Man, and were taught machine sewing at High school and passed
their " machine driving test" (obviously a teacher who knew how to
motivate).

My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.

Janet UK

[graham]

On 24/07/2015 1:03 PM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:

> My father was like that - he went to sea aged 14 and soon found if he
> darned socks and knitted new ones, he could earn some money from it
> :)

>
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I have a sailmaker's "glove" with which you can push bodkins through
tough canvas. It was last used in WW2 to sew sailors' corpses into
hammocks for burial at sea.
Graham

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[graham]

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/70293/Potato-Preserving-Bag

The postage might be expensive.
Graham

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[notbob]

On 2015-07-24, lucreti...@fl.it <lucreti...@fl.it> wrote:

> My father was like that - he went to sea aged 14 and soon found if he
> darned socks and knitted new ones, he could earn some money from it

Not sure about the USN, but Royal Navy usta make their sailors
make/sew some of their own uniforms. Hadda learn to sew to pull that
trick off. It's my understanding that sailors in the RN could sew
damn near anything, including womens clothing.

nb --Aubrey/Maturin fan

[Janet B]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:32:16 -0400, Brooklyn1
<grave...@verizon.net> wrote:

snip

>
>The Super Walmarts here have a huge millinery section, bolts and bolts
>of fabrics and not expensive. Every Wednesday the local quilters meet
>at the library, Fridays (today) is the knitters meeting. Most attend
>both to share/swap supplies, and plan trips to millinery & knitting
>emporiums. NYC is probably the best place on the planet to buy
>milliner's supplies; fabrics, thread, needles, findings of all kinds,
>and huge stores with nothing but buttons, amazing buttons, stores with
>nothing but zippers of every kind imaginable, and for a very
>reasonable cost they will make the installation while you wait.
>http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=quilting%20fabric&typeahead=%20fabrics%20quilting

there are fabric stores and there are fabric stores. The different
levels of shops do not carry the same materials at all.
Janet US

[sf]

Sorry to piggyback, but my server doesn't have his message.

Ken, check out grocery stores first. If you just want to store one or
two potatoes, I know you can find reusable mesh bags in the produce
section that will do the job. You can also find cloth bags at some
stores - Trader Joe's has them for sure or you can enter "reusable
tote bags" into the Amazon search bar.
http://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Natural-Color-Shopping-Craft/dp/B007N2R3EO/ref=pd_sim_121_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YBJMREEWNDNHKNCHYPT

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[Julie Bove]

"Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d1f5ru...@mid.individual.net...

My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
rid of it.

I had a used Kenmore. A simple model. IIRC, they put little numbers on the
machine so that you know which place to place the thread next.

[Julie Bove]

"graham" <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:F6usx.187419$r46.1...@fx28.iad...

I had one but rarely used it so got rid of it. Got one for Angela and she
never used it.

Was talking to a friend about this the other day. Used to be that clothing
seams needed frequent repairs. I am not sure why. But I think it's because
nowadays, the thread used is either all polyester or cotton/poly. Sometimes
nylon. The old all cotton thread just didn't seem to hold up very well. I
can't remember the last time I had to fix a seam but I think it was in the
80's.

[Julie Bove]

"graham" <gst...@shaw.ca> wrote in message

news:adwsx.188832$r46....@fx28.iad...

I have seen potato bags here but none with a black lining. I wasn't really
looking for one like that though. I had a potato bag but some potatoes
spoiled in it and discolored it.

[koko]

Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.
koko

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James Beard

[S Viemeister]

On 7/24/2015 3:10 PM, Janet wrote:

> My sewing machine was my mother's, it's a pre-WW2 electric Singer,
> still going strong at 70+. (I'm in the middle of making curtains with it
> atm.). However, its sturdy capabilities are very plain (doesn't even
> reverse) and having tried my friend's modern machine I'm greeneyed about
> the scores of different stitches at the push of a button, etc.
>

I have one of the super duper, does-everything compute-controlled
machines, and I love it - but I would never want to get rid of my trusty
old Singer.

[tert in seattle]

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d1f5ru...@mid.individual.net...

>> Back in the day I had a Singer treadle machine. Those things never went
>> wrong and were so easy to thread. For years, machines would be threaded
>> in the same way, but Not This One! Trouble is that I use it so rarely now
>> I have to look it up how to thread the blessed things. After so many
>> years it gets ingrained in your head how to thread ...
>
> My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
> it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
> rid of it.

hmmmmmm....

[S Viemeister]

On 7/24/2015 8:54 PM, koko wrote:

> Do you still have the darning egg? I don't know if they exist anymore.
>

They're available on Amazon!

[graham]

No, but I could easily turn one on my lathe.
Graham


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[graham]

My ex was a dab hand on the sewing machine, like most women of her
generation and education, and I suppose there was a division of labour.
I made toys and furniture for the kids and she made their clothes when
they were young.
Graham


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[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 8:20:04 PM UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:

>
> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > My mom got a new machine years ago but never did figure out how to thread
> > it. She even attended a class to learn how to use it. She wound up getting
> > rid of it.
>
> hmmmmmm....
>
>

Surely you are not surprised.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:56:34 PM UTC-5, Janet B wrote:
>
> there are fabric stores and there are fabric stores. The different
> levels of shops do not carry the same materials at all.
> Janet US
>
>

Absolutley, I couldn't agree more.

[Julie Bove]

"Jeßus" <a...@chevron.com> wrote in message
news:pdq5ra5b1gkj6nhgh...@4ax.com...

> Yep...
> Bove in troll mode again.

No. My mom is now pretty much blind. That had been going on for years.
Far longer than she let on to me. Most likely the parts that she had to put
the thread through were just too small and/or dark for her to see. I dunno.
I never tried to thread it.

[jmcquown]

On 7/23/2015 12:51 PM, KenK wrote:
> I like a baked potato now and then but normally do not plan them ahead, but
> instead make one on the spur of the moment.
>
> Yesterday I got hungry for some baked chicken thighs and a baked potato. Of
> the two I had, one potato was obviously bad, the other was only half edible
> after cutting open afer baking.
>
> Potatoes are expensive! Any way to store them so they keep a month or two?
> Now I use a 'crisper' bin in the bottom of the refrigerator.
>
> I Googled and freezing unpeeled raw potatoes is not a good idea. I realize
> I could bake ahead and then freeze but I usually combine the potato baking
> with baking something else in the meal to save energy.
>
> TIA
>
>

As sf said, before mentioning her version of twice baked potatoes, don't
store them in the refrigerator. Store them in a cool, dark place. I
store potatoes in a bin in the pantry.

I don't know about these potato bags people are talking about. I try
not to buy more potatoes (or onions) than I will need for more than a
couple of meals. No need for bags. Your mileage may vary.

Jill

[Julie Bove]

"koko" <ko...@letscook.com> wrote in message
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They do.

http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=darning+egg