I think you should make this a new series. Videos on what to make with all shelf stable foods would be a hit. Everyone makes videos on canning things, but not many show different recipes for using the canned goods!
With my canned potatoes I have found that when the mashed potatoes are a bit too wet, I just add in some instant potato flakes to bring it back to a consistency that I like. It works beautifully.
When I was about 8 my family had Easter dinner at my aunts house. We all sat down said Grace and she began serving the ham and mashed potatoes. It was wonderful until I said out loud, innocently “ oh my favorite lumpy mashed potatoes “! I didn’t know I was being rude but the my mother looked mortified! And honestly I still love lumpy mashed potatoes! And I’m 60! I think inside my aunt laughed !
It doesn't make any difference to me lumpy or smooth they still taste like raters , love them I'm not picky and I thank God for all the food no matter what it looks like
Haha I did the same -- commented joyously that we had mashed potatoes "with real lumps" 😂. My poor mom. My grandma had made them and she was not pleased.
My first batch of canned potatoes came out just like yours. I used them up in soups. Thereafter, I changed it up a bit. A lot more time involved, but the end result is so much better. I peel and cut the potatoes in chunks, rounds or french fries and soak them for a couple of hours in water. I change the water about three times then refrigerate them in water overnight. The next day I drain and rinse, boil for three minutes and can with fresh water. They've been sitting on the shelf for two years and the water is clear with hardly any starch or mushy potatoes. Yay! There aren't much left now so I hope the ones I just planted do well this year!
I love that you’re so determined to impart so much useful knowledge that you decided to answer this question someone had recently about an old video. It was already enough that your topics are so interesting and you dive right into all the whys and hows but the dedication to the community you’ve built is so refreshing.
I’ve used mine several ways. I’ve drained them and shredded and made hash browns, I’ve made string beans with potatoes, quick mashed potatoes, popped them in with a roast or soup. Almost everything you do with fresh
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this video. I am fairly new to canning, so I like to watch videos that say what they will & will not Can again. So many people put potatoes in the category where they would NOT can again. So I took potatoes off my “TO CAN LIST”. I’m so excited to put it back on the list!! I am growing to trust your channel above others. Thank you AGAIN , I am so excited, I will be a future SPUD CANNER!
Home canned potatoes taste just like the potatoes you buy at the store in tin cans. So to help you decide if taking the time and expense to home can potatoes, first see if you like what they taste like out of a tin can for around $1.00. I wasn’t a huge fan of the taste, but The Lord gave me an idea and I tried it, with much success! Simply use a few pieces of beef stew meat (I used 8 ounces) in with your potatoes to give them the beef stew taste! It works phenomenally well to “cover-up” the “canned” taste. Just process them for your meat time. My Yukon gold potatoes are firm and not mushy at all, despite being in my canner for 90 minutes, raw packed with the meat and boiling water added. I hope this helps!
I love using my home canned (yellow) potatoes. I coat them in olive oil or chicken fat and then roast them in the airfryer. They get incredibly crispy on the outside and fluffy and creamy on the inside. So good!
You are the best!! I have canned potatoes and keep looking at them and didn’t know what to do with them, I just love watch what learning from you, thank you
This is such a relief. I canned ten pounds of potatoes this year and then two weeks ago I heard someone say that her family didn't like the flavor of her canned potatoes so she puts them in highly seasoned recipes to cover up the taste. All I could think about was how much time I'd wasted. Now I feel better. Thank you.
I love my canned potatoes! I use them for just frying. Give them a drain and a good rinse, then fry them up with some onions. Crispy on the outside and so creamy on the inside and you don't have to worry about having crunchy potatoes. They keep their shape through the frying process as well.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I canned my potatoes last year and they looked just like yours did and I was so scared it was a waste of my potatoes! I am so glad you are so thorough and help others! God bless.
I canned russet potatoes that turned out a little mushy, but they make wonderful potatoe soup. I dump the whole jar with liquid in the pan and mash the potatoes like you did. Add a little milk and heat up. I then add 4 oz of cubed cream cheese per qt of potatoes and let that melt. Salt and pepper to taste. It is amazing and takes maybe 10 minutes.
This episode has got to be a personal favorite! I enjoy and learn from ALL your videos but this one has lifted a big load off my mind. Like you, I have canned potatoes that are about 3 years old and I have been hesitant about opening them, not not anymore. Seeing you make 3 completely successful recipies from 3-year old canned potatoes, and possibly a 4th (mashed potatoes, if you boil the potatoes a bit to soften them rather than just heat in the microwave), has given me the courage to get the potatoes out and whip up some potato dishes with them. I am no longer nervous about canning more because as you have shown, they DO retain their consistancy, their flavor and their viability. Thank you Pam, very much.
Love that you went back to an ingredient to show its uses. Can you do more of these types of videos? Just watched the mandrin orange one, how were they a year or two later, how did you use them? Thanks 😊
I canned some potatoes recently and tried them mashed with heavy cream and butter. Fantastic. When I opened the jar, I dumped them into a colander and rinsed them well. Then into a pot with a little fresh water to thoroughly heat up. A second drain, mash, season, eat. Delicious.
You could always use the mashed potatoes the way my grandmother did by adding some egg and flour to make a potato pancake. I think that would be a great way to use them. Thanks for sharing 😊
I have never really paid any attention to the white "gunk" before. I just used it with the rest of the potatoes. Thank you for sharing these recipes with us. I love the way you and Mr. Jim work together. May God grant each of you a wonderful week.
I've been hesitant to can potatoes but my husband is planting a whole bed this year and I don't think I can store them successfully otherwise. You've given me hope!
If you store them without washing them in a covered container between layers of sand they will last at least six months without sprouting or decomposing
Just make sure you let your potatoes cure for at least 10 days before you can them and then should be fine. One year my grandparents took potatoes from the garden and immediately canned them and they tasted like dirt. They never did that again. Lol After that they always let them cure first and they always tasted fine.
Pam and Jim: thank you for this video. I, too, have starchy potatoes on my shelf. Thank you for critiquing 4 recipes and giving feedback as well as options!
This video came just in time for my husband's work potluck, we have been trying to find something everyone can eat and not have such a division between meat eaters and vegans, but to make things more difficult there is allot of variety in ethnicity at his work as well. So thank you so so much for that simple but delicious parsley potatoes recipe it was a huge hit across the board.
I have been hesitant to can potatoes, but after watching this, I am going for it. Thanks for your honest opinion on everything you do. You are my go to person, thank you again. Stay safe and healthy. Have fun enjoying your retirement.
I also can potatoes that I have cut up for french fries. You have to rinse and dry them really good. Then lightly coat them with corn starch. Not heavy like flour. Just dust them and fry them and season with whatever you like. They turn out crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It also works for frying the chunk potatoes. You should try them.
Thank you, I am a beginning canner and am afraid to try many things due to taste and this type of video with taste testing and trying different options helps alot to feel more confident in growing my canning projects! Thank you and Jim for the hard work you put into your channels!
I love that you’re showing us how to use some of the canned potatoes! I use my quarts of canned potatoes to make my great grandmothers potato soup recipe. They were pretty poor back then, and so my grandmother has always referred to this recipe as the poor man’s potato soup the only ingredients are potatoes a couple table spoons of butter,onion, celery, celery salt, salt and pepper, water in about a cup and a half of heavy cream or milk whichever one you have. Seat the onion and celery with the butter for a few minutes until they glaze over a bit then add all the rest of your ingredients until it cooks down to the taste you like.
This sounds just like the potato soup I grew up with and still want whenever I am sick. Didn't know it was poor man's soup, lol. (We were poor by the way, although I never knew it, so it makes sense.)
I rinse them and chop my onion. Put them in a skillet with a little bit of bacon fat with a little bit of crumbled bacon and fry them. Great for any meal.
I can raw potatoes regularly. I love them! I will tell you, though what you should probably have done that I do is, put the potatoes in a bowl of water swoosh them around after about 10 minutes, drain it out. Do that three times to get a lot of that starch off of those and out of those potatoes before you process them then you won’t have all that thick starchy stuff When you’re ready to use them.
We have been canning our own potatoes (out of our garden) for 20+ years... they are fine! We make mashed potatoes, Potatoes and green beans, and Roasted Potatoes (in butter). I promise you they are fine, it's an excellent food for hard times... may not look great, but they eat just fine.
We drain them, toss in oil and seasonings and then fry them or in the air fryer. So good.... just start experimenting. We do not use them for mashed tho...potato salad is good tho
I loooove canned potatoes! Wonderful idea on recipes, Pam and Jim. Potato variety will make a difference on starch in the jar. I'm still experimenting on which I like best , early red potatoes are number one so far in having the least amount. Others have mentioned on FB, that soaking them will help remove the starch prior to canning. Btw I have been freeze drying the potato starch solids for other things like thickening and using in agar recipes for mushroom growing. Another thing is that when canning taters, there is sometimes a chemical reaction that turns the white side of the canning lid black. Not often but it does happen and wont harm you.
When I make mashed potatoes with my canned potatoes I dump the whole jar in a pan, starch and liquid, bring to a boil, add butter, salt and pepper, and sour cream. Delicious. Never thought of using the canned potatoes for soup. I can a potato soup base with added chicken broth. To eat I pour the contents in a pan, heat and use an immension blender till smooth and add 2T powdered whole milk and 2 T powdered white cheddar and blend more served in bread bowl. I always get raving reviews. Thanks for the ideas
Pam and Jim, please be advised that I and I am sure many others reflect the sentiments of @highflyer131 who would like a shelf stable foods series. This particular video on the potatoes (which mine look IDENTICAL TO) has given me a couple of more ideas and make me feel good now about those "taters"! Isn't it wonderful to keep learning?!
very much enjoyed this video, I too can lots of potatoes & they come out looking just as yours, I just rinse them well with cold water & let them drain well, unless I'm mashing them & then I leave some of the starch makes a nice texture in mashed. I make potato salad with them often these days saves so much time & one of our favorite things is adding them with carrots, home canned beef & broth for a quick stew. Saw a video I decided to try last week for the air fryer, sprayed with EVOO, then rolled in Parmesan cheese (green can) panko bread crumbs & Kinders garlic, salt & pepper.. air fried 380 for about 15 minutes, stirred in middle & they were crisp on outside, soft in center.. Thank you for all your wonderful videos & information!! Blessings!
Oh My Goodness...I'm so glad you did this video. I can't tell you how many times I have gone to my pantry and stare at my potatoes and wonder... what I am going to do with all these potatoes! Thank You. Your potato salad looks delicious.
I have found it helpful to add a little bit of citric acid and a tiny bit of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to the water when canning potatoes - both the consistency and the colour stay a lot better.
If you use fruit fresh instead the taste is better and it does improve color and texture.. Soak over night with it before canning really improves the starch problem with finished product.
@heatherd ½ tsp. of citric acid and ⅛ tsp. of vitamin C per 750 ml (roughly 1 ½ pint) jar. Sorry for the unusual jar size, our jars in Germany are a bit different from yours.
When you processes potatoes and want them firm blanche time is only a minute then quickly rinse it off in cold water, I raw pack my French fries. Pickling salt not kosher will help so they don't get cloudy.
When I first started watching this video I was feeling a bit disappointed because I had been thinking of canning potatoes. Well I am happy to say that I now have new hope that they will turn out great. Thank you so much for this. If I hadn't seen it I would have been devastated to can potatoes for the first time only to find out they didn't turn out well. Great video as always! ❤️😀
Thank you for sharing the different recipes about the canned potatoes. I remember watching your video on canning them and so, I canned about 12 of them. They have been sitting on the shelf. Now I will be doing what you shared with us today! Thanks again! 🥰
I use my canned potatoes all the time. I use them to make mashed potatoes, potato salad, fried potatoes, in soups etc. I rinse them from the jar and they’re awesome. I’ve canned russet’s, red and Yukon.
🙂I canned Yukon Gold, but I end up with water-locked potatoes. Spongy, full of water and blah. I warmed them before canning and I did add salt. So where did I go wrong? Looking at the jars, you would think they are perfect, but nooooooo. I have the same problem with winter squash. 🙃So it must be me. I'm doing something wrong.
I soak and rinse my potatoes to remove as much starch as I can, put them in the jar and process them. I don’t add salt. The only time I blanch is for russets as they are more starchy.
I love canned potatoes! Living alone, it’s hard to go thru a sack, so these are great for me. I pressure can my sacks too. I have no issue with pressure canned potatoes. They taste just fine to me
I buy canned potatoes and canned carrots from the store and dump them in a pot with home canned raw pack stew beef chunks. Just season and thicken the liquid from the beef and you have quick beef stew! I now want to try canning potatoes myself!
I’ve found using these in corn chowder are wonderful. I even add the starchy water from the potatoes to the soup which adds a nice texture to the broth.
Thank you for this video. I did can 16 quarts and 16 pints of the potatoes and have only used two quarts as mashed potatoes. These ideas are just what I needed. Thanks for listening to your audience. You are wonderful.
I just used a jar and to get them out of jar I ran fresh water in and used thin rubber spatula in the jar to gently break up and dumped in strainer to thoroughly rinse potatoes then put on cookie sheet and patted as dry as I could then drizzled with oil and spices and oven roasted until crispy. Turned out wonderful!
Mine look like that. I rinse and rinse the starchy residue off, drain, and brown them in a frying pan with butter or avocado oil, season with onions, etc. They are on my shelf stored safely from spoilage and I love them.
So glad you're not disappointed anymore! I learned to can using your videos and your potato video was never a disappointment to me. My family enjoys them fried for breakfast! I pop them in stews, too. Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait for the news! I used russets and getting ready to can more Monday!
I got an Air Fryer last year, and LOVE it. It is very convenient to use for 2 people. I hope you'll share more recipes with us to show us how you will be using your new air fryer. (Nice gift Jim!)
Great video. We just made French fries from canned potatoes and it was okay. Wish the potatoes wouldn’t be so soft but hey, when there is nothing available I’ll take it. Tip: if you press the potatoes though a potato ricer first you won’t have lumps in your mashed, just warm them up in the microwave before you press them. 😊
Double dip the French fries when cooking in oil. Cook the inside the first dip. Let them sit a bit and put them back in the oil. The second dip crisps the outside of the French fry.
I wash, peel, cube and soak the potatoes to remove starches. If the water looks real cloudy with starch, I rinse and soak again. I opened up a jar and dried them on paper towels. Added olive oil and seasoning, put in the air fryer and cooked them. They were the best, crunchy potatoes.
THANK YOU for doing these tests. I was reluctant to try them mashed or in potato salad. You gave me the confidence to give it a try. We do love the canned potatoes (rinsed under running water in a strainer and dried on a towel) fried up with onions, and polish or spicy Italian sausage. Also garlic powder, onion powder, celery seed, salt & pepper. My husband likes me to throw in an egg or two toward the end of cooking. This is a favorite around here... and easy. I'm also liking seeing how others have been successful using their canned potatoes. Next season I'm going to have to can MORE potatoes knowing all these uses.
I recently opened a home canned jar of great northern beans with ham, and as a side used a can of potatoes mixed with onion and a little bacon fat to fry them in. They were very good.
Thanks so much! I have so many jars of potatoes and had no idea what I was going to do with them! Tip for the air fryer, preheat for a few minutes before you put anything in that you want crispy.
I canned potatoes for the first time last fall. They turned out great! I peeled them, cut in large pieces, added some water , then put in my canner. I opened a jar the other day and they were delicious, I made a potato salad and did not have to cook the potatoes!
I was looking at my jars of potatoes this morning wondering if they would be okay to use. They look just like yours. I’m so relieved to know all that work was for nothing. Blessings to you and Jim for all you do! ❤
@@RoseRedHomestead Sorry for the confusion Jim. I definitely misspoke. I was referring to my numerous batches of pressure canned potatoes I did last year. I was concerned about them being too mushy by the appearance of the globby starch that settled. I’m 💯% confident they will be just fine after rinsing. Thanks for testing and putting out great videos!
I like to take the potatoes and roughly mash. Add mixed veggies, some mayo, tuna or salmon and form into patties. You can fry, bake, or air fry until crispy on outside.
Using the Yukon Gold style potatoes means a lot less of the “gunk”. They are harder too peel, but I like the texture much better than russets. A pint of caned beef, canned potatoes, adding carrots and onions cooked quickly in a little beef broth makes a quick beef stew. Just make gravy with beef base and a roux or cornstarch. We have been enjoying the potatoes I canned last summer, and I will never do without them again! I can do up a small batch quickly in my Instant Pot Max, using up the few I have before leaving on vacation!
I love watching you your awsome and speak very plan on what to do and show us step by step. Some of us didn’t grow up with a cook in the family so like my canning mom👍🏻👍🏻
I cannot remember which channel I was watching, but the gal coated her canned potatoes with bread crumbs and put them in the air fryer..have not tried it as yet, but will. Thanks for the recipes Pam and Jim. Oh with the potatoe soup I might add some chicken broth also for flavor.
I put up a large number of potatoes about 10 years ago. After about 6 months they looked just like yours.. Thought I had made an unedible mistake and threw it all away, never to try again. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I will try it again. And again, my family and I thank you.
Thanks for testing your canned potatoes for us! It’s time to test some of ours we canned last year. We’re new to canning and really enjoy your all wisdom and very informative videos.
I love having canned potatoes on my shelf. I haven't found anything that I can't use them in. In fact I canned up 50 pounds of potatoes a couple of years ago and used my last quart last month to make potato, broccoli cheese soup. I love the convenience of having them on my shelf. I'm glad you decided to give them a try. I've found that after you peel and dice your potatoes cover them with fresh water let them sit a bit, then drain and cover with water again..do this a few time's and it releases some of the starch in the potatoes before canning.
I have tried all 4 preparations for my canned potatoes, and 100% agree with your opinions. One other way I have used them is for Corned Beef Hash... delicious!
I par boil my potatoes using about 1/3 cup of white vinegar to my boiling gallon pot of water and leave for about 3 minutes remove drain and pack into my hot jars adding 1 teaspoon of canning salt per quart then fill each jar with hot water wipe rims apply lids and rings fingertip tight then process in my pressure canner. I find this removes excess starch and makes an excellent finished product. Thank y’all for all your great videos that show the correct way.
I canned several quarts of potatoes after watching your video. This was exactly what I needed to see on how to use them. I thought they would be a great way to make quick mashed potatoes. But I didn’t like how they didn’t “fluff” up. This was a great video giving me ideas for how to use them. I appreciate your channel so very much and I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me as a beginner canner. God bless you and Jim and keep the videos coming!
I have canned potatoes with leeks and made potato soup. I call it potato soup base. I have also fried canned potatoes. I just did some in French fry shape to try frying.
I canned some after your first video and felt the same way. I rinse them and then coat with olive oil, garlic and herbs and parmigiana cheese and roast until the cheese browns…. My husband loves them
I make our potato salad the same was. My sister shredded hers this way and I was hooked! U are the only person I know other than myself that shreds. This is such a learning video for me. Thank you! Thank you!❤
My potato salad is similar to yours but with boiled potatoes. I love a mustardy salad. I'm glad to see you make yours like mine. I have canned potatoes in French fry strips that I will chop into small pieces to make my next potato salad. You encourage me to try new recipes. Thank you.
They all look yummy 😋 Thank you for these listens..I hope to pass it on to my adult children. Like my mother did for me. 🙌 blessings dear mother...proverbs woman.....hugs
When I made my mashed potatoes from my canned potatoes, I brought a pan of water to a high boil and put the potatoes in until they were heated through, drained and mashed. My family loved them
I canned potatoes for the first time last year. I cut them in French fry form. I drained them. Dried on towel. Put them in plastic bag added oil and seasonings. Popped them in air fryer. Wow.
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I think you should make this a new series. Videos on what to make with all shelf stable foods would be a hit. Everyone makes videos on canning things, but not many show different recipes for using the canned goods!
YES!!!
True
I second that !!!!
I'll add my yes please to that. canned chicken or pork please.
Yes, add my yes to this comment. 😊
Just wanted to say thank you for doing these videos.
As a new canner in 2024 , and knowing your back story , I trust your recipes and advice.
You are so welcome and we are so glad to have you along on our adventures!
With my canned potatoes I have found that when the mashed potatoes are a bit too wet, I just add in some instant potato flakes to bring it back to a consistency that I like. It works beautifully.
Me too
Same
I add a couple tablespoons of instant potatoes as well. Works great.
great idea!! will have to use it next time i over do the milk
We use powdered milk in our canned potatoes rather than milk or cream and it achieves the same thing.
When I was about 8 my family had Easter dinner at my aunts house. We all sat down said Grace and she began serving the ham and mashed potatoes.
It was wonderful until I said out loud, innocently “ oh my favorite lumpy mashed potatoes “! I didn’t know I was being rude but the my mother looked mortified! And honestly I still love lumpy mashed potatoes! And I’m 60!
I think inside my aunt laughed !
I love lumpy mashed potatoes too 😊
It doesn't make any difference to me lumpy or smooth they still taste like raters , love them I'm not picky and I thank God for all the food no matter what it looks like
@donna I also love lumpy mashed potatoes! So does my dad. My sister likes to whip hers, which are ok but I like little bits in mine!
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Haha I did the same -- commented joyously that we had mashed potatoes "with real lumps" 😂. My poor mom. My grandma had made them and she was not pleased.
My first batch of canned potatoes came out just like yours. I used them up in soups. Thereafter, I changed it up a bit. A lot more time involved, but the end result is so much better. I peel and cut the potatoes in chunks, rounds or french fries and soak them for a couple of hours in water. I change the water about three times then refrigerate them in water overnight. The next day I drain and rinse, boil for three minutes and can with fresh water. They've been sitting on the shelf for two years and the water is clear with hardly any starch or mushy potatoes. Yay! There aren't much left now so I hope the ones I just planted do well this year!
This is what we need in the community…how to use preserved ingredients!! Many thanks for the honest opinions
I love that you’re so determined to impart so much useful knowledge that you decided to answer this question someone had recently about an old video. It was already enough that your topics are so interesting and you dive right into all the whys and hows but the dedication to the community you’ve built is so refreshing.
Thank you very much for the comments. Jim
I haven’t watched you in awhile…just realized how much I miss you. Love how natural and “yourself” you are. This was a great lesson.
I’ve used mine several ways. I’ve drained them and shredded and made hash browns, I’ve made string beans with potatoes, quick mashed potatoes, popped them in with a roast or soup. Almost everything you do with fresh
I also make gravy from the liquid delicious and the mash the herb flavored ones . I use only non starchy potatoes for canning.
Me too!
How do they turn out when you roast them?
Oh, I bet they make great hash browns!
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this video. I am fairly new to canning, so I like to watch videos that say what they will & will not Can again. So many people put potatoes in the category where they would NOT can again. So I took potatoes off my “TO CAN LIST”. I’m so excited to put it back on the list!! I am growing to trust your channel above others. Thank you AGAIN , I am so excited, I will be a future SPUD CANNER!
Home canned potatoes taste just like the potatoes you buy at the store in tin cans. So to help you decide if taking the time and expense to home can potatoes, first see if you like what they taste like out of a tin can for around $1.00. I wasn’t a huge fan of the taste, but The Lord gave me an idea and I tried it, with much success! Simply use a few pieces of beef stew meat (I used 8 ounces) in with your potatoes to give them the beef stew taste! It works phenomenally well to “cover-up” the “canned” taste. Just process them for your meat time. My Yukon gold potatoes are firm and not mushy at all, despite being in my canner for 90 minutes, raw packed with the meat and boiling water added. I hope this helps!
Perfect! So far I’ve been using my potato’s for soups and now excited to try it in the fryer etc. I’m definitely trying the potato salad too. Mahalo!
I love using my home canned (yellow) potatoes. I coat them in olive oil or chicken fat and then roast them in the airfryer. They get incredibly crispy on the outside and fluffy and creamy on the inside. So good!
That’s one of our favorite ways to use them! I slice them into fries when I process them.
Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try that.
That’s what I do! Coat in oil, season then air fry. Sometimes salt and pepper and sometimes I use a packet marinate seasoning. It’s great!
Try duck fat. Available in a spray can at Walmart.
You are the best!! I have canned potatoes and keep looking at them and didn’t know what to do with them, I just love watch what learning from you, thank you
The starch that comes out of the jar can be dehydrated, powdered and used like corn starch.
Hey! What a great idea! I’m now thinking of potato bread too, after rehydrating the starch! @PamCantrell, what do you think?
This is such a relief. I canned ten pounds of potatoes this year and then two weeks ago I heard someone say that her family didn't like the flavor of her canned potatoes so she puts them in highly seasoned recipes to cover up the taste. All I could think about was how much time I'd wasted. Now I feel better. Thank you.
Canned potatoes are good 👍
I love my canned potatoes! I use them for just frying. Give them a drain and a good rinse, then fry them up with some onions. Crispy on the outside and so creamy on the inside and you don't have to worry about having crunchy potatoes. They keep their shape through the frying process as well.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I canned my potatoes last year and they looked just like yours did and I was so scared it was a waste of my potatoes! I am so glad you are so thorough and help others! God bless.
I canned russet potatoes that turned out a little mushy, but they make wonderful potatoe soup. I dump the whole jar with liquid in the pan and mash the potatoes like you did. Add a little milk and heat up. I then add 4 oz of cubed cream cheese per qt of potatoes and let that melt. Salt and pepper to taste. It is amazing and takes maybe 10 minutes.
This episode has got to be a personal favorite! I enjoy and learn from ALL your videos but this one has lifted a big load off my mind. Like you, I have canned potatoes that are about 3 years old and I have been hesitant about opening them, not not anymore. Seeing you make 3 completely successful recipies from 3-year old canned potatoes, and possibly a 4th (mashed potatoes, if you boil the potatoes a bit to soften them rather than just heat in the microwave), has given me the courage to get the potatoes out and whip up some potato dishes with them. I am no longer nervous about canning more because as you have shown, they DO retain their consistancy, their flavor and their viability. Thank you Pam, very much.
Love that you went back to an ingredient to show its uses. Can you do more of these types of videos? Just watched the mandrin orange one, how were they a year or two later, how did you use them? Thanks 😊
I canned some potatoes recently and tried them mashed with heavy cream and butter. Fantastic. When I opened the jar, I dumped them into a colander and rinsed them well. Then into a pot with a little fresh water to thoroughly heat up. A second drain, mash, season, eat. Delicious.
Yes!!!!! The KEY is to rinse!!!
I've rinsed, drained and made potato salad out of mine.
Ummm… will give this a try. Thanks!
Thanks for the great ideas of how to use my canned potatoes. I use the same ingredients in my potato salad. So good...
You could always use the mashed potatoes the way my grandmother did by adding some egg and flour to make a potato pancake. I think that would be a great way to use them. Thanks for sharing 😊
When making mashed potatoes, I use a potato ricer rather than a masher to ensure a mixture that has no lumps.
I have never really paid any attention to the white "gunk" before. I just used it with the rest of the potatoes. Thank you for sharing these recipes with us. I love the way you and Mr. Jim work together. May God grant each of you a wonderful week.
Perfect! Thank you! Love that your hubby is right there with you! Mine does not even realize how the food gets to his plate! 😂
I've been hesitant to can potatoes but my husband is planting a whole bed this year and I don't think I can store them successfully otherwise. You've given me hope!
If you store them without washing them in a covered container between layers of sand they will last at least six months without sprouting or decomposing
Just make sure you let your potatoes cure for at least 10 days before you can them and then should be fine. One year my grandparents took potatoes from the garden and immediately canned them and they tasted like dirt. They never did that again. Lol After that they always let them cure first and they always tasted fine.
Thank you for the tips, ladies! 😊
Pam and Jim: thank you for this video. I, too, have starchy potatoes on my shelf. Thank you for critiquing 4 recipes and giving feedback as well as options!
This video came just in time for my husband's work potluck, we have been trying to find something everyone can eat and not have such a division between meat eaters and vegans, but to make things more difficult there is allot of variety in ethnicity at his work as well. So thank you so so much for that simple but delicious parsley potatoes recipe it was a huge hit across the board.
I have been hesitant to can potatoes, but after watching this, I am going for it. Thanks for your honest opinion on everything you do. You are my go to person, thank you again. Stay safe and healthy. Have fun enjoying your retirement.
Pam, I really appreciate everything you do for us. I can't wait to use my canned potatoes. Take care!
You are so welcome, Jim
I love using the canned potatoes, canned carrots and beef chunks, etc., for a large beef stew. So fast and yummy!
I also can potatoes that I have cut up for french fries. You have to rinse and dry them really good. Then lightly coat them with corn starch. Not heavy like flour. Just dust them and fry them and season with whatever you like. They turn out crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It also works for frying the chunk potatoes. You should try them.
Thank you, I am a beginning canner and am afraid to try many things due to taste and this type of video with taste testing and trying different options helps alot to feel more confident in growing my canning projects! Thank you and Jim for the hard work you put into your channels!
I believe that canned potatoes would also be great to use for bread!
Great idea. I make bread and didn't think of that.
I love that you’re showing us how to use some of the canned potatoes! I use my quarts of canned potatoes to make my great grandmothers potato soup recipe. They were pretty poor back then, and so my grandmother has always referred to this recipe as the poor man’s potato soup the only ingredients are potatoes a couple table spoons of butter,onion, celery, celery salt, salt and pepper, water in about a cup and a half of heavy cream or milk whichever one you have. Seat the onion and celery with the butter for a few minutes until they glaze over a bit then add all the rest of your ingredients until it cooks down to the taste you like.
This sounds just like the potato soup I grew up with and still want whenever I am sick. Didn't know it was poor man's soup, lol. (We were poor by the way, although I never knew it, so it makes sense.)
I rinse them and chop my onion. Put them in a skillet with a little bit of bacon fat with a little bit of crumbled bacon and fry them. Great for any meal.
I can raw potatoes regularly. I love them! I will tell you, though what you should probably have done that I do is, put the potatoes in a bowl of water swoosh them around after about 10 minutes, drain it out. Do that three times to get a lot of that starch off of those and out of those potatoes before you process them then you won’t have all that thick starchy stuff When you’re ready to use them.
We have been canning our own potatoes (out of our garden) for 20+ years... they are fine! We make mashed potatoes, Potatoes and green beans, and Roasted Potatoes (in butter). I promise you they are fine, it's an excellent food for hard times... may not look great, but they eat just fine.
I particularly loved this video. To be honest, I didn't have a lot of ideas as to what to do with all my canned potatoes. This really inspired me. 💕
This is my story exactly! I canned a bunch of potatoes in 2020 and have barely used any. So much work! Thank you for this video.
Ditto!
We drain them, toss in oil and seasonings and then fry them or in the air fryer. So good.... just start experimenting. We do not use them for mashed tho...potato salad is good tho
I loooove canned potatoes! Wonderful idea on recipes, Pam and Jim. Potato variety will make a difference on starch in the jar. I'm still experimenting on which I like best , early red potatoes are number one so far in having the least amount. Others have mentioned on FB, that soaking them will help remove the starch prior to canning. Btw I have been freeze drying the potato starch solids for other things like thickening and using in agar recipes for mushroom growing. Another thing is that when canning taters, there is sometimes a chemical reaction that turns the white side of the canning lid black. Not often but it does happen and wont harm you.
Red potatoes have been least starchy for me as well- over russet and gold.
I used russets and I soaked them in cold water before canning.
Very clever
When I make mashed potatoes with my canned potatoes I dump the whole jar in a pan, starch and liquid, bring to a boil, add butter, salt and pepper, and sour cream. Delicious.
Never thought of using the canned potatoes for soup. I can a potato soup base with added chicken broth. To eat I pour the contents in a pan, heat and use an immension blender till smooth and add 2T powdered whole milk and 2 T powdered white cheddar and blend more served in bread bowl. I always get raving reviews.
Thanks for the ideas
Pam and Jim, please be advised that I and I am sure many others reflect the sentiments of @highflyer131 who would like a shelf stable foods series. This particular video on the potatoes (which mine look IDENTICAL TO) has given me a couple of more ideas and make me feel good now about those "taters"! Isn't it wonderful to keep learning?!
This would make a GREAT new series !
Agree! I know I’ve dehydrated so many things but what can I make with them and how do I do it?
Would love to have more on cooking freeze dried and dehydrated foods
Agree!
@@mildredschnaible694 Yes! Stuff other than stews.
very much enjoyed this video, I too can lots of potatoes & they come out looking just as yours, I just rinse them well with cold water & let them drain well, unless I'm mashing them & then I leave some of the starch makes a nice texture in mashed. I make potato salad with them often these days saves so much time & one of our favorite things is adding them with carrots, home canned beef & broth for a quick stew. Saw a video I decided to try last week for the air fryer, sprayed with EVOO, then rolled in Parmesan cheese (green can) panko bread crumbs & Kinders garlic, salt & pepper.. air fried 380 for about 15 minutes, stirred in middle & they were crisp on outside, soft in center.. Thank you for all your wonderful videos & information!! Blessings!
Oh My Goodness...I'm so glad you did this video. I can't tell you how many times I have gone to my pantry and stare at my potatoes and wonder... what I am going to do with all these potatoes! Thank You. Your potato salad looks delicious.
I agree with the others, I like lumpy mashed potatoes as well.
A bit of French dressing in place of the mustard is good too. I like both.
I have found it helpful to add a little bit of citric acid and a tiny bit of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to the water when canning potatoes - both the consistency and the colour stay a lot better.
How much of each would you say?
If you use fruit fresh instead the taste is better and it does improve color and texture.. Soak over night with it before canning really improves the starch problem with finished product.
Thanks! How much do you use of each?
@heatherd ½ tsp. of citric acid and ⅛ tsp. of vitamin C per 750 ml (roughly 1 ½ pint) jar. Sorry for the unusual jar size, our jars in Germany are a bit different from yours.
@@linhill4516 We do not have that over here - what exactly is it made of?
When you processes potatoes and want them firm blanche time is only a minute then quickly rinse it off in cold water, I raw pack my French fries. Pickling salt not kosher will help so they don't get cloudy.
When I first started watching this video I was feeling a bit disappointed because I had been thinking of canning potatoes. Well I am happy to say that I now have new hope that they will turn out great. Thank you so much for this. If I hadn't seen it I would have been devastated to can potatoes for the first time only to find out they didn't turn out well. Great video as always! ❤️😀
Thank you for sharing the different recipes about the canned potatoes. I remember watching your video on canning them and so, I canned about 12 of them. They have been sitting on the shelf. Now I will be doing what you shared with us today! Thanks again! 🥰
I use my canned potatoes all the time. I use them to make mashed potatoes, potato salad, fried potatoes, in soups etc. I rinse them from the jar and they’re awesome. I’ve canned russet’s, red and Yukon.
🙂I canned Yukon Gold, but I end up with water-locked potatoes. Spongy, full of water and blah. I warmed them before canning and I did add salt. So where did I go wrong? Looking at the jars, you would think they are perfect, but nooooooo. I have the same problem with winter squash. 🙃So it must be me. I'm doing something wrong.
I soak and rinse my potatoes to remove as much starch as I can, put them in the jar and process them. I don’t add salt. The only time I blanch is for russets as they are more starchy.
@@KikiH2013 How long do you soak your potatoes for?
I soak them 20-30 min, rinse and repeat. I often do three soaks for russets. Yukon and red aren’t as starchy so I only do them twice.
I soak them overnight
You are such a mad scientist! And we love you. ❤
I love canned potatoes! Living alone, it’s hard to go thru a sack, so these are great for me. I pressure can my sacks too. I have no issue with pressure canned potatoes. They taste just fine to me
I buy canned potatoes and canned carrots from the store and dump them in a pot with home canned raw pack stew beef chunks. Just season and thicken the liquid from the beef and you have quick beef stew! I now want to try canning potatoes myself!
I’ve found using these in corn chowder are wonderful. I even add the starchy water from the potatoes to the soup which adds a nice texture to the broth.
How do you make corn chowder,? 😮
Thank you for this video. I did can 16 quarts and 16 pints of the potatoes and have only used two quarts as mashed potatoes. These ideas are just what I needed. Thanks for listening to your audience. You are wonderful.
You are very welcome.
Thank you for recipe ideas on how to use home canned potatoes!! I have several jars just sitting on my shelves.
I canned fries, that way I can use them as is or smashed or chopped. Mine get cloudy too but I just make sure to rinse and drain. Great video!
I just used a jar and to get them out of jar I ran fresh water in and used thin rubber spatula in the jar to gently break up and dumped in strainer to thoroughly rinse potatoes then put on cookie sheet and patted as dry as I could then drizzled with oil and spices and oven roasted until crispy. Turned out wonderful!
Mine look like that. I rinse and rinse the starchy residue off, drain, and brown them in a frying pan with butter or avocado oil, season with onions, etc. They are on my shelf stored safely from spoilage and I love them.
So glad you're not disappointed anymore! I learned to can using your videos and your potato video was never a disappointment to me. My family enjoys them fried for breakfast! I pop them in stews, too. Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait for the news! I used russets and getting ready to can more Monday!
You could use a potato ricer to get rid of lumps
I got an Air Fryer last year, and LOVE it. It is very convenient to use for 2 people. I hope you'll share more recipes with us to show us how you will be using your new air fryer. (Nice gift Jim!)
I use most of mine for stew and mashed potatoes.
Great video. We just made French fries from canned potatoes and it was okay. Wish the potatoes wouldn’t be so soft but hey, when there is nothing available I’ll take it.
Tip: if you press the potatoes though a potato ricer first you won’t have lumps in your mashed, just warm them up in the microwave before you press them. 😊
I love my potato ricer!
I agree. The potato ricer should help with the lumps. I don't like using a mixer. It makes them like paste for me.
Double dip the French fries when cooking in oil. Cook the inside the first dip. Let them sit a bit and put them back in the oil. The second dip crisps the outside of the French fry.
@@janeturnboom4764 i will try this next time. Thank you 😊
Perfect for a small batch of lefse.
I wash, peel, cube and soak the potatoes to remove starches. If the water looks real cloudy with starch, I rinse and soak again. I opened up a jar and dried them on paper towels. Added olive oil and seasoning, put in the air fryer and cooked them. They were the best, crunchy potatoes.
THANK YOU for doing these tests. I was reluctant to try them mashed or in potato salad. You gave me the confidence to give it a try.
We do love the canned potatoes (rinsed under running water in a strainer and dried on a towel) fried up with onions, and polish or spicy Italian sausage. Also garlic powder, onion powder, celery seed, salt & pepper. My husband likes me to throw in an egg or two toward the end of cooking. This is a favorite around here... and easy.
I'm also liking seeing how others have been successful using their canned potatoes.
Next season I'm going to have to can MORE potatoes knowing all these uses.
I recently opened a home canned jar of great northern beans with ham, and as a side used a can of potatoes mixed with onion and a little bacon fat to fry them in. They were very good.
Oh, I am so glad you experimented with the potatoes! I haven’t tried mine yet. Yes a new lease on canned potatoes ❤
Thanks so much! I have so many jars of potatoes and had no idea what I was going to do with them! Tip for the air fryer, preheat for a few minutes before you put anything in that you want crispy.
Oh Thank you! I canned potatoes for the first time, and I am so encouraged with all of the recipes that I can confidently use!
I canned potatoes for the first time last fall. They turned out great! I peeled them, cut in large pieces, added some water , then put in my canner. I opened a jar the other day and they were delicious, I made a potato salad and did not have to cook the potatoes!
I was looking at my jars of potatoes this morning wondering if they would be okay to use. They look just like yours. I’m so relieved to know all that work was for nothing. Blessings to you and Jim for all you do! ❤
I am confused: all what "work was for nothing"? Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead Sorry for the confusion Jim. I definitely misspoke. I was referring to my numerous batches of pressure canned potatoes I did last year. I was concerned about them being too mushy by the appearance of the globby starch that settled. I’m 💯% confident they will be just fine after rinsing. Thanks for testing and putting out great videos!
I like to take the potatoes and roughly mash. Add mixed veggies, some mayo, tuna or salmon and form into patties. You can fry, bake, or air fry until crispy on outside.
I also made a potato leek soup and I like mine puréed not lumpy. Again these worked just fine and saved me a ton of work at the end of a busy day.
Using the Yukon Gold style potatoes means a lot less of the “gunk”. They are harder too peel, but I like the texture much better than russets. A pint of caned beef, canned potatoes, adding carrots and onions cooked quickly in a little beef broth makes a quick beef stew. Just make gravy with beef base and a roux or cornstarch. We have been enjoying the potatoes I canned last summer, and I will never do without them again! I can do up a small batch quickly in my Instant Pot Max, using up the few I have before leaving on vacation!
Thanks for the information!
We grow our own potatoes
when my potatoes do that i dump in a pot warm slowly use potatoes for home fries or soup and liquid for potato bread
I like to use a ricer for mashed potatoes. But they need to be hot. Works great.
I love watching you your awsome and speak very plan on what to do and show us step by step. Some of us didn’t grow up with a cook in the family so like my canning mom👍🏻👍🏻
This really helped me, thank you Pam and Jim. Now I can confidently can potatoes.
Please keep the potato canning video up. Thank you 😊
Thank you! I was having the canned potato dilemma as well, now I know what to use them for.
Todd on That 1870s Homestead did roasted canned potatoes. He tossed them in corn starch which adds a crispy coating, they are really good that way.
We too on the rain, no snow. The opossums love the hole in the roof so we had to get up there and do some patches.
I cannot remember which channel I was watching, but the gal coated her canned potatoes with bread crumbs and put them in the air fryer..have not tried it as yet, but will. Thanks for the recipes Pam and Jim. Oh with the potatoe soup I might add some chicken broth also for flavor.
I put up a large number of potatoes about 10 years ago. After about 6 months they looked just like yours.. Thought I had made an unedible mistake and threw it all away, never to try again. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I will try it again. And again, my family and I thank you.
Thanks for testing your canned potatoes for us! It’s time to test some of ours we canned last year. We’re new to canning and really enjoy your all wisdom and very informative videos.
I love having canned potatoes on my shelf. I haven't found anything that I can't use them in. In fact I canned up 50 pounds of potatoes a couple of years ago and used my last quart last month to make potato, broccoli cheese soup. I love the convenience of having them on my shelf. I'm glad you decided to give them a try. I've found that after you peel and dice your potatoes cover them with fresh water let them sit a bit, then drain and cover with water again..do this a few time's and it releases some of the starch in the potatoes before canning.
I have tried all 4 preparations for my canned potatoes, and 100% agree with your opinions. One other way I have used them is for Corned Beef Hash... delicious!
I par boil my potatoes using about 1/3 cup of white vinegar to my boiling gallon pot of water and leave for about 3 minutes remove drain and pack into my hot jars adding 1 teaspoon of canning salt per quart then fill each jar with hot water wipe rims apply lids and rings fingertip tight then process in my pressure canner. I find this removes excess starch and makes an excellent finished product. Thank y’all for all your great videos that show the correct way.
I canned several quarts of potatoes after watching your video. This was exactly what I needed to see on how to use them. I thought they would be a great way to make quick mashed potatoes. But I didn’t like how they didn’t “fluff” up. This was a great video giving me ideas for how to use them. I appreciate your channel so very much and I can’t tell you how much you’ve helped me as a beginner canner. God bless you and Jim and keep the videos coming!
We really appreciate your comments. It sounds like you are having fun. Jim
I have canned potatoes with leeks and made potato soup. I call it potato soup base. I have also fried canned potatoes. I just did some in French fry shape to try frying.
Try air frying them. Really turn out well!
Delicious, that’s what I do
I canned some after your first video and felt the same way. I rinse them and then coat with olive oil, garlic and herbs and parmigiana cheese and roast until the cheese browns…. My husband loves them
Really sounds good! Jim
My fam loves my canned potatoes. I dry them off, do a light dusting of corn starch and fry them. They cook up quick and are crispy.
I make our potato salad the same was. My sister shredded hers this way and I was hooked! U are the only person I know other than myself that shreds. This is such a learning video for me. Thank you! Thank you!❤
Just made a potato salad for hubby with canned potatoes this afternoon!
Thank you so much for doing this demo on video. Love you and have learned much from you. Kudos to Jim on his videography❤
My potato salad is similar to yours but with boiled potatoes. I love a mustardy salad. I'm glad to see you make yours like mine. I have canned potatoes in French fry strips that I will chop into small pieces to make my next potato salad. You encourage me to try new recipes. Thank you.
They all look yummy 😋 Thank you for these listens..I hope to pass it on to my adult children. Like my mother did for me. 🙌 blessings dear mother...proverbs woman.....hugs
Thanks for the comments!! Jim
When I made my mashed potatoes from my canned potatoes, I brought a pan of water to a high boil and put the potatoes in until they were heated through, drained and mashed. My family loved them
I canned potatoes for the first time last year. I cut them in French fry form. I drained them. Dried on towel. Put them in plastic bag added oil and seasonings. Popped them in air fryer. Wow.