Potato's Going Bad! I'm So Mad!

My problem is I just completely forgot about them. I usually don't do that. I don't have a car so I have to buy my groceries when I can. I sometimes stock up too much. This time I was eating more rice and forgot about the potatoes which I wanted to make some soup with. But, they did go bad pretty quickly and I imagine that was from the warmer weather we had too.

I tend to pick up potatoes on the fast use aisle at my local store, and then I do use them fast. I get lots of good deals on produce often because it does not look perfect. I try to always be sure to buy what I need and use it quickly. I pass the store on my way home from work.

Antique lady mentioned that too..she keeps hers in the fridge. I usually use them up pretty quickly but wanted to have some rice instead this time, and I also made some macaroni. I just plain forgot about them down below in the cupboard. These just seem to have gone bad pretty quickly. I will try what you say if it happens again..lets hope not.

Actually what Antique Lady said was she stores hers in the fridge, I don't do that, but noticed my neighbor does. No what I meant was, say I have a bag of potatoes with like 10-15 potatoes in it, but they are starting to go bad. I cook them up and then put them in the fridge, that way I can make potato salad, or mashed potatoes or any kind of potato and not have to cook it.

You're making me hungry with just the thought of potato salad, haha. I knew what you were saying, I just worded my comment wrong. I've already made a huge batch of mashed potatoes when I thought they were going to go bad. They lasted quite a long time too. I don't know why I didn't think of doing what you mentioned.

Ya know come to think of it, I did have to throw out some lettuce too because it went bad to quickly. I usually eat that up fast too. Nothing is cheap anymore and that's why I hate it when I mess up!

Okra---YECH!!! I am not a fan of winter squash or spinach either-- but I eat them when I have to. Okra I won't eat at all. I trade a lot of different things with my neighbors in the area-- since I have a farm stand during the summer I always have a sign out that says I barter. I have gotten all kinds of useful things from different people, and I have given away a lot too. I have to know how to store potatoes-- I'll be harvesting mine in a few weeks, which means I'll have well over 1000 pounds to use, store and trade with people LOL. I'm Irish, so potatoes are like life's blood to me-- I eat them all the time, and if you grow as many as I do, you have to love them. My big problem this summer was the tomatoes-- we had a cold summer so everything ran late in the gardens and now I have to deal with it all at once, instead of over the period of a few months. I wish I had a root cellar, but I haven't gotten around to building one yet-- I am busy enlarging the chicken coop and the alpaca enclosure, since my three girl alpacas are all pregnant :-). I am very pleased with that, since the fiber is valuable of course.

Nooooo, I don't have any problem with weevil's here, thank goodness, and from the sounds of it, don't want to ever, lol! Wow, that sounds pretty cool trading with the neighbors and all. How nice is that! I can do the shredded paper thing and maybe I'll try that one. I usually eat them much more quickly than I did this time. I love all vegies, except Okra..ugh.

I do the same thing. I just completely forgot about these and this is my fault. I was eating more rice which was another meal and forgot the potatoes. I do smell the bags though to see if they're ok. These were fine so I'm just taking the blame for it..just aggravating though. I wanted to make potato soup.

See, I reminded you to cook your Fingerling's, haha. I used to buy the frozen "real" potatoes but they have quite a bit of salt in them and I'm trying to keep my BP down. So, I decided to buy the real thing over the last year or two and just plain messed up this time. I always ate everything and never watched if it was bad or not. That was much more fun! I think I was better off doing that and enjoyed my food much more. I love Trader Joe's but haven't been there in a long time.

You've been up for 23 hours? Maybe I ask why? That's an awful lot of hours to be up so I hope you have a good reason. I use Salt Sense which is 33% less sodium and so far so good. I really like the taste and do not find myself feeling swollen like I use to. Then again, I've cut down also on a lot of salty foods, like hot dogs, bologna, etc. I will check into this one though just to see what the differemce is if they say. Maybe I missed that part somewhere along reading the description. I was speed reading, lol! Coconut cookies sound scrumptious!

I don't think TJ's potatoes have any salt in them. They probably don't have anything in them except potatoes. Yeah, it's always fun to eat whatever you want. And as soon as I finished that post I forgot all about the Fingerlings until I saw that you reminded me. Hey, if you want salt I think I know a salt you can have. It's real salt - Himala Salt. It's so good. It tastes lighter or something. I can't describe it. Here's the site. Read it. It's really cool. Martha Stuart had it on her show and some Dr. show said it's good for blood pressure. www.himalasalt.com Let me know what you think. I thought it was really interesting. And I found it in Marshall's. Where they have all the food and stuff. It was a little container so I bought it. It's all I use now. I go to TJ's cuz I'd rather have organics and it's not an expensive store. I always spend less money for more food than when I go to Stop & Shop or someplace else. Plus I like their coconut cookies! And I didn't go get any money yesterday. Since I had been up for about 23hrs I thought I better go to bed. So I did. Bye.

Yes they do smell but I didn't let it go too far. I thought it was the garbage at first but it just didn't make sense. Now I know why, haha. I do hate to waste money like that and the whole bag had to go..grr. I think my intentions were to make some potato soup but it just sort of slipped my mind. I went to my daughters and she cooked on the grill and gave me plenty of extra food. I was eating all that first and had rice with most of it and forgot about the potatoes that I was suppose to eat.

I know, it does drive me nuts too! I get so aggravated with myself when this happens, and you're so right..out of sight, out of mind. I live in an apartment so if I threw them anywhere, it would be in the guys apartment above me, he's so noisy. Oh, don't tempt me, lol! I wish I had my own yard, that would be so much nicer than this. And I could have my own garden..I'd love it.

Yes, I'm usually pretty good at using it up quickly enough but not this time. My problem is I'm saving to buy a car so I don't have one right now. I tend to buy too much stuff at one time and that's my problem. Or, it would be nice if I could find an apartment close to where I could walk to the grocery store..I would love that. I can't afford to waste money, I just messed up this time and I'm so mad!..grr.

Hi allknowing, and yes, for sure, they do stink when bad! I must have just caught them before they were really stinking horribly, haha! I might try keeping them in a open air basket instead of in the cupboard down below...I thought the darkness kept them better. These were too far gone to do anything with, otherwise, I certainly would have cooked them one way or the other. I won't let this happen again..I don't have that kind of money to waste without a care.

May be you could try getting smaller quantities?

MMMMMMM, fried potatoes! That makes my mouth water, lol! I haven't had those in a while but I sure do know how they taste, haha! Yes, it was pretty awful when I had to throw these all away. It was completely my fault and I am to blame for it. I kept them in the cupboard down below because I'm hurting for space around here and then forgot about them..duh to me. I'm going to try really hard to keep them in view maybe, somewhere, so I can remember they're around. I like rice a lot and noodles sometimes and then I forget about my potatoes.

Bummer! I don't know how well potatoes keep but I think you said they need to be in a cool dark place? Well maybe try to keep them in a cupboard you use more often so you will see them when you open it up?