Potatoes-Fresh

Successful cold storage
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/gist82.html

Ideally, I would have a root cellar which maintained the correct temperature for the produce I would like to keep. Unfortunately, it’s not that ideal, so I have to look for other places to store things. Fortunately, different vegetables like different temperatures, so everything doesn’t have to go in the same place. Other storage options (depending upon the item) include in the ground, under a staircase, unheated rooms, outside stairwells, pits in the ground, or extra refrigerators, to name a few.

A storage method is only  ...    ---CONTINUED---

“Mud Spuds” – Clay Baked Potatoes
http://survivaltek.com/?p=2616

Trimitive or emergency cooking is accomplished usually with improvised culinary tools or perhaps with none at all. Many foods can be placed right on ash-covered coals to roast. Tubers and roots when placed on coals will turn black on the outside but the skin can be peeled off and the remaining portion tastes great, often with intensified flavors.

Larger potatoes take time to cook so an alternative method is used if you don’t have an oven. By encasing a potato or “spud” with mud ---CONTIUED---

Hat Tip to rick1:

Surprising Uses for the Humble Potato
https://www.almanac.com/news/home-health/natural/more-potato-meets-mouth

  Our modern potato came from southern Peru, domesticated there 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. Humble, homely, and earthy, the potato has traveled around the world, exerting an extraordinary influence on global civilizations for centuries.    ---CONTINUED---

5 Ways To Store Potatoes So They Last For Months
https://www.ruralsprout.com/store-potatoes/

(SNIP) ... Generations of homesteaders have perfected the art of how to store homegrown potatoes, and you can reap the rewards of their experiments today.

Keep reading to learn how you can preserve your harvest for maximum enjoyment over the months to come.

There’s more than one way to store a potato. Below are five options you can try out until you find what works best for you. ---CONTINUED---

Now is the time (March) to pre-order seed potatoes. I prefer organic because usually disease free. Learn how to grow and store as long as possible. https://ourstoneyacres.com/storing-potatoes-to-use-all-winter-long

Anyone else have trouble storing potatoes for long-term without them getting soft? Our are stored in a cool dark/VERY dark room and they still get soft and grow sprouts

ReadyMom wrote:Anyone else have trouble storing potatoes for long-term without them getting soft? Our are stored in a cool dark/VERY dark room and they still get soft and grow sprouts

Bury them in sand.

Can You Eat Sprouted Potatoes?
https://www.allrecipes.com/article/can-you-eat-sprouted-potatoes/

(SNIP) ... Why do potatoes sprout, anyway? And how do we know when they're too far gone? ---CONTINUED---