Discoloured Potatoes

[lynbrown]

I par boiled my pots last night prior to roasting today. But half of them have gone dark and marked. Whats wrong with them? Safe to use?

[Buenchico]

Did you keep them under water?

[ummmm]

Perfectly safe to use.

[Mamyalynne]

They'll be fine, the dark patches won't show through if well roasted.

[Sqad]

I thought that ALL partly boiled potatoes left out, go brown.
It's called oxidation.

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly, unless you have a vac pack gadget the air gets at them - will roast up nicely though.

[Buenchico]

^^^Hence my question, Sqad ;-)

(I agree with the others though, Lyn. They'll be perfectly OK)

[Mamyalynne]

I pop them in large freezer bags and get as much air out as possible, it does minimise the problem.

[ummmm]

No, Sqad, not all of them.

[Mamyalynne]

Chris if you keep par boiled under water they'll be saturated, you want a dry spud to roast.

[Buenchico]

I get surprisingly good results using canned boiled potatoes (dabbed dry with kitchen towel), Mamyalyyne!

[ummmm]

That is something I wouldn't even try, Chris...

[Mamyalynne]

I'm sure you do , they spit like mad I bet though.

Another way to avoid the problem is to par boil, roughen up and roast in hot fat for 10 mins then cool and remove from fat - finish the roasting the next day.

[Sir Alec]

Yes Mamya, they spit horrendously!

Anything you can half-cook, then put in the fridge, saves enormous amounts of time next day. That's if you've got any room in your fridge - the one here is bulging at the rivets!

[lynbrown]

many thanks all, merry Christmas. x

[Mamyalynne]

Enjoy Lyn.x