On Apr 14, 8:40*am, Kate Connally > wrote:
>
> I never used to think that canned potatoes were a good
> idea, but I tried some about a year ago and they're not
> bad. *No worse than canned green beans, IMO. *And I've been
> using them in a lot of things lately. *I don't think they're
> overly salty. [snip]

Oh well, I don't like canned green beans at all either. Frozen are so
much better (and fresh picked from the back yard even more so). You
said your soup was a little salty; I was just supposing that the
canned potatoes might have contributed to that.

> Naturally prefer fresh potatoes but I absolutely hate peeling
> them, so for my daily meals I use the canned ones. *I would never
> use the for company. *They're really not bad in soups and stews.
> The only problem for me is that I prefer russets and these are
> the waxy type but I can live with that. *You could always make
> my "recipe" using "real" potatoes. ;-)

Sure. Our only disagreement is whether avoiding peeling is enough
tradeoff for the quality loss. I don't mind prep work so it doesn't
look like a good deal to me. -aem