On 5/6/2021 11:32 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 5/6/2021 8:09 AM, Gary wrote:
>> On 5/6/2021 1:24 AM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> The 10 pound bag of Idaho potatoes are regularly cheaper than other
>>> varieties sold in 5 pound bags. 10 LBS of Idaho's it is. I sometimes
>>> give some away to family members who don't buy potatoes because they
>>> mainly cook garbage instant foods, if have too many potatoes. They were
>>> on sale, buy one get one free 10 LB bags for $5 on Thanksgiving... I ate
>>> a lot of potatoes in November... lol
>>
>> Your Idaho potatoes should also come with a specific potato name, like
>> maybe Russets.
>>
>> Anyway, your sale deal...20 pounds of potatoes for $5? That's the best
>> potato deal I've heard of in many years. They can also be cooked and
>> frozen for future meals if they start to go bad.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Yes, I was surprised at that sale too.Â* I guess the store stocked up on
> too many for Thanksgiving.Â* Perhaps they were Russets, I'm not sure.
> Just regular looking baking potatoes.

Probably russets. The expectation is that most people make mashed
potatoes to go with Thanksgiving dinner. Probably not 10 pounds worth
unless they have a huge family gathering. Purely a guess on my part,
they fully expected the pandemic to be over so they over-bought potatoes
and had to do the BOGO thing.

Jill