On 5/7/2021 5:05 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> 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. I guess the store stocked up
>> on too many for Thanksgiving. 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

That's probably about right. I wish I though of freezing some. I ended
up just giving the other bag away.