Those you want to store in a bin or such - wherever cool and dry you normally keep potatoes - should NOT be washed. They need to air dry out of the sun for 10 days to 2 weeks and then brush off the dirt and store them.

The stabbed/damaged ones need to be eaten ASAP or peeled, blanched and frozen or canned.

Dave

I can up a lot of mine, great for use in things like stew and soups. I don't care for heating the plain though. I'm trying to dry store some this year, but I also don't have a real good place that is cool enough. I figure if they start to go bad I can always get the canner out again.

I've got potatoes ready to can up in the summer kitchen, time for me to get peeling soon.

Does anyone here can their potatoes? I've been thinking of doing this as a convenience.

We have canned a LOT of our potatoes...

no problems!

You bet I can potatoes. There should be directions on the NCHFP. They make nice additions to soups, stews and pot roasts. Have you looked at the price of store canned potatoes? For some reason, they're twice the price of other vegetables. I use the price and the 'how many do I use a year' criteria for what and how much goods I can and potatoes qualify.

An excellent and easy way to store potatoes is dig a hole to about the average depth of maximum frost, put some gravel or sand in the bottom if needed, put in the potatoes and fill the rest with leaves. top with a piece of wood weighted down. I find they keep better than a root cellar.

Unless you live in a water logged valley like I do!
We can dig a hole one shovel full in depth and it will fill with water in the winter. NOT storing my 'taters there!!

I'd love to have a root celler but it would be more like an underground pool. :(

Deanna