Always cook or parcook potatoes before freezing. The water content in raw potatoes freezes into ice crystals that rupture cell walls, causing a mushy, grainy texture when thawed. All types of potatoes ...

Preserve that potato goodness without getting mealy or mushy potatoes. Potatoes tend to be one of those cooking staples that stay pretty shelf stable for a while. You can expect potatoes to stay in ...

Potatoes are a vital part of any meal prep, comfort meal, snack, etc. There's a reason they are one of the most popular forms of starch and have an endless roster of recipes. However, when buying them ...

Success begins with a careful selection of materials. Karen Schaich, a professor of Food Chemistry at Rutgers University (currently in the process of publishing a USDA-funded paper on the chemistry of ...

French fries are probably the best side there is. There’s a bewitching pull to that combination of salt, fat, starch, and crispiness. However, fries are usually ordered and rarely made (from scratch) ...

Researchers in Idaho are studying how to achieve the ideal potato size for processing into french fries. OTHELLO, Wash. — This tiny Washington town could be called the French Fry Capital of the World.

You can keep frozen spuds fresh, flavorful, and ready for any meal. Indeed, raw potatoes don’t freeze well; ice crystals rupture their cell walls, leaving them mushy once thawed—and many people think ...

Indeed, raw potatoes don’t freeze well; ice crystals rupture their cell walls, leaving them mushy once thawed—and many people think that means you cannot freeze potatoes. The secret to freezing ...