Our total potato harvest was 50 pounds of Rose Finn Apple (productive plant and waxy potato, good for salad), La Ratte (exceptionally flavorful and waxy firm) and German butterballs (good all-round but a little boring next to the others).
This doesn’t look like much of a supply to me, so I did some research.
According to the USDA, we each eat over 140 pounds of potatoes a year. That includes about 50 pounds of fresh potatoes, over 60 pounds of frozen potatoes that are eaten as french fries, and another 30 pounds total of chips and dehydrated potatoes.
From this data I can see that
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our harvest is a year’s supply of fresh potatoes for one person (or, we need three times that much), and
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somebody else is getting all my fries.
Sometimes it’s better not to know. I’ll be wondering for weeks: Who’s eating my fries?
so, how will you store 50 lbs of fresh potatoes? we have root cellars in our area…(older homes) Or, will they go that quickly in your family?
No Russets? Love the russets, great for just about anything.
Do you wash your potatoes before storing or keep them dirty to stave off decay?
I cover the unwashed potatoes with cloth, and put them in the unheated cellar. Alice