Spuds Why Do We Not Complain

[weecalf]

This time of year when we buy spuds we end up cutting half of them out because they are are bad.What other food would we take this nonsence from .If we bought bad sausages we would complain .Bad eggs we would complain .Why do we feel that we cant take the spud back to where we bought it ..Is the spud not given the same protection as other food stuffs. Today we got about four good spuds outta six pound of them .

[Mamyalynne]

If I bought some that had that high a ratio of bad to good, I would take them back.

[Mick-Talbot]

Don't buy ready packed bags.

[Graham-W]

Think about the weather we had last year at spud harvesting time. We are lucky that some farmers actually got a harvest in at all. Throw out the poor spuds before sale and the price would double.

[weecalf]

The spuds cost 3.60 .The farmer would not have got that .So the retailer should be made replace them as he made profit on I persume saying they were fit to eat ,which they were clearly not .They could say say how could the have known the goods were faulty as they bought the food stuff on the basis that it was in good eatable condition.

[boxtops]

You're buying your spuds from the wrong place, then - I've not seen a rotten potato in months in Morrisons or Aldi or Tesco.

[DaisyNonna]

My spuds are fine.

[penelope2]

Where do you buy your spuds? Go for individual unpacked spuds then you can select the ones you want that aren't 'bad'. Simple really.

[boxtops]

If you are buying pre-packed, look hard at them before you buy - if you can see a squishy one in the bag, tell the staff.

[Tilly2]

I do complain. I take back the bad ones and ask for a replacement bag.

[LazyGun]

Interesting topic. I rarely have issues with potatoes bought from the major supermarket chains - Tesco's being my local one - but of the bags of potatoes i buy from my local cornershop, I often have to sort through them because some really are pretty poor.

It would be better to buy loose potatoes though - I agree with that.

[weecalf]

They looked and and felt sound but when peeling had to cut parts of them away and bin others .Bought in local corner shop .

[boxtops]

I rarely bin a whole potato, even if it's started to sprout, there's always something salvageable.

[Jeza]

I bought a bag of potatoes in Tesco, took them home as I could not get a meal out of them for 2. I was so mad I took them back and got a refund.

[rockyracoon]

My spuds have been fine lately, the only complaint I have is that they've (Maris Piper) been too small to peel.

[boxtops]

Rocky, in which case I just quarter or halve them, cook them with the skins on.

[rockyracoon]

That's what I did do in the end Boxy, not so good when you want mash though. I should have checked the bag properly when I picked it up, I do now :)

[boxtops]

It does give you interesting mash, yes - I had a sort of crunchy skinny mashy substance on the top of my fish pie last week :-)

[zebo]

I've started to bake potatoes for mashing, less soggy. I leave them to cool for a couple of minutes then pull the peel from them.

[Buenchico]

>>>This time of year when we buy spuds we end up cutting half of them out because they are are bad

If you choose to buy unsorted spuds, that's hardly surprising.

I usually buy 4 'bakers' for a pound, in the knowledge that every one will be of good quality.

You can't beat nature (which kindly provides potato blight and all sorts of other pests). You can only decide whether or not to pay for someone to sort the potatoes for you (or, of course, sort them yourself in the shop).

[DJHawkes]

lol have you ever stood in a picking shed in -3 degrees and sorted the green ones out from the riddle with your hands freezing and the noise of the generator bursting your eardrums? All on minimum wage? Unless you have don't complain about bags of spuds the supermarket sells.