Sedagive
Senior Cook
I've had some in the refrigerator for 4 or 5 days that I'd like to reheat. Do you think they're still good?
Should be good as long as they're not fuzzy.
Fuzzy potatoes sounds scarey.
I'm curious what kind of cooked potatoes they are.
It "seems" to me that home fries or mashed might not last as long as baked and still in the skin, only because you probably have added other ingredients to the first two I mentioned.
I imagine I push the food envelope more than I should and there is no way even I would eat mashed potatoes that have been sitting in the fridge for five days.
Thanks, Sedagive.
It was surprising to me it didn't seem to matter how they were cooked, that everyone was saying they'd be fine. I guess potatoes are pretty "fridge friendly" . That's good to know.
They were peeled russets, sliced thin, than layered in a pyrex pie plate with melted butter, salt and pepper, baked in a 375 degree oven for one and a half hours so they got crunchy around the edges.
I heated them up last night and they tasted great with the meatloaf. Thanks everyone for the advice.
Potatoes are one of those foods that keeps well in the fridge provided you haven't added milk, cream cheese or some other dairy product that could spoil sooner than the potatoes would have by themselves. I only keep baked potatoes then fry them for cottage fries or microzap and add sour cream, butter and chives just like the first time.
Well, isn't butter considered a dairy product?
Or is it an exception because it can be kept at room temp?
That's kinda what I was getting at. Nobody seemed to care how the spuds were cooked before saying they'd be fine, but if it doesn't make a difference, I'd like to know. I've chucked plenty of mashed potatoes because I didn't think the milk, buuter, sour cream that I added would "let" the potatoes remain good past a couple days. Certainly not 4-5. They looked OK.....