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So what are potato flakes? Sounds like potatoes that have been sliced REALLY small and then dehydrated. Any reason you couldn't do that yourself? Just a thought.
Doing this yourself would probably cost more and take more trouble than it's worth. Probably be best to stock up on the store brands of potato flakes. I know if you go to Sam's or Costco, they have them in bulk for the foodservice industry. Not really expensive either.
we bought many boxes of these at BJs or Sams and repacked them in mylar,plastic pails for long term and some vacuum packed in mason jars for short term. I figured if the russians, germans survived a few yrs eating wall paper paste that was made from flour,corn starch, water, and had been on the walls for yrs, we could survive with these for a while along with other preps.
Actually, the very best way to store potatoes long term is to dehydrate them. Below are photo's I took last summer. I package them in a bag, then process it through the food saver. This double bagging prevents the food saver bag from leaking. After I collect a bucket full, I put the packages inside mylar with O2 absorbers and seal in a bucket.
You just dump the bag directly on your dehydrator. My Costco $39.99 dehydrator works just as good as the very expensive Excalibur brand. I also bought my second dehydrator at a goodwill store for $10.00, and it works just as good as my new one.
You can peel, slice or dice, and blanch raw potatoes or buy the bagged ones at a Publix 2 for 1 sale. It takes a long time to prepared potatoes for dehydration and I believe my time is worth the extra price of the processed ones.
The wife and I buy the Idaho brand in the large round container. I has a paper exterior and a foil liner inside. We only buy when it is on sale and with coupons, then we buy quite a few!
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