That's a neat machine. It's obviously well-made to last that long and still work well. For my own potatoes, I don't like to treat them with so much rough tumbling and bumping. I do think they keep a lot longer in storage when they are handled gently. But I can sure appreciate the need for processing when there's acres and acres of potatoes! Enjoy all those spuds this winter!
I agree about the tumbling and bumping. I hand-dig and handle my own homegrown potatoes with a lot of care, and they keep very well. The machine-graded potatoes I bought were surprisingly scuffed up. It will be interesting to see if they store as well and as long as mine usually do.
Sometimes when I would come down to Caribou, Maine and they needed to have a boxcar filled with potatoes by monday morning I would get pressed into service sorting and bagging potatoes so I learned to do those twist ties on the top of the bags. also holding back a bin of potatoes with my back while letting a steady flow into the conveyor. The rule was the potatoes were not to drop more than 6 inches to prevent bruising.
That's a neat machine. It's obviously well-made to last that long and still work well. For my own potatoes, I don't like to treat them with so much rough tumbling and bumping. I do think they keep a lot longer in storage when they are handled gently. But I can sure appreciate the need for processing when there's acres and acres of potatoes! Enjoy all those spuds this winter!
I agree about the tumbling and bumping. I hand-dig and handle my own homegrown potatoes with a lot of care, and they keep very well. The machine-graded potatoes I bought were surprisingly scuffed up. It will be interesting to see if they store as well and as long as mine usually do.
That will make for an interesting comparison!
That is awesome!. Thanks for sharing, Herrick. God Bless America!
Sometimes when I would come down to Caribou, Maine and they needed to have a boxcar filled with potatoes by monday morning I would get pressed into service sorting and bagging potatoes so I learned to do those twist ties on the top of the bags. also holding back a bin of potatoes with my back while letting a steady flow into the conveyor. The rule was the potatoes were not to drop more than 6 inches to prevent bruising.