Augason Farms Dehydrated Potato Shreds Can

I've been stocking up on Augason Farms canned foods for a while and I usually get an extra can to try out before I continue to stock up. These shredded potatoes are great. They rehydrate very quickly and make great hash browns by themselves with a little seasoning or in a casserole which I tried. After rehydrating I really couldn't tell that they were previously freeze dried. Potatoes are very filling and these cans are very inexpensive so I consider them a staple in any emergency food supply. These do not come sealed in pouches inside of the can like some of the other Augason Farms canned products but that's not a problem in my opinion. These are the kind of thing I'd expect to use the whole can at once. Toss a little butter or oil and salt and pepper on these and you have great hash browns for a small group of people. Easy to prepare and serve, and a great value!

If you're into Survival & Preparedness, it's almost a necessity that you have some Augason Farms or Mountain House foods in your survival/"food preps" ... both are incredibly expensive ... except Augason Farms has great sales several times year ... when they do, STOCK UP! These freeze-dried foods last - according to the label- for "25 Years" when unopened & gently stored, and most people agree they would last much longer ... and in this particular case, Potatoes happen to be a food you can last for A LONG TIME in an emergency ... by the time of the mid-1800s Great Irish Famine (or 'Potato Famine') , a hugely significant percentage of the Irish population was subsistent on *strictly Potatoes* - all day, every day - like, Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner, - because it was all they had - BUT ... it kept them alive and with minimal health problems ... and if you were able to add some Buttermilk to pour over the potatoes / cook them with, it made the meal nutritionally complete and you could not just live, but be relatively healthful , on just potatoes [and some buttermilk] ... this is a great product at a great GREAT PRICE [sometimes] and will last you forever, unopened. And who doesn't like them some Hash Browns / Home Fries etc. So many ways you can dress them up!

I'm very impressed! Every bit as good as the frozen shreds from the store, it crisps up nicely on a skillet after reconstituting. If you rehydrate the entire can like I did you end up with a lot! I mean tons! This is an excellent value and I love that it can sit on the shelf for years until needed. Fresh is always best obviously but the next time there's a storm in the forecast and hordes of people are panic buying at the grocery store I'll just relax at home and have a nice breakfast. Not only is this stuff a great addition to the emergency pantry but from now on I'll probably use it instead of the frozen whenever I'm in the mood for hashbrowns. Just an excellent product.

First of all I don’t like potatoes. I ordered these for my mom and the home made dog food we make. Unfortunately, for the dogs my mom and I ate the whole container and just bought another. The color is a dried brown potato hue. This container is shredded potatoes so the texture of the shreds look small and hard but rehydrate to be a thicker quality. We prepared mostly hash browns with the first container. It was so ease to add water and let sit while we started the rest of breakfast. We fried the potatoes into hash browns. They came out a wonderful golden brown color and tasted like we got them out of a restaurant. I don’t typically eat potatoes but these were really good. We are going to try some other recipes with the next container.

Good potato shreds taste good

Keep them in my pantry. Great for emergencies. Taste and quality are good

Good! I bought a couple of #10 (number ten) cans on sale. The price was reasonable enough to use one right away. Usually if I am purchasing emergency packaged items, I will tuck them away for.. emergency, for a later time. But occasionally a pretty good sale rolls through that makes it as good as or better than a non emergency packed food item. I like these shreds- makes for a tasty side dish, they rehydrate well, and are just super easy to work with. I tend to like Augason Farms products, and keep a wide assortment in my long term pantry. Nice way to build up stock, a sense of reassurance. Buy what you can while you can. Look for sales, buy a little extra here and there. Don't be without food. Don't pay more than you have to. If the price looks good now, just go for it.

We are happy Augason Farm's customers and have purchased many of their other products (milk, honey, sliced potatoes, strawberries, banana chips & cream of wheat to mention just a few) over the past few years. We live in California where it's good to have an emergency supply for earthquakes, fires or pandemics! The shredded potatoes did not disappoint. They were easy to rehydrate and use. We didn't notice any hardness after preparing them as directed and they tasted great in the hash brown casserole I make. Reconstituting them allows me to choose how much to use and having such a large can means I always have them on hand when needed. The product was fresh and uniform in size. We will definitely continue buying Augason Farm's products!

These are excellent for Hash Browns. I have been using Hungry Jacks in the little carton for years, or the Idohan ones, and since moving to Australia, they are not available here. I actually like the taste better, by adding onion powder, seasoned salt and pepper to our own taste. If you want even cooking and browning, I use about peanut oil. It is much crisper and clean tasting. For 2 people, about 3/4 to 1 cup of shreds are plenty once hydrated. I only soaked them in hot tap water for about 10 to 15 minutes, drain excess water off and they came out perfect.

Unfortunately 1 of the tins was dented, other than that all ok.