I went to a group called Ruby's Kitchen today and you would not imagine the amount of

[jwirr]

food they give you for $15. I ended up sharing it with the family upstairs because I did not want it to spoil. Two things I am not sure how to use - in fact I am not sure what one is.

First there was a huge package of sliced potato. Can potato be frozen for later? They are uncooked. The kind you would use for a hot dish or frying.

Then there is a fruit that is oval, about the size of a softball and kind of green and red color. Soft to the touch. I think it is a Mango. How do I use this?

[Glassunion]

1. Does the fruit smell like a strong orange?

If so it is most likely a mango.

Kind of hard to describe how to cut a mango, so here is a good video I gave my wife that taught her how to cut one.

[jwirr]

2. Thank you - that is the fruit and the video was a great help.

[noamnety]

3. You can freeze potatoes

They sell shredded frozen potatoes for hash browns in grocery stores. Here's blanching directions for hash browns, and for fries: http://www.tasteofhome.com/Cooking-Tips/Potatoes/Freezing-Potatoes-for-Hash-Browns

[jwirr]

4. Thank you.

[HopeHoops]

5. The best thing for potatoes is to keep them cool and dry.

Our crops usually make it well into February (unless we eat them all first). We just had scalloped potatoes last night (from the garden) and they'll keep for up to two weeks in the fridge - easy to nuke.

The Mango is ripe if it is soft to the touch. You can put it in dishes, but I just like to eat it raw. One of the finer fruits. Treat it like a peach. You can also dry it in a dehydrator.

[jwirr]

6. Thank you for answering. The potato is cut into slices already so I am going to make them into

scalloped potato and ham. Then freeze those I did not use.

[Whisp]

7. just a fyi on how to eat a mango for those that might not know.

my daughter spent some time in Guatemala a few years ago and this is where she learned how to eat a mango properly. I never heard of it before and it sure makes for neater eating.

you slice the mang in two, the long way, then take the pit out. There is a way to tell the flat side of the pit from the outside but I forget. If you do know you cut it in half on the edge sides of the pit, not the flat side.

now take a knife and score each half twice perpendicularly so you get a crosshatch. maybe an inch or so.

then you invert the mango (push it out in the middle) and the nice cubes, which are still sticking to the skin, pop out for easy eating.

love mango.

[HopeHoops]

8. That's very similar to getting avacado chunks out.