how do I add potatoes?

chelmold
chelmold Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2023 in Getting Started
I find the food search on this site so frustrating sometimes... I am trying to add 2.5 pounds of potatoes to a recipe and no matter what I search it comes up like "Arby's - french fried potatoes," "Cracker Barrel - cheese soaked potatoes" or like "Potatoes, mashed, with kale and onions." Or even worse it's like "Potato, skin, flesh" but you can only add by 100g increments. I have no idea how many grams of potatoes I used :(

I just messed around with it for WAY too long. I'm clearly doing it wrong and I need some help! Can someone please tell me what exact search terms to use to find plain white potatoes (preferably with the skin off since I peeled them, but I'll pretend I ate the skin if I have to) where I can add them to a recipe in pounds or at least in ounces??

Thanks!!!

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  • ladymm40
    ladymm40 Posts: 31
    I hate when I can't find what I am looking for......maybe try "potatoes - usda" and see if that helps.

    Good luck
  • lucan07
    lucan07 Posts: 509
    Its very simple search for "produce potatoes" or "produce carrots" etc you will find lots
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Search for white potatoes and you'll get various options and use an online convertor to convert pounds to grams.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    1 pound = 453.59237 grams
    You can enter fractions of a serving size, so it doesn't have to be in even 100g increments. If, for instance, you had 1 lbs of potatoes, enter as 4.5 servings of potato at 100g per serving.
  • kkzmom11
    kkzmom11 Posts: 220 Member
    what about "russet potato" or "idaho potato"?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    ID the actual type of potato...i.e. USDA Red Potato...usually listed in grams so you'll have to do a little math
  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
    Hi

    I found them as "Generic- Potato-raw"
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