Yes, potatoes can be prepared up to 24 hours in advance of cooking.
You will need to ensure they are covered with cold water to stop them turning black.
The seasoning should be added just before cooking, otherwise the water they are stored in would just wash it away.
Yes as long as you seal them really tight and refrigerate them until cooking time so they dont change color.
Yes, so long as they are refrigerated in between. Sometimes part boiled potatoes go grey when they are kept for too long; you may want to put a little lemon juice on them to prevent this. Refrigerating also helps:)
Old potatoes can be rehydrated by mainataining in water 24 hours. Salt water increase the content of sodium in potatoes but it is not important.
A couple hours will do, let it thaw on its cooking rack, avoid cross-contamination.
Certainly. Put the peeled, diced potatoes in the refrigerator under water. It's the way that restaurants prepare for rush hour fresh potatoes. Be sure to use them before 8 hours to avoid bacteria contamination, and pour off the soaking water. Use fresh water to boil.
Yes they can be. They will not turn or anything like that. Just be sure to heat them before adding the butter and milk to make mashed potatoes.
12 hours
Two hours or more.
yes, as long as it's refridgerated
I boil an whole medium potato with peeling on for a project and it took 2 hours and 28 minutes to cook all the way through.
A good few hours. Probably a day.
a lot!! soak it first for about 2 hours in cool water before cooking
Yes, chill ( hold) in fridge before second cooking. Best to not put it in fridge while it steaming hot.