Examine it in the following manner. Suppose the spud was a small beet. Then suppose the spud was a big beet. Confused? Lemme try it this way. Suppose the spud was a small ice cube before it became an ice cube. Then suppose the spud was a huge ice cube but before it actually became an ice cube, both in their waterous/y state. Then, boom, a freeze hits. The small water ice cube would actually become an ice cube faster than the big ice cube would become an ice cube. I'm guessing here, too, gnu. The people to ask would be at McCain's food company. They freeze lots of potatoes that don't turn black and become compost.

"How many French fries does McCain make?
        
McCain's potato processing plants around the world have a total production capacity of more than one million pounds of potato products an hour. McCain makes one third of all the frozen French fries produced in the world."

Hope that helps.