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Default purple potatoes - the mystery is solved

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:15:09 -0500, "jmcquown" >
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> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 2010-11-17, sf > wrote:
> >
> >> Now you know.

> >
> > What took you so long!?
> >
> > nb

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>
> LOL I see purple and gold potatos and "fingerlings". And I wonder why
> people are paying so much for potatoes. I just buy regular russets or white
> potatoes, half the cost. I don't get it. I'm not willing to pay extra for
> them.


I bought them for a party that didn't happen because the guest of
honor was sick.

> It's like broccoflower or whatever that flourescent green thing is
> that pretends to be broccoli but isn't I'll buy cauliflower. I'll buy
> broccoli. I'll combine them in a dish. I won't buy someting bred to be
> both.
>

I love the taste of broccoflower and will buy it if I see it. It's
not popular enough to be sold in the grocery stores anymore and I'm
not making a special trip to the farmer's market just to buy it.




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