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Default purple potatoes - the mystery is solved

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:58:02 -0500, George >
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>On 11/17/2010 2:08 AM, Roy wrote:
>> On Nov 16, 11:47 pm, > wrote:


>> There are also purple potato varieties that are white inside when
>> cooked...go figure.
>> ==

>
>And then there are purple sweet (Okinawan) potatoes that have "white" skin.
>
>http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-t...eet-potato.asp


Yes and here in Hawaii, we love those Okinawan sweet potatoes and they
are beautifully purple and very tasty. We also have the native
Hawaiian sweet potatoes (uala) which are dark yellow inside and even
better but they are harder to find.

aloha,
Cea