On 3/4/2011 8:16 AM, Janet wrote:
> In >,
> says...
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>> > wrote:
>>> I've seen all sorts of potatoes I don't understand. Fingerlings, for
> one.
> I
>> was looking for the fingerling mix but couldn't find it-
>
> I've never heard of fingerling potatoes so had to look them up
>
> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/fingerling-potatoes/
>
> Does anyone here grow them? Do they taste like other new potatoes, or
> are they more like sweetpotato?
>
> Janet (UK)
>
I don't know the situation in the UK but very small potatoes in the US,
white, red and fingerlings, are basically regular potato in taste.
Despite their relatively high cost they are great. I suspect they are
rather like the seasonal "new potatoes" I knew as a child in Britain. I
think they taste best boiled for a little less time than normal potatoes
but, IMHO, they can be nuked quite successfully if you are in a hurry.
You can also get small *blue* potatoes and they taste quite good but I
can't get around my initial distaste for the color.

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