"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 3/4/2011 8:57 AM, Janet wrote:
>> In >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On 3/4/2011 8:16 AM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In >,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> > 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.
>>
>> In my childhood, a seasonal delight was when the new potatoes arrived.
>> Men used to cook them on the street (on a brazier), and sell them in a
>> brown paper bag, salted, as a delicious hot snack. Nowadays supermarkets
>> here sell new potatoes (egg shaped and pale yellow) imported all year
>> round but they don't taste anywhere near as good as the ones we grow at
>> home, just dug straight from the garden and rushed to the pot. We always
>> have a celebratory meal which is just, a big plate of fresh new
>> potatoes, boiled, buttered, salted.
>> 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.
>>
>> Me neither, I grew blue-skins one year out of curiosity but didn't
>> bother again.
>>
>> Janet
>
> I might mention that the flesh of those potatoes is really blue not just
> the skins. I think they might be common enough in Peru but are often
> available in Whole Foods here.

Actually the flesh is sort of purple. Mostly paler but with a darker bit in
it. The color was off-putting to me.