On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:08:49 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Felice" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I wanted some small red potatoes, but the ones at the store didn't look
>>>good. Neither did the regular Yukon Golds. But they had a prepackaged
>>>bag of these tiny Yukon Golds. Each potato is about the size of a pearl
>>>onion. So I bought them.
>>
>> Oh, nice! I've not seen the baby Yukons but I certainly will be on the
>> lookout for them. Bite-size potatoes are such fun!
>>
>> Felice
>>
>
>I've seen all sorts of potatoes I don't understand. Fingerlings, for one.
>Purple or black potatoes for another. In my mind they fall along the same
>lines as things like "broccoflower". Flourescent green cauliflower looking
>a lot like broccoli... but not quite. I'm pretty sure it tastes the same as
>white cauliflower. But it costs a heck of a lot more. And the prices are
>outrageous! (Make up your mind, do you want broccoli or cauliflower?)
>
>I simply buy small red new potatoes. They're much cheaper than these
>weirdly modified potatoes. I have a knife handy if I want to cut them into
>smaller pieces. Why would anyone really need potatoes the size of pearl
>onions?

I don't think she knows what a pearl onion is... pearl onions are
slightly larger than a chickpea, about the size of a shelled
hazelnut... I've never seen any potatoes for sale in that size range.
Btw, pearl onions grow above ground, they're known as "tree onions".
http://www.kosmix.com/topic/pearl_onions