"Felice" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> 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?
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> Maybe for the same reason they want pearl onions instead of the larger
> ones?
> The babies look so cute on the plate!
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> Felice
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LOL Well, I only have one recipe that calls for pearl onions and I can't
think of the name of it. So mostly I don't bother. I'd just buy small red
potatoes and cut them into smaller pieces.

Jill