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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Janet" > wrote in message
> > t...
> >> In article >,
> >> says...
> >>>
> >>> There is a restaurant in a hotel near us. The restaurant has had it's
> >>> ups and downs.
> >> Got a new chef, manager recently. We decided to give it a try for a
> >> little birthday dinner. I had the duck breast, and it was wonderful.
> >> The best thing was the vegetable served with it. It was tiny, tender
> >> Brussels sprouts and teeny-tiny potatoes. I have never seen potatoes
> >> that small, they were about 1 inch across.
> >>
> >> Don't they sell those in US supermarkets?
> >>
> >> In UK they are called (and sold as) "new potatoes", the first of the
> >> season's crop, very tender and delicious.
> >>
> >> Janet UK
> >
> > Those are smaller than new, I think. We can get them but not every store
> > has them and only perhaps once a year.
>
> Maybe they're just cut to a small size regular potatoes, like the *baby*
> carrots. ;-)

Oh, so you've never seen them either? They are cooked and served in
their skins; it's too delicate to peel.

Janet UK