On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 12:54:37 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:17:59 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
> >
> > ============
> >
> > Well it didn't harm us because we are still here ... <g> For me it depends
> > on the potato. New potatoes? Never. Old ones, it depends on their
> > condition.
> >
> > I can remember sitting with my Grandma scraping new potatoes)
>
> Over here, "new" potatoes are the red skinned waxy type.

Not necessarily. I've seen new potatoes in all colors. It's a
function of their development, not their variety. "New" russets
are quite different from mature ones.

Cindy Hamilton