"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2017-11-11, U.S Janet B > wrote:
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>> taste buttery (riding the coattails of the Yellow Finn).
>
>> As far as I am concerned the Yukon Gold is neither fish nor
>> fowl.
>
>> I would choose the Yellow Finn but business-wise, the
>> Yellow Finn is physically a small potato and wouldn't do as well for
>> customer sales.
>
> Interesting insight, Janet.
>
> I usta work in a russet potato plant in E. WA when I was in high
> school. It's mostly all I'll eat, today. Hashbrowns, mashed, etc.
>
> Gold's always seemed to be a poor cross between new red potatoes and
> russets. I'm not impressed. Never heard of a Yellow Finn. But then,
> I jes heard about 'moon drop grapes'. They look like hemorrhoids!

For a few years we could get something called Rose Gold. They seemed
superior for everything but mashed. They were okay for mashed but to me, not
as good as Russets or Yukon Golds. Haven't seen them around in a while.