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Default I ate 24 potatoes with dinner.

jmcquown wrote:

> On 7/13/2018 1:28 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > Yes, you read that right.Â* Along with a tomato and 2 country ribs I
> > had 24 individual potatoes.
> >
> > I've seen them at the store and finally bought a bag of them, tiny
> > potatoes, a mix of red and yellow.Â* The largest one are about the
> > size of a marble, most are smaller.
> >
> > They make an interesting presentation, but taste the same as their
> > full size counterparts.Â* I just boiled them and added some butter
> > and salt.

>
> Tiny potatoes! I've seen bags of them and have been curious. But I
> was never curious enough to try them. Maybe now I will. Do you
> think they'd roast well? Being tiny potatoes, I know they wouldn't
> take long, maybe lightly oiled and at a low temp?
>
> Jill


Yes, they work well. I get them sometimes and add them to the steamer.
They cook fast but as Ed says, don't taste different. If there is a
nutritional difference, it's that the skins have more nutrition and
you'll get more skin to starch ratio here.