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Giusi Giusi is offline
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Default Why don't we speak of potatoes?

Pandora wrote:

>>> Here in Italy are not eatable!!!! I say the truth! About 20 years ago they
>>> were very good to be fried. Now they are very soft and you can't do
>>> anything
>>> with them, Neither Gnocchi! I Am thincking seriously to order them from
>>> Germany.
>>> And you? What do you tell me about your potatoes?


It is a shortcoming in supermarkets, but at our regular beg market more
types are available. At my bio market I can even buy the long oval dark
potatoes that I associate with baked potatoes in the US. The tiny
versions I roast under sale grosso. The big ones make great french fries.

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