Topic: Yummy tasting waxy potatoes

[chriscross1966]

Now I have so many to choose from!

here is my 'short' list

PFA
Nicola
International kidney
anya
Charlotte
highland burgundy
salad blue

thankyou!!

PM me your addy and I can send you a couple or three each of Highland Burgundy and Salad Blue..... when Alan Romans delivers them anyway...

chrisc

[reddyreddy]

Thanks Chris, that would be ideal as I wouldn't really want more than 2 or 3 of those two. I already showed both my girls (3&5) the red and blue potatoes and they said they wanted to grow them themselves! I have two empty black bins so they can have one each and a blue and a red potato each to grow! Perfect!!  ;D

[chriscross1966]

Thanks Chris, that would be ideal as I wouldn't really want more than 2 or 3 of those two. I already showed both my girls (3&5) the red and blue potatoes and they said they wanted to grow them themselves! I have two empty black bins so they can have one each and a blue and a red potato each to grow! Perfect!!  ;D

Clear your inbox out!! :D

[reddyreddy]

done!  :D

[greensausage]

I can recommend Juliet - grew them last year and will grow again this year.  Fantastic taste  ;D

[Jeannine]

I suspect if you give your children their own growing area the problem might heal itself. I did this with kids in school a few years ago, the gentle rule was" if you grow it, you eat it". We had non veggie kids eating all sorts of stuff, the really fun thing was listening to them verbally selling the idea of their veg to another kid who wasn't keen. Priceless..

Still say Charlotte, supposed to be second early but we grew it as a first and then left some to grow om, they actually grew quite large.

When you get your kids spud hooked don't forget the old wisdom" you can eat as many as you like,but you scrape your own".

Have fun

XX Jeannine

[Robert_Brenchley]

Charlotte are excellent if they last, but last year they were the first to get blight, and succumbed in a few days. It's happened several years in a row so I'm looking for more resistant varieties this year.

[delboy]

Last year we were given some Blue Moon(blue/purple skinned) at the Whitchurch Potato Day to try out.

They were stunning and we've kept 20 or so back to grow again this year.

The taste was brilliant and they didn't fall apart even when my OH boiled them on full heat(plonker..)

Have tried to get more commercially, but they are still on trial.

[tombrew]

Hi,laast year I grew belle de fontenay and they were rubbish -- the best earlies were Lady Christl

[Digeroo]

I am a very fussy potato eater and really only like Desiree roast or baked.  Hate mash or new potatoes and certainly do not like them boiled.  My favourite way is roast with either herbs or chillie flakes sprinkled on.  I zap them in the microwave with a spray of oil until they are cooked and then either put in the oven or pan to brown with a bit of butter and herbs.  Anya and PFA are ok. King Ed, Red Duke of York  and Charlotte passable. 

Hate the metallic taste that many potatoes have.  I particularly hate any of the pentland ones. 

[mokanoo]

Just a suggestion but why not make Gnocchi out of them. They'll be something new, a different texture and you can cover them in a variety of sauces so that it looks like a pasta dish. I know...I sometimes have to tell a little white lie to my 4 year old to get her to eat her veg.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/basilgnocchiwithsimp_74596.shtml