Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Probably, we get all kinds, white, Yukon Gold, red, fingerling, Idaho, etc....never heard of "King Edwards"
Potatoes are surprisingly country-centric. We don't get Yukon Golds, fingerlings or Idahos here.
Potato rant
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Potatoes are surprisingly country-centric. We don't get Yukon Golds, fingerlings or Idahos here.
Indeed. Yukon Golds are incredible, they're yellowish-gold on the inside and they are creamy and butter with a great texture. mmmm
I think they come from Canada but not sure.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Unsurprisingly, you mean; climate has a lot to do with which varieties fare well where.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Potatoes like their organic matter too. One grown in pure compost will taste sweeter than one grown in typical tapped-out farm soil.
so let me get this straight....a potatoe grown in shit will taste sweeter?
you have to try 'em, they're the bee's knees
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
so let me get this straight....a potatoe grown in shit will taste sweeter?
Yep. That about sums it up. You'll want to compost it first though.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
True, but many of us don't have anywhere suitable for keeping potatoes. My parents' larder is ideal, it adjoins the back porch and is cool and dark. The nearest thing I have is a kitchen cupboard, which as we are on the top floor stays anything but cool what with heat rising from the flats below - it tends to get warm and damp and spuds very quickly go off. On the plus side, we rarely have to turn on our own heating.
just take the bag of potatoes that you want over to where the loose potatoes are, split the bag, these potatoes are now loose
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
just take the bag of potatoes that you want over to where the loose potatoes are, split the bag, these potatoes are now loose
I do that with peppers - they have always run out of red single ones, but they have 3 packs with the useless orange and inedible green peppers in, so I split the bag.
yea the red ones are quite expensive, why is that?? the yellow/orange ones are ok but i don't seek them out.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I dunno - I don't think they are here IIRC
They do taste better though
They do taste better though
ScallyWag II
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i've always bought supermarket spuds like king edwards in a 2kg bag and until i got my green composting bin always ended chucking at least half of them. This year i'm trying to grow the ones that have sprouted, sadly with pretty dismal results so far 
(i'm lucky in that i have a garden and am not in a top floor flat) i've been wondering what to do with them if they ever do amount to something bigger than a stunted cherry tomato 
i've seen sack types bags in lakeland catalogues but they are a bit expensive. if you kept spuds in bags like these does it make a difference or do you really need a cool environment.
taking them out of the plastic bags makes sense as they must sweat in those things
(i'm lucky in that i have a garden and am not in a top floor flat) i've been wondering what to do with them if they ever do amount to something bigger than a stunted cherry tomato i've seen sack types bags in lakeland catalogues but they are a bit expensive. if you kept spuds in bags like these does it make a difference or do you really need a cool environment.
taking them out of the plastic bags makes sense as they must sweat in those things
ScallyWag II
New Member
i've always found green peppers completely indigestible, they really fuck my whole gastric system up. takes a couple of days to get over their effects. Peppers are another thread though, supermarkets and their packaging of peppers really.
nino_savatte
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Sorry I did
Depends on what variety and when they've been harvested tbh. Early/new potatoes are harvested 'early' when the skin is still thin. It is the skin that helps them keep though. So they won't store well, unless you leave them in the ground to form a skin, which means they won't taste as good. Main crop will store well though in the right conditions
I don't have a balcony.
nino_savatte
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This is often the case: white potatoes are often the only ones sold loose. If you want Maris Piper, for instance, you have to buy a big bag and if you're a single person, you will end up wasting most of them.
nino_savatte
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within three miles, probably.
What did you mean by your metaphorical 100 yards, then?
You have clearly missed the point of my thread: white potatoes are the only ones sold loose in the supermarket. If I've been cycling over 150 miles a week, the last thing I want to do is travel a few miles to buy a few potatoes. I should be able to get some half decent produce on my doorstep, it is not possible. I'm tired. Would you travel a few unnecessary miles if you didn't feel like it and you didn't need anything else from that side of the world? I doubt it. Don't pretend that you're some sort of superhero.
Don't go to the fucking supermarket then? Get off ye arse and get to your local market either before work or on Saturday.
Honestly, this 'poor me' whingeing is a little grating. You live and work in London for christsakes - finding decentish spuds ain't really difficult with a slight effort.
Honestly, this 'poor me' whingeing is a little grating. You live and work in London for christsakes - finding decentish spuds ain't really difficult with a slight effort.
nino_savatte
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If I've been cycling over 150 miles a week, the last thing I want to do is travel a few miles to buy a few potatoes. I'm tired. Would you? I doubt it.
What difference is another mile round trip then? Food's worth getting motivated about - I'm more sedate these days, but it wasn't so long ago that I was popping back post-club straight to the local market. I've still got surprisingly good relations with the local traders, despite my wide-eyed bibbling .
nino_savatte
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Let's get something straight: the only potatoes that are sold loose in supermarkets is the white potato. Why? The only thing that I'm "whinging" about is the fact that these potatoes are seriously crap. They're not very versatile and they taste terrible.
Furthermore, I am unlikely to want to travel very far if I'm tired. How about you? Why the fuck should I go on a spud hunt when I'm knackered?
nino_savatte
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DON"T GO TO THE SUPERMARKET THEN.
This ain't a tale of the big eveil supermarket chains killing off every local trader within a 17 mile radius. You live in (pretty) Central London after all. This is a tale about you being a plum and moaning on about the lack of decent spuds in a supermarket, yet still going there like a willing patsie every time, moaning impotently after to the event.
You'll have to excuse my lack of sympathy here. A boo hoo, you're tired. Write a letter to Mr Tesco from the comfort of your armchair then. Green ink, lots of exclamation marks and all that mullarkey.
This ain't a tale of the big eveil supermarket chains killing off every local trader within a 17 mile radius. You live in (pretty) Central London after all. This is a tale about you being a plum and moaning on about the lack of decent spuds in a supermarket, yet still going there like a willing patsie every time, moaning impotently after to the event.
You'll have to excuse my lack of sympathy here. A boo hoo, you're tired. Write a letter to Mr Tesco from the comfort of your armchair then. Green ink, lots of exclamation marks and all that mullarkey.
nino_savatte
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Yawn. Perhaps you live in an area where there is a choice. I don't.
I think that I have the right to moan about this (and share my distaste for these potatoes with others). I'm sorry if you don't agree but quite honestly, you're being fucking unpleasant for the sake of it. (par for the course in your case)
Go fuck yourself.
Only Nino could start a fight in suburban. I mean, he's bad enough on the politics boards, but he can't even restrain himself here.
You live in London Nino, not some pissy potato-free backwater. No choice - you're having a sodding laugh
If the limited choice of potatoes in a supermarket gets your goat so much that you'll swear at strangers on t'interweb, perhaps you'd be better advised to channel that angry energy into something more constructive. Like getting off your arse and walking to somewhere other than the supermarket. Plum.
You live in London Nino, not some pissy potato-free backwater. No choice - you're having a sodding laugh
If the limited choice of potatoes in a supermarket gets your goat so much that you'll swear at strangers on t'interweb, perhaps you'd be better advised to channel that angry energy into something more constructive. Like getting off your arse and walking to somewhere other than the supermarket. Plum.
Got some fairly small and not too great baking potatoes from Tesco the other day. They were on special (nearly out of date) though and 11p each so not too bad really for the money. Cooked up fairly well and served with cheese and beans
I like BIG jacket spuds a lot and am not a fan of the smingey white potatoes myself.
I like BIG jacket spuds a lot and am not a fan of the smingey white potatoes myself.
nino_savatte
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That's right, blame me. You came here and started a fight with me. It's a shame that you can't see that or lack the ability to accept responsibility for your actions. It is much easier to blame it all on someone else.
Do you always feel like travelling to obtain ONE item? I'll bet you don't. I'll bet you don't make special trips just to buy, say toothpaste - do you?
If I started a thread titled "Alternatives to washing powder", you'd find some way of picking a fight with me. It's your way.
Now fuck off, shit-stirrer.
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
I can't believe you're fighting over potatoes!
Oh dear, he's off again.
'Accept responsibility' for my actions? He he. All I'm suggesting is that you either/or:
(a) Go somewhere else for your spuds if it bothers you so much.
(b) Write a letter to aforementiones supermarket chain if it bothers you so much and you still can't make the huge effort to locate other potatoes. In London of all places. An impossible mission, I'm sure you'll agree.
(c) Stop whining like a big boy's outer garment (and getting ridiculously angry/defensive) about a situation you could easily change.
(Tip: When you go to a place other than a supermarket you are allowed to buy more than one item)
'Accept responsibility' for my actions? He he. All I'm suggesting is that you either/or:
(a) Go somewhere else for your spuds if it bothers you so much.
(b) Write a letter to aforementiones supermarket chain if it bothers you so much and you still can't make the huge effort to locate other potatoes. In London of all places. An impossible mission, I'm sure you'll agree.
(c) Stop whining like a big boy's outer garment (and getting ridiculously angry/defensive) about a situation you could easily change.
(Tip: When you go to a place other than a supermarket you are allowed to buy more than one item)
nino_savatte
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I can't believe you're fighting over potatoes!
No, tarannau is picking the fight, not me. I am merely complaining about the ever-present white potato and how crap it is. I mentioned that I didn't feel like travelling on Saturday when I started this thread and that was an opportunity for certain others to accuse me of laziness.
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