Sunday 25 January 2015

I Guess We All Pretty Much Take Potatoes For Granted,

boiled, fried, baked or roasted,


like apples and pears there are so many varieties, but thanks to market forces, particularly the demands of the French fry industry, the overwhelming majority of potatoes available in the U.S. are Russet potatoes, contrast that with the many kinds of potatoes that are still grown in South America, potatoes were first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes mountains, on the borders of what are now Peru and Bolivia and because of the huge variance in local conditions potatoes were cultivated to fill those local needs, hence the huge number of potato varieties that grow there, now here is the good news in the USA, a few folks are trying to bring back potato variety and are helping chefs develop ways to harness different potato flavors, colours, and textures, while another is encouraging diversity on farms, for the full story have a look here, the many types of potatoes we could be eating soon at Modern Farmer, so how will I have mine, boiled, fried, baked or roasted?


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