Roast Potatoes

Roast Potatoes

So do you like small or large roast potatoes?

Large roasties do take longer to cook, but often with their fluffy interior have more of a potato taste.

Small roast potatoes on the other hand are quicker to cook, are often more crispy. However you have to be careful with the par-boiling as too long and you will have roasted mash.

From a nutritional perspective, smaller roast potatoes have a higher fat content, so making them big makes them a little healthier!

So do you like small or large roast potatoes? Either way using the right potatoes is also important, I now prefer Maris Piper over King Edwards, do you have a favourite type of potato?

2008 – Year of the Potato

2008 is (according to the UN) will be the year of the potato!

Potatoes

The BBC has a nice series of images on the humble potato.

The humble potato in all its thousands of varieties is gaining more and more importance as a food source for developing nations, and the UN has declared 2008 the international year of the potato.

See the pictures.