La Bonnotte Potato and Desiree Potato: Where?

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Hello, It’s been a while, it your editor here, to revisit the topics of the La Bonnotte Potato, and Desiree Potato.

Did you know, that the Desiree Potato has a Purple Plant, but a greyish green foliage? I bet you did not, bet you also didn’t know where to try these potatoes, for planting, or eating perhaps? I wanted to give you some distributors, of these potatoes, so you could try the Desiree Potatoes for yourself! I

mean why read about the amazing qualities of this potato, when you can just stick a fork into it, and bite down!

Here’s a place to visit if you live in the states: GrowOrganic

If you live in the U.K. you can also visit: JBASeedpotatoes

And if you happen to live in Europe, visit this here site: Thompson Morgan

Now what if you want to enjoy the La Bonnotte, now you can (assuming you have the money!) Visit the Red Sea Star! The world’s first underwater restaurant, not only a beautiful, but fine dining! You can have La Bonnotte, and an Ocean bottom view! What a dream!

Blue Potatoes, Seed Potatoes, Irish Potatoes and Black Potatoes?

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Hey guys, it’s been a while. Haven’t posted since march sadly, but here’s to a new start! I’ve been looking around lately, and have found some Blue potatoes? Now what’s the difference between these and purple potatoes, there a little more blue! that’s it. but you should really check some out, here’s a link to a variety of potato: http://www.woodprairie.com/product/organic-blue-seed-potatoes

Next thing I want to talk about today is the Irish Potato Famine. It happened around 1845-1852 it was cause by a potato blight, that made the Irish potatoes into black potatoes. This famine cause the destruction of  60-75%% of the Irish potato crop, causing 1 million people to die, and another million to Migrate. this dropped the population of Ireland 25% in 8 years. These black potatoes, were much like the Black Plague, they wiped out whole towns. because no one had anything to eat.

Purple Potatoes, Good for Your Health?

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Purple, is personally my favorite color, closely followed by yellow. Now, purple may not only be a cool color, but also great for your health. According MSNBC, any sort of purple tinted potato can lower your blood pressure! Purple potatoes, can lower your diastolic blood pressure, and if cooked right, can make you lose weight! Now obviously deep fried purple potatoes won’t lower your blood pressure, or help you lose weight; That is anymore then your regular fries will, because it’s not only in the nutrients themselves, but the way you prepare them, try having some friends over and making baked purple potatoes, to surprise you guests. Use light cheese, and no butter, for a healthy meal!

 

Mom’s Famous Homemade Potato Soup Recipe

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This is my mothers famous homemade potato soup recipe, it’s the best potato soup recipe I’ve ever had, period.

Ingredients:

5+ Idaho Potatoes, Cut and Peeled into small/medium chunks.

1 Small Onion Chopped

Carrots, Sliced. (how many ever you want)

1 can, cream of celery soup.

1 8oz. Cream Cheese.

1 Cup of milk,

4 or 5 cans of chicken broth, enough to cover potatoes (My mom uses 2 cans of chicken broth, and 2 boxes of chicken broth.)

Cooking:

Boil the potatoes, onions, and carrots in the chicken broth until fork tender. Add salt and pepper for taste (my mom only adds pepper herself.)

Take out about 3/4 of broth, then add the cream cheese, and cream of celery soup to it, in another pot. Whisk until cream cheese has melted. Slowly ad the milk to this mixture, then slowly add this mixture to the potatoes, stirring it in, simmer until done.

Top with bacon and cheese and serve with corn bread (optional but recommended.)

Potato of The Day: Pink Fir

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The Pink Fir, is much like the Purple Congo, and the Dargo Goldfield, being a very unusual looking potato, it has a mottled pinkish-yellow skin, and is a very strange shape, having knobby bulbs, and random enlargements here and there. It has a ton of knots. On a scale of  one to ten, one being extremely waxy, and ten being extremely doughy. The Pink Fir is a three, meaning it’s slightly waxy, but not too waxy and firm. This waxiness makes it good for chopping up in salads, and boiling, but not so good for making a baked potato sadly.

Here’s a picture of the pink fir:

A pretty ugly potato

Potato of the Day: La Bonnotte

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This is a even more unique potato of the day, being one of the rarest potatoes in the WORLD. the La Bonnotte potato is a delicacy of it’s own, being the 5th most expensive food in the world, it’s worth anywhere from 200-700 USD a pound. The La Bonnotte has a very small window of harvesting, being only the first week of may. It is so tender, that they have to hand harvest it. It is required to be fertalized with sea algae and seaweed, giving it a nice salty taste. It can only be ate within 5 days of it being harvested, so it is normally flown to it’s destination, hours after harvesting. This variety of potato is only cultivated on Noirmoutier, an island off the coast of western France, and just 100 tons are produced every year, therefore making it one of the rarest foods on earth.

Check out my fourth post Potato of the Day: Pink Fir
Check out my second post :Potato of the Day: Dargo Goldfield

Rich people's spud

Potato of the Day: Dargo Goldfield

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The history of this potato is quite interesting, it was found by a man by the name of Ralph Barraclough. He found it INSIDE a Lyre bird that he found scratching on the ground, near a old gold field, his, the last part of the name.

The Dargo Goldfield has a pinkish purple tinted skin, with a multitude of layers on the inside. The first layer being a bleach white, the second being a mottled almost gemstone like mix of purple and white. The third layer has a white star burst ring, then in the direct center is a yellow star burst, it is probably one of the most beautiful potatoes I’ve ever seen

Check out my first post Potato of the Day: Purple Congo

And my third post: Potato of the Day: La Bonnotte

Here’s a picture of the spectacular potato:

A beautiful potato.

Potato of The Day: Purple Congo

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The Purple Congo, is a purple potato that originated in Peru,  It has a cylindrical, long shape with many deep eyes, which are also known as pits. It is black skinned with a bright purple flesh (or inside).
Purple Congo’s are high in antioxidants, and iron. They were used as dye for religious ceremonies in the Andes, by native tribes. It has a high resistance to degeneration, and is a very good potato over all, you can’t really find these in your local grocery store, so finding them will be hard, but the rewards will be amazing. Imagine if these potatoes existed and were known of in the old world. they would have made people millions, just from the purple dye.

Check out my second post: The Potato of the Day: Dargo Goldfield

Mashed Garlic Desiree Potatoes

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Ingredients

Serves: 6
  • 8 medium Desiree potatoes, cubed
  • 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
  • 100g margarine
  • 60ml single cream or milk
  • sea salt and crushed black pepper to taste

Preparation method

Prep: 5 mins | Cook: 25 mins

1.
Place the potatoes in a large pot, and pour in water. Bring to the boil, and cook for about 10 minutes, or until easily pierced with a fork.
2.
Drain the desiree potatoes, and add the garlic and butter. Mash until the butter is melted. Mix in the cream/milk along with the sea salt and crushed black pepper. Mash the potatoes until soft and creamy, you can use an electric mixer if prefer.

Desiree Potatoes

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Desiree Potatoes are a red skinned potato that were artificially bred, in 1962 in the Netherlands. it has a Yellowish inside, or what is called flesh (gruesome right?) it is a favorite with allotment holders, because of it’s extreme resistance to drought, but it does not fair so well on large-scale, or organic growing, so this is more of a backyard project potato! It is slightly waxy but firm, and does good in any type of dish, I use it personally for crock pot cooking, and hearty soups! It’s most recent popularity is due to the British TV chef,  Delia Smith

Features of the Desiree:

The foliage of the potato plant, are a medium to dark green, with a bright purple color throughout it. Flowers on this plant happen to be red-violet fading to white. and the stems a beautiful purple color, which is a key highlight of this unique plant!