I’ve given up on my first earlies for now, the slugs had their wicked way with the foliage and as a result hindered the tuber growth to pea sized proportions.
All the other spuds appear to be getting back handers of performance enhancing drugs though so today I decided to start whipping them out.
I dug two plants, one Maris Peer and another Kerr’s Pink. Both were pretty productive although the Kerr’s pink had loads of tiny little spuds with loads more room to expand. I’m going to be over run with these things in a few weeks so its a good plan to start on them early.
I took them straight from the ground to the trangia so I could carry out an immediate taste comparison. I don’t have any salt in the plot but I do have mint and the result was perfect.
Kerr’s Pink are supposed to be very floury but as an early spud, boiled young, they held together very well and were delicious. Boiled up like this they will encourage me to head to the plot for my dinner more often. Not very varied perhaps but I finished them off with strawberries and raspberries, delicious.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Daphne Gould // Jun 18, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Yum I can taste them now. I so wish I planted potatoes.
2 Cathy // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:15 am
What do you do with all your spare vegetables?
3 earthwoman // Jun 19, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I eat them!
4 zora naki // Jun 21, 2008 at 4:09 pm
The potatoes sound delicious - I need to plant some more!
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5 Cathy // Jun 22, 2008 at 1:29 pm
But you must have tons of vegetables. I think you should donate them to unemployed vegetarians.
6 earthwoman // Jun 22, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I have tonnes of spuds at the moment and you’d be welcome to a bag for your vegan challenge month.
Do you fancy running to the better half of London to collect?
Wait a month and I’ll probably be so desperate to get rid of the courgettes that I’d run to you.
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