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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 2:41 pm Post subject:
Don't you get problems with slugs? I only tried it once, an extremely tasty potato but the slugs enjoyed them too, virtually every tuber had been attacked.

chrissy

Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Posts: 238
Location: Pangbourne

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 3:19 pm Post subject:
I find floury potatoes which I prefer can break up if you boil them just a little too much so I steam 'em. I love new ones boiled though.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 5:57 pm Post subject:
boiled potatoe free zone here (ugh - mash or baked is so much tastier) except for new, which is different. On the chips front, almost never have chips - we have potatoe wedges - cut up spuds (skin on, unless you're not as lazy as me!) tossed in olive oil, garlic and herbs (I like rosemary and thyme) and roasted until cruncy (about 35 - 40 mins) works with new pots too. Much better than chips

moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 942
Location: Gloucester

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 7:14 pm Post subject:
Boiled spuds are lovely with salad cream.

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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Location: carms in wales

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 7:41 pm Post subject: boiled spuds

i quite like them with melted butter and a sprinling of parsley i think they are quite nice

we used to have "salt " potatoes at home which were small spuds boiled in salt water in their skins and then eaten.maybe a bit like your nuggets nvm

really lovely again with butter and served alongside of thick slabs of baked ham, beefsteak tomatoes and really fresh sweet corn which is as big as a horses leg and comes off the plant and into the pot

can't beat that as a summer dinner outside in the back yard with a few friends around

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 05 8:03 pm Post subject:
I do eat boiiled spuds. Mainly new potatos but the pink fir apples were very good boiled and they were very good when old as well. I would always grow them if we had the space.

Fullup

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: Under water

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 9:14 am Post subject:
This is probably a dumb question but why do we call potatoes 'Spuds'. I call them this all the time but I've no idea where the name came from.

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 4:03 pm Post subject:
Boiled spuds are the only thing to have with a lump of fatty boiled bacon. A nice floury variety to soak up the salty, fatty juice - ah bliss!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 4:07 pm Post subject:

Fullup wrote:

This is probably a dumb question but why do we call potatoes 'Spuds'.

Good question

sean
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 4:10 pm Post subject:
Because you dig them up using a 'spud'.

Fullup

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Location: Under water

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 5:29 pm Post subject:
aaah..I see and a spud is...?

sean
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 5:33 pm Post subject:
A small narrow digging tool with a spadelike blade: a stumpy person or thing According to Chambers, I believe you can use either to lift spuds.

Fullup

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 183
Location: Under water

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 05 5:37 pm Post subject:
Oh I see. So I can call the wife a spud from now on then. Only from a distance though...not that brave.

Gai

Joined: 31 Dec 2004
Posts: 408
Location: Ireland

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 05 9:13 pm Post subject:
Maybe it's an Irish thing but we have spuds most days. Never boiled though, everything gets steamed in this house. Sometimes they then get mashed with milk, butter, salt, pepper & an egg. Most times though they just get served up out of the steamer. Leftovers are fried with onion the following day. We grow British Queens and Kerr's Pinks.

percypony

Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Posts: 146
Location: Hants

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 05 10:37 am Post subject:
I agree with Wellington Womble on this one. We have 'healthy chips' in our house! Just par boil a few spuds, cut into wedges/chunks/however you like your chips. Spary with fry light and add a little herbs/garlic powder and then bung in the oven for 30-40 mins. I couldn't give up chips for boiled potatoes! Yuck!

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