Saturday 15 July 2023

An Odd Potato?

 

We harvested some more new potatoes today.  All the recent rain is making some very nice sized potatoes 🥔 at the moment.

Notice the one with the black band around it?  I think it's a piece of plastic embedded into the Solanum Tuberosum.  

I have featured the stainless steel old Kenwood Chef mixer bowl a couple of times on here.  I bought it for a Pound about 25 years ago from a carboot sale at the Countess of Chester carboot sale.  They hold a Sunday carboot sale every Sunday and they have raise over a million Pounds for the hospital in all this time which is remarkable.

We've been eating new potatoes 🥔 since May and we still have lots to go at and Diesel our dog  absolutely loves them.  I have never known a dog love new potatoes so much.

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14 comments:

  1. Yorkshire Pudding15 July 2023 at 11:56

    Oh that is a relief! You hadn't blogged since Monday so I checked my wardrobe to make sure I still have a black tie.

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  2. northsider 15 July 2023 at 12:20

    Thanks YP. I wrote a post and thought of couple of topics but I never published them. At least all the rain is swelling the potato tubers.

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  3. JayCee16 July 2023 at 02:15

    I have missed you too Dave. I hope you were able to remove the black plastic and still enjoy that spud.

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    1. northsider 16 July 2023 at 03:48

      Thanks JayCee. I managed to get some work and been busy.

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  4. local alien16 July 2023 at 02:53

    Cold boiled potatoes are wonderful, in a Greek salad or just with cold meats, boiled eggs and a bit of olive oil. In our heatwave it's the perfect meal

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  5. local alien16 July 2023 at 02:53

    Ps so much better when the potatoes and eggs are your own

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  6. northsider 16 July 2023 at 03:50

    Hi Linda. We seem to be eating new potatoes every day at the moment. I agree they are much nicer than shop bought ones. They are fresh and their sugars haven't turned into starches.

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  7. gz16 July 2023 at 06:40

    We are going to try some of Pirate's potatoes grown in a pot today

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  8. northsider 16 July 2023 at 12:23

    I hope you both enjoy them GZ. It's a great year for new potatoes.

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    1. J. S. Vila16 July 2023 at 18:48

      To have a productive farm with good vegetables are so good. Hard work but good results.

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    2. northsider 17 July 2023 at 10:38

      So very true. Thanks for commenting.

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  9. Tigger's Mum17 July 2023 at 10:17

    F is jealous of your new spuds. She didn't grow any and those in the plots around ours have all succumbed to blight already. Interesting how you can shape a spud with a tummy band. xxx Mr T

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  10. northsider 17 July 2023 at 10:41

    It's well worth setting some seed potatoes in pots in a greenhouse or polytunnel in September Tigger and getting an harvest around Christmas time. I have done it a few times and it's wonderful to harvest them at that festive time.

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  11. Debby17 July 2023 at 20:49

    Glad to see you back! We have missed you.

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