We had our first early potatoes 🥔 😋 for tea last night.
They are Homeguard potatoes. Developed during WW2 and named after the Dads Army civilian soldierss who guarded Blighty by day and night.
I once heard of a local Homeguard volunteer in Lancashire on night manoeuvres shouted:
"Halt. Who goes there?"
The recipient replied:
"MOO!"
Any road or any way:
We cut the new potatoes in half and placed them in a plastic zip lock bag in vegetable oil, garlic granules, a chopped up one of our homegrown Japanese winter onions and a couple of sprigs of freshly cut Rosemary.
J popped them in the air fryer basket and cooked them until the potatoes were soft yet crispy. They were beautiful:
New potatoes imbibed in vegetable oil and mixed with Japanese onions, garlic granules and sprigs of Rosemary.
I love our airfrier, it does much more than fry, not cooked new spuds like you, I do like cooked ones, allowed to go cold and the chopped and fried in oil and garlic. We are planning a roast next weekend with all home grown veg most will be ready for first harvest.
ReplyDeleteThey're great aren't they Marlene? Your roast next weekend sounds wonderful. You can't buy freshly picked and dug vegetables in the supermarkets. All the sugars have turned to starches when you buy them. I must sow more winter veg.
ReplyDeleteYum. I always cook my spuds in the air fryer. Just cut into chunks then a light spray of olive oil, sprinkle some hot smoked sweet paprika and dried parsley, give them a shake then cook. Delish!
ReplyDeletePaprika! That's what was missing. Maybe a lime or some 🍋 juice? I think between us all we could write a great growing and cook book JayCee
ReplyDeleteSpuds in the oven for us with lots of olive oil and lemon juice. Bit of oregano, salt and garlic. Greek lemon potatoes
ReplyDeleteMouth watering Linda. Long live the new potatoes 👍.
ReplyDeleteYummmy. I’m going to try this.
ReplyDeleteLove using the air fryer. So easy to clean
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DeleteThey're brilliant aren't they Angela? Today we are going to attempt to make air fryer bread.
DeleteWhat's an air frier?
ReplyDeleteDunno. Is Herr Fryer a German monk?😃
ReplyDeleteDid you mean hair dryer? Squeezing potatoes into a hair dryer seems dangerous to me. Why not just boil them in a saucepan?
DeleteOr even steam them?
DeleteI didn't on with the air frier we tried and sent it back. Anyway I just live new studs steamed with munt and slathered in butter and eaten with lettuce salad and cold chicken (any cold meat actually - and home made pickle)
ReplyDeleteIt is advisable to lay off the gin when composing blog comments TM!
DeleteSounds good TM.
ReplyDeleteI love new potatoes, but never thought to do them in the airfryer.
ReplyDeleteI only discovered that you can cook them this way recently Debby. Leeks cooked in a microwave for a few minutes in butter are also quite wonderful. It's good to use modern technology to cook homegrown vegetables quickly without using pans and the stove.
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