Anyone eaten blue potatoes? - and celeriac

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> I buy from a co-op, and this week, I'll be getting some blue

> potatoes in my Health Box. I have never had a blue potato before,

> so it confounds me. Anyone have ideas?

 

Blue potatoes are lovely. I don't use potatoes a lot in my cooking so I don't

have any kind

often, but I usually use them in a three- or five-bean salad, with all the usual

other

vegetables to help them out. They'd make a pretty dramatic potato salad too.

Best way to

keep that lovely colour, though, is NOT to boil them but to steam them or bake

them

before using. I scrub them rather than peel them too. You're in for a treat!

 

Btw, thanks too for the celeriac recipe - I'm fond of this root (which comes

from a form of

'celery' similar to but not the same as the kind we eat in salads and as

crudites, in case

anyone isn't familiar with it). It has a lovely celery-like flavour, but a

little different and

also milder. Great in stews (yes, including chili I imagine, although I haven't

used it that

way for some reason or other!). I haven't tried it pureed or mashed or squished

in any way

- liking the texture as much as I do - but the recipe should be good - and

usable without

the cheese (subbing nutritional yeast or vegan cheez for those who cannot use

dairy

cheese, of course). I'll put it in the Files now.

 

Love and hugs, Pat