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Post by housesparrow on Jun 16, 2009 7:04:24 GMT
My first thought on seeing this recipe was : Sacrilege! What a waste of the best potatoes in the world Will it really make any difference what spuds you use? watercress and jersey royal soupMy second thought was that chicken stock is a jolly odd thing to include in a recipe published to coincide with "Meat Free Monday" |
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Post by sinistral on Jun 16, 2009 8:13:31 GMT
My second thought was that chicken stock is a jolly odd thing to include in a recipe published to coincide with "Meat Free Monday" Ah......that will be for all the vegetarians who don't eat meat....... except chicken...... or fish.......  ;D  |
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Post by jean on Jun 16, 2009 8:39:27 GMT
My second thought was that chicken stock is a jolly odd thing to include in a recipe published to coincide with "Meat Free Monday" Isn't this Meat Free Monday just an attempt to get people to cut down on the amount of meat they eat rather than give it up altogether? (Why are Jersey royals so good? Is it just the soil and climate of Jersey, or ar they a special variety? And if they are, why can't they be grown elsewhere?) |
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Post by Patrick on Jun 16, 2009 10:53:18 GMT
We've had several years of very bad potatoes - including Jersy Royals for all that! - I was regularly buying some from not far from me - Pilling in Lancashire that up until 2007 were always a good cook. The standard 20 minutes for a perfect potato. Ever since then and the amount of rain we've had in '07/8 and they have nearly all been diabolical and boil to a mush in 15 and in some cases 10 minutes!
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Post by jean on Jun 16, 2009 11:15:10 GMT
Looks as if the name's a trademark and they can only be grown in Jersey. You can grow International Kidney if you like, but it doesn't sould nearly so appetising. www.jerseyroyals.co.uk/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Royal_potatoesLat year was a washout, wasn't it? Not that I like potatoes to taste too good, as I try to avoid eating too many. This year we have grown a variety I'd never heard of before, but unfortunately I've forgotten what it was called. |
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Post by everso on Jun 16, 2009 11:44:52 GMT
It should be against the law to serve Jersey Royals any other way but boiled or steamed with a big knob of butter and plenty of black pepper.
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Post by sinistral on Jun 16, 2009 12:18:59 GMT
Lat year was a washout, wasn't it? Not that I like potatoes to taste too good, as I try to avoid eating too many. This year we have grown a variety I'd never heard of before, but unfortunately I've forgotten what it was called. I can recommend an early called Duke of York and this year I'm also trying Foremost. I grow on a heavy clay soil so avoid varieties prone to slug damage....... OH NO.......NOT SLUGS AGAIN!!!!!  |
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Post by Flatypus on Jun 17, 2009 3:52:02 GMT
I can think of better things to do with nos patâtes than to make a soup of them with watercress which loses all flavour and texture the moment it's boiled (or dressed or just about anything else!). But he is the chef at Trinity, so he would scarcely recommend anything else. Does he mean though, First early mids (pig potatoes), new or main, or second early or first maincrop same or second, or lates? I think we should be told. Personally, I think mids boiled in milk, maybe with a few chestnuts.
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