Loved this story and you reminded me of Ruth Stout whose book I admired. Once in April in Maine I went into a specialty food shop to inquire when they might have new potatoes. "Oh, they're over there in the vegetable bin," said the proprietor. Already? I asked. "Well, they're last seasons new potatoes," she said. At least she was honest!
I've read somewhere that the sugar content of freshly picked greens drops to 1/2 or 1/4 within 4 hours of leaving the soil -- I wonder if something similar is happening with the new potatoes.
Loved this story and you reminded me of Ruth Stout whose book I admired. Once in April in Maine I went into a specialty food shop to inquire when they might have new potatoes. "Oh, they're over there in the vegetable bin," said the proprietor. Already? I asked. "Well, they're last seasons new potatoes," she said. At least she was honest!
I've read somewhere that the sugar content of freshly picked greens drops to 1/2 or 1/4 within 4 hours of leaving the soil -- I wonder if something similar is happening with the new potatoes.
Do you fry them in duck fat?