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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Janet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> says...
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>> On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:50:29 +0100, Janet > wrote:
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>> >In article >, says...
>> >>
>> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> > "Janet" > wrote in message
>> >> > t...
>> >> >> In article >,
>> >> >> says...
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> There is a restaurant in a hotel near us. The restaurant has had
>> >> >>> it's
>> >> >>> ups and downs.
>> >> >> Got a new chef, manager recently. We decided to give it a try for
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> little birthday dinner. I had the duck breast, and it was
>> >> >> wonderful.
>> >> >> The best thing was the vegetable served with it. It was tiny,
>> >> >> tender
>> >> >> Brussels sprouts and teeny-tiny potatoes. I have never seen
>> >> >> potatoes
>> >> >> that small, they were about 1 inch across.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Don't they sell those in US supermarkets?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In UK they are called (and sold as) "new potatoes", the first of
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> season's crop, very tender and delicious.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Janet UK
>> >> >
>> >> > Those are smaller than new, I think. We can get them but not every
>> >> > store
>> >> > has them and only perhaps once a year.
>> >>
>> >> Maybe they're just cut to a small size regular potatoes, like the
>> >> *baby*
>> >> carrots. ;-)
>> >
>> > Oh, so you've never seen them either? They are cooked and served in
>> >their skins; it's too delicate to peel.
>>
>> I wouldn't peel them anyway. I love the skin on new potatoes.
>
> IF some weird person did not like/want the skins on, all they need
> do is gently pinch a hot cooked new potato between finger and thumb and
> it will pop out of its skin bare nekkid. That's how fragile the skins
> are.
>
> Janet UK

That's not how these creamers were that I bought. Very tough skins on the
tiny things. I think the difference is that you grow your own. I was
watching some show on potatoes once. Victory Garden? I think. They
explained that if cooked when freshly dug up, the skins are very thin and
fragile. But let them sit for even a few hours and the skins toughen up.