On 7/25/2016 11:42 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 7/25/2016 12:50 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 7/25/2016 10:42 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> This one was delicious ... and fun to watch in the microwave,
>>> jumping beans got nothing on a tiny potato. Even when cut
>>> in half it still hopped around in there.
>
>> I think most eat them with the skin on but my father patiently scraped
>> every tiny tater.
>
> He must Really not like potato skins. Funny.
>
> nancy
>
It came from his childhood during the Depression. Small, new potatoes
with their papery skins on were fed to the pigs, in fact he called them
"piggy tates".