Cheryl J
Chef Extraordinaire
Hmmm....I'll have to look at that next time I'm at Albertsons. Seems to me the last time I bought a few Yukons, they were labeled as Yukons. I could very well be mistaken, though. LOL
Well that's a bummer. I looked up whether or not "yellow potatoes" were the same thing as Yukon Gold and it said that Yukon's are a 'type' of yellow potato, but not necessarily the same thing.
Hmmm....I'll have to look at that next time I'm at Albertsons. Seems to me the last time I bought a few Yukons, they were labeled as Yukons. I could very well be mistaken, though. LOL
I assume it's a slightly different breed of yellow potato that can't use that name.
No, it doesn't. That doesn't mean there's something wrong with it, though, so why the ?
Many people don't realize how many varieties of potatoes there are. Here's a list of just the yellow ones.
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Me too. Especially the baby reds. So soft and sweet.
Personal tastes are funny thing. That is why you can never argue about personal preferences.I hate red potato, babies or not.
When you're broke, you use potato cooking water to make the mashed potatoes.
Now, honestly, how could anyone forget the butter and S&P??? That would be tragic!
I've used half & half on occasion, but I always use milk regardless. Some of those packaged flavored mashed potatoes call for using water and that just baffles me. I know there's milk already in the mix, but using water to make mashed potatoes is completely alien to me.
Pirate does not like salt added to his food when cooking. He has never been a salt user. Makes cooking for him very difficult at times.
I use salt simply as a seasoning when I'm cooking to bring out the flavors. So that would drive me mad, not being able to salt anything. I don't use a LOT of salt, but I use it for which it was intended... to season and bring flavors out of foods.
Since it is too dangerous for me to be standing next to the stove on one leg, Pirate does all the cooking. But the one thing I INSIST he salt is the pasta. Salting it after it is cooked doesn't work. And I don't care if he has to make two separate pots of pasta.
One of my favorites is bacon, potatoes, and green beans.
Just fry up six slices of bacon, dice up the potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes, slice the green beans, then saute both in the bacon fat, for five minutes or so. Then add a little water to the frying pan, and cover it for ten to fifteen minute or until the potatoes are done. Uncover salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy.