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Entries Tagged as 'potatoes'

Kids Make New Potato Salad with Onion Scapes

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

The inspiration for this potato salad came from our recent garden cleanup. Where I wanted to plant okra, potatoes were growing, apparently from spuds I had missed during last year’s harvest. I dug up the new plants (hated to do it) and in the process gathered a bucket-full of potatoes. Could they possibly be edible? […]

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Planting Praties

March 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized

They say planting potatoes in our corner of the universe should take place around St. Patrick’s day. I was one day off, but very pleased to have potatoes in the ground. Potatoes are easy to grow and being able to gather them outside your door is one of the greatest benefits of gardening. We were […]

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Breakfast: Poached Egg & Praties

February 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I’d been saving the potatoes recently harvested from our garden (yes, potatoes in February) for the arrival of some fresh eggs in our CSA box. Poaching works best with the freshest possible eggs, before the egg structure begins to deteriorate. This egg could not have been more than a couple of days old. It slid […]

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