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Gardening

yellerpup

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4. I do! I do!

Reply to HopeHoops (Original post)

Fri Dec 9, 2011, 11:11 AM

Dec 2011

They usually come to our Farmer's Market toward the end of the season, and just in time to make a fabulous looking and tasting potato salad (mixing blues and sweet potatoes) for Halloween.

The last time I mashed them (a few weeks ago) they maintained their deep purple color even while hot. I don't know if it was a different breed or what, but it was a nice surprise.

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Does anyone else like blue potatoes? [View all] HopeHoops Dec 2011 OP

Sure! And red and yellow fleshed.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #1

The blue make the prettiest mashed potatoes. They change color as they cool. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #2

I had my best gardens in PA (we lived in West Chester).... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #3

We put hot peppers in pots to keep them away from the sweet peppers. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #5

Good Lord, that is a lot of watering. Denninmi Dec 2011 #11

I do! I do! yellerpup Dec 2011 #4

I couldn't find fresh seed potatoes this season so we just used what was left over (the small ones). HopeHoops Dec 2011 #6

No garden for me. yellerpup Dec 2011 #9

No, they don't. That's why the the potatoes are blue. Liberal Veteran Dec 2011 #7

Love 'em. beac Dec 2011 #8

Alfred Hitchcock did. Kablooie Dec 2011 #10