My Harvest of Pink Fir Apple spuds.

[alicat]

Dug up my Pink Fir pots on Saturday. I cut off all the Haulm last week and left them in the ground to mature, I was a bit concerned about this because the leaves were showing signs of blight. Although some seemed a bit suspect most looked great. What strange shapes they were too. ;D Btw I binned the leaves and dodgy pots.

So here they are drying on the table, and a couple of the very strangely shaped ones. 8 seed potatoes £2 in money = about 10 kilogrammes worth of pots, not bad really.







We tried them for Sunday dinner and everyone liked them except me. : So I might try them in potatoe salad later in the week.


Can someone tell me please how best to store them ? - Can they be stored ? - I really hope so.

Also have you tried them and what do think ?


Thanks Ali.x

[mickthecactus]

Ali, I read that they are suposed to be fantastic but I grew them last year and we were disappointed with the flavour. I think we binned a load in the end.

[Sleepy]

Sept 17, 2008 12:55:36 GMT 1 @mickthecactus said:

Ali, I read that they are suposed to be fantastic but I grew them last year and we were disappointed with the flavour. I think we binned a load in the end.

I really liked them when I grew them. A bugger to peel though ;D

The witch is right - store in a cool, very dark and dry place.

[cheerypeabrain]

I grew some this year and found that they were best used as a salad potato Ali...fantastic crop and a good return for your investment doncha think?
I stored ours in a wire basket with newspaper in the bottom in the cupboard under the sink...they kept OK for a couple of weeks.

[Sweetleaf]

Very good crop Ali! Not a bad return on £2
I loved them, last year, they kept for months in a dark cool corner of the shed with newspaper on top pf them, and the flavor was excellent,we had them every week for months I didnt peel them, just scrubbed them, my brother was very keen on them too
And dont you just love their groovy shapes?

[debbiem]

Wow, fantastic crop Ali - what was it about the taste you didn't like?

[floweringcherry]

What a great harvest! I read that you can cook them as chips. Haven't tried it myself, but give it a go You may actually like them

[alicat]

Hi all and thanks. I tried to reply last week to your messages but the puter wasn't playing ball Sorry - this is saved from last week.

They are, amazing shapes aren't they, ;D Matt and I had great fun digging up the strangest shapes then guessing what they looked like. - You have to be careful though that they don't get broken.

I was well pleased with the return considering Dr D.G. H. said yeild is not very big, - well it's big enough for our family, grown in a relatively small space. (2ft x 4ft)

I tried them peeled and unpeeled on Sunday to see if it made a difference on taste, - not a lot but I think unpeeled for me was better and yes I agree Sleepy they were a B... to peel. Cheery – I tried them in potatoe salad at the weekend and thought they were better.



Mick - It's annoying when you bin something that you have grown isn't it. What was it about the flavour you didn't like ?

[alicat]

Thanks Mrs B - It's hard to explain really but I think it was more the textured of them I didn't like. At least everyone else likes them.

FC. - thanks - Chips - sounds interesting I take it you have to fry them like we did in the olden days, Must be 5 years + at least since I had a chip pan. - I wonder if I could cook them like potatoe wedges in the oven.

[floweringcherry]

Sept 24, 2008 19:38:36 GMT 1 @alicat said:

Thanks Mrs B - It's hard to explain really but I think it was more the textured of them I didn't like. At least everyone else likes them.

FC. - thanks - Chips - sounds interesting I take it you have to fry them like we did in the olden days, Must be 5 years + at least since I had a chip pan. - I wonder if I could cook them like potatoe wedges in the oven.

Hi Ali they recommended deep frying small whole tubers as chips. You could try coating with oil and cooking in the oven. I think I read it in a seed catalogue. Good luck.

[alicat]

OK - thanks FC. - Will give it a try and let you know

[mickthecactus]

Ali, they seemed sort of dense- can't explain it any better really. I wasn't mad on them and Mrs C didn't like them at all so in the bin they went.

This years potatoes were lovely but I can't remember the variety!

[alicat]

Yes dense is how I would explain it. - trust you to forget which ones you grew this year, cause I was going to ask.

[elsie]

That's a fantastic crop you have there ;D
We store ours in a paper sack - not plastic- in a frost free shed

[alicat]

Thank you Elsie

I finally stored mine in a mushroom tray wrapped in newspaper in the garage. I didn't have any potato sacks to hand. I've had to keep checking them though due to the blight and a fair few have gone over. :sad It's all a learning curve isn't it.
I've seen lots of your harvests of this year - well done. Maybe one day we can all have something as good.