Baking Potato

lol - the best things from Washington (state) are the red delicious apples (I will glady pay extra for them here in the UK), Japanese Oysters just north of Seattle, and the big sweet onions - can't for the life of me remember their name, but you could bite in and just eat them!

 

Red delicious apples??
God they are all skin and far too shiney.

Look like something from a fairy tale, and taste very similar.

 

hehe I like them maybe it's just a 'something familiar from home' thing

 

I guess your from the other side then Natalie?

Sort of west of Cornwall

 

not 'originally'......originally Scottish, then Australia for 18 years, then Canada for 20 years hencec my 'mongrel' accent!

 

I had not noticed a 'mongrel accent', lol

 

lol Pete - it's what I say to people when they say 'where are you from'
Back to potatoes......

So I guess there's the Idaho, PEI and Washington potatoes - surprised nobody's brought up the Irish ones yet!

 

Still looking to find out if we are talking varieties or just dirt lol

 

lol I do think we have been talking 'dirt' here Pete.........:hehe:

 

As long as its nice dirt.:thumb:

 

The only kind to have Pete!

 

Just a observation here about potatoes. As the potatoes form below the plant in the ground, the ground should be lose enough to let them form nicely rather than some clay hard stuff. Also I believe liming the soil will give the potato a better taste. Perhaps a study of what is in the soil of the Idaho potatoes could be copied with chemicals. Also I hear Irish potatoes are good. Just thoughts. And yes I know potato plants are grown on mounds.

 

I think that one big thing that puts us apart from the US regarding growing potatoes is that we can grow them anywhere in the country, north south east or west.

The climate in the US is, (I'm guessing), a bit restrictive in many places, too hot or dry in summer, so it follows that particular areas are likely to grow the best spuds.

Having said that, even in the UK we have favoured areas for growing them, but I've not actually heard anybody say they are better from one area or the other, just the variety.

 

I don't think you can beat Desiree for a late spud.It is a red skinned heavy cropper and can be used for either chips, mash,baking,or roast spuds,but this is just my opinion of a 29 year grower of these spuds:D

 

Grew up in Northern OHiO, USA, and it gets bitter cold there, usually always snow by Thanksgiving. With that said my dad had a wonderful garden each year including potatoes. He also used the chicken manure as fertilizer for the garden.