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Did you ever see or eat this?

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    I grow them! Stokes Purple. They are the best because they are not as gluey as other types of sweet potato. They even grow in our hot summer weather.

    ETA: it’s resource intensive but my favorite way to prepare them is freeze then bake, and I like them with olive oil, goat cheese, pepitas and salt & pepper.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    6 hours ago

    I’ve had a farm share for a number of years, and have eaten a number of different types of potatoes, including two different blue ones.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    6 hours ago

    I’ve never even seen one in person. But maybe, if thats what the purple things in those veggie straw snacks are. I’ve had those. I didn’t like 'em, but I had them before.

    Edit: Wait a minute, no. This past Thanksgiving my sister made mashed potatoes from purple potatos. How the hell forget that? 😵‍💫 IDK where she got 'em. Maybe Sprouts? We have one here but I never go there.

    I was expecting them to be closer to a sweet potato but they tasted no different than regular potato.

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    7 hours ago

    Never seen them, but I’d try one of if I did.

    The closest we have are mini potatoes that come in a tricolor bag including white, red, and blue. But the interior is mostly white

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    Yeah, I have eaten Blue Congo potatoes, and they are kinda funny, they react with different foodstuffs, I seem to recall acids making the normally purple potato bright red where the acid touches it.

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        9 hours ago

        @Hirohito nom. It’s amazing how many fruits and vegetables are actually very sweet. I’ve noticed that for me when I crave sweets, it’s the flavor, not the sugar that I’m actually craving, so I can usually satisfy that craving with a fruit or a vegetable.