I was thinking they look more like poo than dicks.

talk about color on your plate

morningsong said:

talk about color on your plate

is that allnatural colors? If they could get cotton to grow that color of blue (as well as other colors) it would change the world of textiles.

imago said:

Sure.

THe pigment in fruits and veggies often have powerful phytochemicals or vitamins in them.

I've had purple sweet potatoes, and they are delicious.

Same here. I try to eat purple potatoes on the regular, but their pretty pricey...only sold in BIO ("organic") markets here. Colored potatoes also make awesome homemade chips...very artisan looking an they always look chic to serve alongside a cocktail, too.

Visionnaire said:

No.
They look like dicks.

Sausages look like dicks too. Will you turn down a Johnsonville Bratwurst

with chipotle mustard and a good beer because it's shaped like a dick?

I don't care what color they are. I love potatoes. I've had to cut back. One week I had a baked potatoe every day with the works, sour cream, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, salt, pepper and chives.

morningsong said:

that looks like a mix of fruit, meat and shit

that said, if it's healthy and tastes good, yes, I'd eat it

Ottensen said:

imago said:

Sure.

THe pigment in fruits and veggies often have powerful phytochemicals or vitamins in them.

I've had purple sweet potatoes, and they are delicious.

Same here. I try to eat purple potatoes on the regular, but their pretty pricey...only sold in BIO ("organic") markets here. Colored potatoes also make awesome homemade chips...very artisan looking an they always look chic to serve alongside a cocktail, too.

All of that looks too pretty to eat,

Considering the nutritional value I need to diversify. Potatoes I think are durable, drought and all.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

morningsong said:

talk about color on your plate

is that allnatural colors? If they could get cotton to grow that color of blue (as well as other colors) it would change the world of textiles.

Yes those are natural. What we see in the grocery store isn't the tip of the iceberg of what's available. They may be already hybiding cotton.

Potatoes where the skin ONLY, is red, I have no problem with.

But that thing in the OP...no fuckin' way.

Ottensen said:

imago said:

Sure.

THe pigment in fruits and veggies often have powerful phytochemicals or vitamins in them.

I've had purple sweet potatoes, and they are delicious.

Same here. I try to eat purple potatoes on the regular, but their pretty pricey...only sold in BIO ("organic") markets here. Colored potatoes also make awesome homemade chips...very artisan looking an they always look chic to serve alongside a cocktail, too.

I used to eat those purple potatoes too but these days they are a bit hard to find around here. The guy at the market told me that he was getting them from a farmer in the Schleswig-Holstein region. Those purple and red potatoes are actually much more natural, and much closer to the real deal than those manipulated and modified big Idaho potatoes.

I also like sweet potatoes in all colors, whether the inside is white, orange, red or purple, as long as they taste good I don´t care about the color.

morningsong said:

Now I've seen purple potatoes in specialty stores, but haven't tried them. So they're sweet? How sweet? That's the problem I have with yams (orange flesh), since the only way I can eat them without adding sugar, is to roast them with olive oil and salt, that gets boring. I tried baking with butter and putting other stuff and I not that crazy about them. Regular potatoes I can eat everyday, and they help so much with my sugar cravings., especially when I excercise a lot. But seeing the health value I might just push through all these colors anyway.

Visionnaire and imago just a mess

[Edited 8/3/12 11:31am]

Aren´t those two methods basically the same? I mean, you roast them in the oven, right? And you also bake them in the oven. The only difference I see above is that you use butter for one version and olive oil for the other.

How long do you roast them? I´ve never tried roasting them but I have eaten roast sweet potatoes in a restaurant and they tasted delicious.

morningsong said:

I'm so glad they had a picture because when I first heard it I pictured a candy apple red monstrosity. I think I'd have issues with that, but this I think I'd try.

Of course. What's the problem? Clearly a potato.

I've eaten a lot of red potatoes, but they usually look like this:

That red potato shown earlier looks more like beets than potatoes, but I'm sure it tastes just fine.

imago said:

Visionnaire said:

No.
They look like dicks.

I can't see it.

You know what other foods look like dicks?

Yep. Why wouldn't I?

KoolEaze said:

Ottensen said:

Same here. I try to eat purple potatoes on the regular, but their pretty pricey...only sold in BIO ("organic") markets here. Colored potatoes also make awesome homemade chips...very artisan looking an they always look chic to serve alongside a cocktail, too.

I used to eat those purple potatoes too but these days they are a bit hard to find around here. The guy at the market told me that he was getting them from a farmer in the Schleswig-Holstein region. Those purple and red potatoes are actually much more natural, and much closer to the real deal than those manipulated and modified big Idaho potatoes.

I also like sweet potatoes in all colors, whether the inside is white, orange, red or purple, as long as they taste good I don´t care about the color.

Are you in H'burg right now? For some reason I thought you were off wandering the lonely planet ! Btw, the last time I picked some purple potatoes up I got 'em at Mercado next to Bfh Altona, at the open obst & gemuse markt they have inside.

You guys have never eaten those?

novabrkr said:

You guys have never eaten those?

Nope.

KoolEaze said:

morningsong said:

Now I've seen purple potatoes in specialty stores, but haven't tried them. So they're sweet? How sweet? That's the problem I have with yams (orange flesh), since the only way I can eat them without adding sugar, is to roast them with olive oil and salt, that gets boring. I tried baking with butter and putting other stuff and I not that crazy about them. Regular potatoes I can eat everyday, and they help so much with my sugar cravings., especially when I excercise a lot. But seeing the health value I might just push through all these colors anyway.

Visionnaire and imago just a mess

[Edited 8/3/12 11:31am]

Aren´t those two methods basically the same? I mean, you roast them in the oven, right? And you also bake them in the oven. The only difference I see above is that you use butter for one version and olive oil for the other.

How long do you roast them? I´ve never tried roasting them but I have eaten roast sweet potatoes in a restaurant and they tasted delicious.

Roasting seems to bring out a different flavor, even when I do it with various white potatoes, there's a flavor difference between roasting them and baking them that I like.

728huey said:

I've eaten a lot of red potatoes, but they usually look like this:

That red potato shown earlier looks more like beets than potatoes, but I'm sure it tastes just fine.

I love these I almost always buy them except to pair up with green beans. Even to mash them up with russets.

I try to avoid the fried stuff, which doesn't always work.

^ Now I'm open to eating THOSE "red" potatoes.