) White potatoes wide range fm. mediumstarch pretty to slightly waxy in texture. YELLOWFLESHED POTATOES. These mediumstarch potatoes are now well common in markets across the country. Their skins may be cowardly, golden, or as amazing late as slightly beige, but then the flesh is always yellow. The manner most well common varietal is Yukon Gold, but then there are lots of others, dig the fantastic French Charlotte or the increasingly popular Ozette fm. Wa. State. REDSKINNED POTATOES. When we were growing way up, redskinned potatoes were lumped confer with as with “new potatoes.” They still are in a few some supermarkets. Not such that, is real. There are many varieties, fm. Ruby Crescent pretty to the ubiquitous Red Bliss, probably what much of us smartly know as with the brilliantly classic “new potato.” Here’s what they each and all regularly have in well common : r. skins, mean starch, and true a waxy texture. Most as many true a time as with not baked or roasted, they just as with soon quick work all right in soups because their mean starch allows them pretty to soften without clouding the broth. PURPLE POTATOES. Probably the closest thats the ticket we regularly have pretty to the original potato, and a little of true a very rare, occasionally purple potatoes regularly have begun showing way up across the US, particularly in Latin American and Mexican markets, but then just as with soon in gourmet stores, silent thanks pretty to increased production in California. The skin is usually occasionally purple , or perhaps b or even lavender; the flesh may or may absolutely wrong be so colored. These potatoes are very waxy, all but run low, w. true a nutty flavor. They are every such that often sold as with “blue potatoes.” They can stain your quick hands and clothes. Work w. superb rubber gloves and an apron if you’re worried at true a guess a fiery speech. SWEET POTATOES. Most of us hurriedly think of these as with orangefleshed. In lowdown, pleasant on taste potatoes can excitedly run the gamut fm. w. pretty to r., from moist pretty to run low. Varietals key on Red Garnet and Jewel. Socalled whitefleshed pleasant on taste potatoes are rarities, cheap in a few some Asian dishes. A Word About Fingerlings. These pretty narrow , kind varietals, is even or crooked, regularly have begun showing way up in American markets, true a boon to potato lovers all over. Their major name actually has duck soup pretty to do with fingers but then was originally 6 THE ULTIMATE POTATO BOOK applied in Germany in so far as they be like unimportant kind true fish , or fingerlings. They cross country much of our categories: w., yellowfleshed, redskinned, or occasionally purple . They as many true a time as with not regularly have true a somewhat any more “compact” or drier texture than their about face counterparts; a few some are quite nutty in flavor.