. . . for new potatoes and you won’t find any finer than these.
Rare Earth new potatoes are grown a few kilometres south of Oamaru in tarry Totara soils.
The link above will take you to a photo.
There are no new potatoes more delicious than those from around Oamaru and these are the best.
Best served simply – rub the dirt off the skins under running water, boil until tender in water with a sprig of mint.
Drain and serve.
I don’t even add butter, but those who do say they’re even better that way.
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I agree! They appeared a couple of weeks ago in our local supermarket, and I promptly grabbed some for dinner that night. Lightly boiled with a sprig of mint, served without butter. A couple of nights later I cooked the rest of the box, but this time we had a tiny nut of butter with each one. Delicious. They are lovely firm potatoes, and they have a faintly nutty taste.
These potatoes were one of the tastes I missed most when we were living in Australia. Along with kumera.
I am sure My JBs will be of somewhat lesser quality than those legendary Oamaru ones but with lower “food miles” the taste will be enhanced by the economic benefit for Aylmers Estate Bistro.
Very nearly succumbed to a bit of “bandicooting” yesterday