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02 Apr 08 - 07:56 AM (#2304344) Subject: BS: White elephant potato From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler I've just started re-reading "Larkrise to Candleford" and came across a reference to the variety of potato "White elephant", that were grown in Larkrise. Does anybody know whether they were called this because they were white and large ( the obvious reason) or because they were mis-shapen and didn't cook well and hence were a "White elephant" (un-wanted gift)? When I tried to find out about the variety it said that they are buff in colour so I suppose that it could be said that they are not white. Confused:) |
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02 Apr 08 - 08:04 AM (#2304351) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Mr Happy The United Nations have officially declared the year 2008 the International Year of the Potato! |
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02 Apr 08 - 08:59 AM (#2304400) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Georgiansilver Well I hope the Potatoes have a great year...What about a year for humans? |
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02 Apr 08 - 09:02 AM (#2304402) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Rapparee Are the Potatoes playing this year? What are their chances for the cup? |
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02 Apr 08 - 10:01 AM (#2304456) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Amos If diced fine. A |
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02 Apr 08 - 10:38 AM (#2304489) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Mr Happy ,,,,,,,,,,when the chips are down! |
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02 Apr 08 - 10:54 AM (#2304499) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: katlaughing So much for any straight answers!**bg** There are no pix, but here is the official info on them: click here. |
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02 Apr 08 - 12:40 PM (#2304593) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Georgiansilver Keep this up we'll be in for a roasting!! |
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02 Apr 08 - 12:54 PM (#2304602) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: gnomad More here, apparently it is a Garnet Chili x White Peachblow cross, but no info on why White Elephant is so named. I half expected to find it was an entirely fictional spud. |
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02 Apr 08 - 03:45 PM (#2304776) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Charley Noble Well, some of these posted seemed "half-baked" to me. I'm a firm believer in "An eye for an eye" and "Let no spud fry that is unappealing." Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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02 Apr 08 - 04:53 PM (#2304857) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Georgiansilver Just off to watch another episode of 'Mash' |
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02 Apr 08 - 05:17 PM (#2304880) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Both the "official" sites state that they are medium size whereas in the book, which is talking about 1880ish, they are considered large. Have potatoes got generally bigger or has the "White elephant" declined? |
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02 Apr 08 - 05:40 PM (#2304897) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: Liz the Squeak It's all 'more for less' these days and perfection is the key. If you look at the cheap/basic/value bags of spuds on sale in supermarkets, they're the knobbly, misshapen ones that didn't pass the beauty competition that gets them into the expensive clear packaging and the front of the shelf. The bigger the spud, the better. Of course, we all know that this is complete bollocks and that it's the flavour of the individual spud that counts, but some people just want great big ones to save on peeling so much. LTS |
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02 Apr 08 - 06:55 PM (#2304958) Subject: RE: BS: White elephant potato From: The Fooles Troupe Godd Heavens, it says that that plant came from NOAH! Documentary Proof! :-) |