August 13, 2009
Ingredients for cheesy roasted red skin potatoes On July 14, I posted up my recipe for Herb Roasted Sweet Potatoes. I love anything having to do with taters. Here is ...
Other Names:Red Potatoes, 红马铃薯 (Chinese), أحمر بطاطس (Arabic), Rouge pomme de terre (French), Red de la Papa (Spanish), Красный кар... All Translations
Edited by: Aaron Krill, Barnaby Dorfman, FreshPickedSeattle, Sheri, Darren Vengroff, Desiree Lowe, Alisa Escanlar
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August 13, 2009
Looks lovely! Thanks for sharing it in Fight Back Fridays. Cheers, KristenM (AKA FoodRenegade)
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The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial ''Solanum tuberosum'' of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes are the world's fourth largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. Long-term storage of potatoes requires specialised care in cold warehousesPotato storage, value Preservation: and such warehouses are among the oldest and largest storage facilities for perishable goods in the world. Wild potato species occur from the United States to Uruguay and Peru. Genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species suggest that the potato has a single origin in the area of southern Peru, from a species in the ''Solanum brevicaule'' complex. Although Peru is essentially the birthplace of the potato, today over 99% of all cultivated potatoes worldwide are descendants of a subspecies indigenous to south-central Chile. Based on historical records, local agriculturalists, and DNA analyses, the most widely cultivated variety worldwide, ''Solanum tuberosum ssp. tuberosum'', is believed to be indigenous to the Chiloé Archipelago where it was cultivated as long as 10,000 years ago. Introduced to Europe in 1536, the potato was subsequently conveyed by European mariners to territories and ports throughout the world. Thousands of varieties persist in the Andes, where over 100 cultivars might be found in a single valley, and a dozen or more might be maintained by a single agricultural household. Once established in Europe, the potato soon became an important food staple and field crop. But lack of genetic diversity, due to the fact that very few varieties were initially introduced, left the crop vulnerable to disease. In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like oomycete ''Phytophthora infestans'', spread rapidly through the poorer communities of western Ireland, resulting in the crop failures that led to the Great Irish Famine. The potato was the first vegetable inherited by the early Australians, the Aborigines. The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the twenty-first century would include about 33 kg (or 73 lb) of potato. However, the local importance of potato is extremely variable and rapidly changing. It remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eastern and central Europe), where per capita production is still the highest in the world, but the most rapid expansion over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. China is now the world's largest potato-producing country, and nearly a third of the world's potatoes are harvested in China and India. More generally, the geographic shift of potato production has been away from wealthier countries toward lower-income areas of the world, although the degree of this trend is ambiguous.
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[edit] About Red Potato
Red Potatoes are small and round in shape with a thin smooth, red colored skin. These potatoes are high in moisture and sugar, but low in starch content. They hold shape well when cooked and have a firm moist texture.
The most common varieties of Red Potatoes include the Red Lasoda and Pontiac types which are good for boiling, salads, soups, hash browns and any preparation that calls for the potato to hold its shape. Red Potatoes are not well suited for deep frying due to their high sugar content.
Recipes With Red Potato
Irish Boiled Red Potatoes
Butter, Garlic, Parsley, Red Potatoes
Butter, Garlic, Parsley, Red Potatoes
Baked Sweet Potatoes and Red Potatoes
Black Pepper, Olive Oil, Red Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes
Black Pepper, Olive Oil, Red Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes
Herb Crossed Potatoes
Butter, Pepper, Red Potatoes, Salt
Butter, Pepper, Red Potatoes, Salt
One Pan Potatoes and Chicken
Garlic, Red Bell Peppers, Red Potatoes, Salt, Vegetable Oil
Garlic, Red Bell Peppers, Red Potatoes, Salt, Vegetable Oil
Pesto Roasted Potatoes
Black Pepper, Red Potatoes
Black Pepper, Red Potatoes
