During winter, I always have a few kg of potatoes in the pantry.
Red yellow or white, potatoes are my favorite bulb in winter (among those that are used in their cooked form, without offending any other bulb): First, potatoes blend well, if not even form the basis of any good soup; Secondly, potatoes are used (together with their neighbors in the pantry – the sweet potatoes) to make the best puree, as it is well known that there is no better food when it is cold outside.
And thirdly, potatoes are used to make latkes, which is a definite Hanukkah dish, which is of course a very wintery holiday. And if you also need a fourth reason – then potatoes cook beautifully in the coals of a campfire or in a potjie pot, and both are great fun in the winter.
If I have convinced you that you too should have a stock of potatoes available on cold days, then here are some interesting ideas for other dishes that can be made from them: “Stuffed” potatoes – a very popular dish amongst children: cook the potatoes (with or without their peel, either will work just fine) only half way, ie until they are soft but the fork cannot go all the way through.
Mash or beat them (a blow of schnitzel hammer or a rolling rod could do the job), anoint with a little oil and put in the oven for grilling. You can also sprinkle some yellow or salty cheese on top, but even just salt will be delicious.
Another idea that kids love is “potato-pizza” (somewhat similar to the “pita-pizza”): Bake the potatoes whole in the oven (it takes about 45 minutes, the process is much shorter if you have a pressure cooker).
Remove, carve carefully, and remove the contents with a spoon. Keep aside. Insert some thick tomato sauce, freshly chopped oregano and typical pizza toppings (corn, mushrooms, olives, you might even enjoy pineapple slices if you like them on pizza) and grated yellow cheese on top. Bake a little longer – and eat.
You can also replace the contents with broccoli, cream, sauerkraut … whatever makes your belly happier. The contents of the potatoes that we kept aside are turned into a dish on their own: mashed potatoes with fried onions, latkes made of mashed potatoes and bread crumbs, etc.
Potatoes have a rather grayish image and they are typically taken for granted, since they are here all year round, always available and accessible.
They are among the most consumed foods in the world, after wheat rice and corn (it sounds like potatoes, as well as wheat, to us, are the equivalent of rice to the Japanese and corn to the South Americans).
In countries of abundance it is possible to choose between several sources of carbohydrate for consumption, but there are areas in the world where the poor population relies mainly on potatoes as their source of energy.
In addition to being used as food for humans, potatoes are also a common (available and inexpensive) food for farm animals, and a source of starch for the pharmaceutical industry.
Yours.
The Garden’s team
Forecast:
In the ORGANIC vegetable baskets we expect (draft only):
Cucumber
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Onion
Cabbage
Pumpkin
Celery
Swiss Chard
Parsley
The Large organic vegetable baskets also include:
Spinach
Eggplant
Coriander
In the ORGANIC fruit baskets (NEW – Increased variety, price – 70 Shekels)
Oranges
Grapefruit
Banana
Clementine
Pomelo
The large ORGANIC fruit baskets also include: ( NEW – Increased variety, price -100 Shekels)
Lemon
Papaya
Red grapefruit
The ORGANIC Green Basket:
Swiis Chard
A kind of lettuce
Kale
Dill
Green onion
Sprouts
Spinach
NEW – The ORGANIC Basket for couples or small families (price – 150 shekels):
Cucumber
Tomato
Lettuce
Potato
Eggplant
Pepper
Onion
Parsley
Swiss Chard
Beet
Sweet potatoe
Coriander
Beet
Oranges
Lemon
Sweetie
