Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Perfect Day

Ah, the neeps and swede mystery is solved!! Thank you George and Loz for clearing that up for us North American types.

Yes, I love potatoes and turnips smashed together!

But, one question remains. What the heck are floury potatoes, Loz?

Hugs,

Kat

Hi Kath,
Just to be clear, neeps are swede, not turnips.

As for floury potatoes.....

http://www.nutrition.org.uk/information/foodandingredients/potato.html
There are around 80 varieties of potato in the UK........Cooked potatoes may have different textures, depending on whether they are `waxy’ or `floury’ varieties. This is due to changes which happen to the potato cells during cooking. `Waxy’ potatoes are translucent and may have a moist and pasty feel. `Floury’ potatoes are brighter and granular in appearance, leaving a drier feel.

So it's all in the varieties. You learn something every day :^)

  Loz

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin." - Grace Hansen

http://www.naturalhub.com/grow_vegetable_cultivars_potato.htm

"The main difference in potato types is whether they are 'waxy' or floury. 'Waxy' potatoes have more sugars, and don't handle roasting or 'french frying' (in olive or canola oil, remember) very well. But they are very good for boiling, because they hold their shape well. This is a particularly important attribute when you are cubing potatoes for potato salad.

'Floury' potatoes tend to fall apart in the pot when they are boiled. But they are excellent baked or roasted or 'french fried'. Floury potaoes give that light, steamy, fluffy interior when fried in fat or when baked.

But 'waxiness' or 'flouriness' is usually a spectrum- some are rather waxy, some are rather floury, and some are midway between. Those midway between are good general purpose spuds for any cooking method.

The attributes of waxiness or flouriness are also influenced by the growing conditions, and by the age of the tuber. New potatoes are more waxy because some of their sugars are yet to be converted to starch, and old potatoes that have been in storage for a long time become more floury."


This isn't really the best place to be talking about the virtues of such a high starch food. But at least it's gluten-free :)

  Loz

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin." - Grace Hansen

You-all can call um swedes in England all you want

But to us down in Alybamy... they ain't nothin but ol' ruterbagers. My grandma used to love um, I can still remember that thar smell, whew!

Johnny

Not exactly, the Swede is just another turnip as is White Lady, Purple Top White Globe, Laurentian Canada and Rutabaga (more commonly known in England and Scotland as Swede Turnips.

The Rutabaga's (Swede) are not a preferred type to grow on the west coast as they take longer to mature. We usually plant the Laurentian (very similar to the Swede) and it is the most widely used Rutabaga in North America.

Come Burns night, if the Swede or Laurentian turnips aren't available, a white turnip is used and mashed with carrots cooked at the same time to give it a colour more like a Swede turnip. And as with most Burns nights I have ever attended, nobody is in shape to recognize what they have eaten anyway.

So yes, Neeps are Rutabagas which are Swedes which are turnips.

George





Breb Assyl

Thanks Loz.

Some of us eat starch, so we appreciate it.

I will try this one some time and let you know what we think.

Thanks
Lori

Thanks for the potatoe lesson Loz. What you don't learn in a day on Kick AS posts. I'll have to remember all this IF I ever start eating potatoes again. Now I never had potatoes and turnip mashed together but pre NSD I used to eat carrotts and turnips mashed together. That was a good way to hide the turnip flavour. Of course I didn't realize what high starch foods I was eating in those days and even if someone had told me I wouldn't have cared. Now it is a different story. Thanks again for the potatoe lesson.

Deborah

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