Potatos - Waxy and Floury ones

looperman1000

Can you list some for the waxy variety and some of the floury variety, anyone if possible?
I have searched and all i have found is: Golden Wonders are a very floury potato.
Thanks for your help

peepeep

http://www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/potato-varieties/

http://www.waitrose.com/recipes/glossarytermpopup.aspx?glossaryid=272&hideVideoLinks=true

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/pot18.html

Etc. Google is amazing!

dh0661

looperman1000 wrote: »

Can you list some for the waxy variety and some of the floury variety, anyone if possible?
I have searched and all i have found is: Golden Wonders are a very floury potato.
Thanks for your help

What do you want your potatoes to do - chips, wedges, skins, roast, baked, boiled, steamed, or mash?

looperman1000

Hi peepeep as much as i appreciate you grabbing the links from google. It wasn't that i was being lazy. I've tried google before looking for IRISH links. I genuinely wanted people to tell me, and maybe add a bit of insight in their replies. I've noticed there's not one Irish link there. Where would i buy: Charlotte, Estima, King Edward, Desiree, British Queen etc They look like potatoes that are bought in England or the UK unless im mistaken.

I wanted to be able to look at a recipe that calls for waxy or floury potatoes, dh0661, and head to the supermarket knowing which ones to buy.

Little Alex

Hi looperman

My understanding - and maybe somebody else can give a better answer - is that new (baby) potatoes are waxy and old (fully grown) potatoes are floury. Some are more floury than others and some are better as mashed potato, chips, baked potato, etc. It usually tells you this on the packaging.

You can decide which actual variety to go for when you're in the shop. Maris Piper is a very nice full-size potato and Charlotte is one of the more common baby potatoes, for example. Both of these are available in Tesco.

dh0661

looperman1000 wrote: »

Where would i buy: Charlotte, Estima, King Edward, Desiree, British Queen etc They look like potatoes that are bought in England or the UK unless im mistaken.

I wanted to be able to look at a recipe that calls for waxy or floury potatoes, dh0661, and head to the supermarket knowing which ones to buy.

First of all - go to a good greengrocer, they'll know what spud is for what.

AFAIK Charlotte, Estima and Desiree (waxy) are available in the baby new type potato.

British Queen (floury) are available during the summer, maybe from July.

King Edward are not very popular around here, I know my Dad grew them at some stage and didn't like them

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"they were yella" --- as in flesh colour like rooster, he hates them also.

brianthebard

looperman1000 wrote: »

Hi peepeep as much as i appreciate you grabbing the links from google. It wasn't that i was being lazy. I've tried google before looking for IRISH links. I genuinely wanted people to tell me, and maybe add a bit of insight in their replies. I've noticed there's not one Irish link there. Where would i buy: Charlotte, Estima, King Edward, Desiree, British Queen etc They look like potatoes that are bought in England or the UK unless im mistaken.

You can get most if not all of those varieties in Irish shops. It says on the bags what variety they are so you will know in advance. Half (picking a figure from the air) of the potatoes sold in the supermarkets are imported anyways.

looperman1000

thanks a million Donna and Little Alex thats what i was looking for. Cheers

looperman1000

thanks Brian, i will check the potato packaging and look more closely when in the supermarket next time

dh0661

looperman1000 wrote: »

look more closely when in the supermarket next time

IMO - greengrocers are still the best and offer better value, offering alot of locally grown produce.

bryaner

I find the maris piper the best all round flavorsome spud

cml387

It's amazing how we are losing our native knowledge of the spud.

Kerr pinks,golden wonders,british queens are floury.Bake, chip or roast.
Maris pipers are slightly floury,as are Records, but tend towards the waxy in my view.

ALL THE REST are waxy oul sh***.
OK if you like that sort of thing, or are making a potato salad.

Roosters are the devils own invention, taste of nothing.

dh0661

bryaner wrote: »

I find the maris piper the best all round flavorsome spud

I prefer them too - but I have noticed that they are mostly imported.

bryaner

cml387 wrote: »

It's amazing how we are losing our native knowledge of the spud.

Kerr pinks,golden wonders,british queens are floury.Bake, chip or roast.
Maris pipers are slightly floury,as are Records, but tend towards the waxy in my view.

ALL THE REST are waxy oul sh***.
OK if you like that sort of thing, or are making a potato salad.

Roosters are the devils own invention, taste of nothing.

So right, I just prefer the pipers for their consistency and cooked right
can be floury

Roosters are pure muck

brian ireland

I believe Leo Burdocks only use maris pipers for their chips.

brianthebard

cml387 wrote: »

It's amazing how we are losing our native knowledge of the spud.

Kerr pinks,golden wonders,british queens are floury.Bake, chip or roast.
Maris pipers are slightly floury,as are Records, but tend towards the waxy in my view.

ALL THE REST are waxy oul sh***.
OK if you like that sort of thing, or are making a potato salad.

Roosters are the devils own invention, taste of nothing.

Native knowledge? Potatoes aren't native you know. As for wavy versus floury, its a matter of personal opinion no need to get so wound up about it.

the beer revolu

brianthebard wrote: »

Native knowledge? Potatoes aren't native you know. As for wavy versus floury, its a matter of personal opinion no need to get so wound up about it.

I agree.
I think in this country, we are a little obsessed with the notion of 'balls of flour' - somehow we seem to think that the more floury a potato is, the better.
Not so, waxy potatoes have their place too!

I've noticed a big Rooster backlash lately.
Personally, I think they are a great all rounder potato with good flavour and very few eyes and blemishes.

bikerjohn

I grew three types of potatoes last year, queens, harmony, golden wonder, the queens and golden wonders were good especially the golden wonders yum yum, I grew the harmony on the recommendation of an expert grower because I like a waxy boiled potato, they grew well and I had a good crop, but the were only fit for the pigs, they were balls of water, even after storing for months still rotten.:o

Dizzyblonde

I'm sorry, this thread isn't worth resurrecting after 4 years so I'm closing it.