Tired of regular old mashed potatoes but love the comfort during the cold winter months? Spice it up! Mashing winter veggies is an easy way to deal with produce you don’t see a lot, plus it’s quick on a weeknight. The nice thing about mashing vegetables is you can control the texture from chunky to nice and smooth. If you don’t … Read More
The Long & Winding Road
This week’s bag features an all-star potato that trekked an awfully long way to us in the Northeast. Thanks to Russian sailors, the Russian Banana potato initially entered the United States through Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, making its way to farms across the country and now the most commonly cultivated fingerling variety. It’s no surprise! The Russian Banana potato has … Read More
Moose Don’t Like Potatoes
Around here farmers have crop-eating groundhogs, deer, and voles to contend with. In Alaska they have moose. And so we have a part of the story as to why potatoes are Alaska’s #1 vegetable crop. According to the former Potato Disease Control Specialist with the state of Alaska, Bill Campbell (see photo below), who is also known as the “Potato … Read More