Some. About half. Enough remains to keep a poor Irishman from
getting scurvy in times gone by.
Most likely back then they didn't live long
enough to have to worry about scurvy.
Only if they joined the Navy to get the heck out of Ireland.
Whose navy? Certainly the Brits wouldn't have
allowed a bunch of malnourished rebels into theirs.
So the healthiest way to prepare them is to steam them in their skins
or boil them and save the cooking water for soups, gravies and breadmaking.
From that info it would seem that eating them raw
might be a good idea, but then there are those
solanine alkaloids to worry about (I don't worry
about them but don't eat many potatoes to begin with).
...and even raw diet afficionados don't eat raw potatoes. Jicama yes, potatoes no.
I've read sufficient contradictory stuff
in the last couple days to want to try them
for myself, perhaps in the form of salad.
Still, I prefer to pan fry, deep fry, roast and bake them much of
the time.
For me, crisp and greasy are the only positive
features of a potato.
How about mashed with plenty of heavy cream and chives? Better yet of course, fried leftovers of same.
That last latkelike incarnation would probably
appeal to me but not suit my system.
Raw potato salad
categories: raw, vegetarian, salad
servings: 2 to 4
2 raw potatoes, grated
1/2 c cream
2 Tb tomato ketchup
1 Tb white vinegar
2 Tb sugar
2 ts spicy relish
1 ts minced white onion
1/4 ts salt
1/4 ts black pepper
[Soak potatoes in water for at least 30 min.
Rinse and drain.]
Combine all the [dressing] ingredients and mix
well. [Toss potatoes in dressing.] Place in a covered
container and refrigerate 2 hr. Serve chilled.
roonavij on rec.food.recipes
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