Comments on: fork-crushed purple potatoes

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:17:42 +0000

I just bought these at King Soopers. My 7 year old was worried that when we went to the self checkout we couldn’t find them in the list of produce on the computer screen and the two employees who tried to find them could not find them in order to ring me up. Finally, they just rang them up as new pototates but changed it to $2.99 a pound. When we were driving home my daughter said she would not eat something that the King Soopers people could not recognize and would not eat them until we googled them. So, while I was cooking, she went on google and searched to see if they were actually a food item and not just some weird thing someone might just have made up. I boiled them until tender, mashed them slightly with the side of a knife, and sauteed them with a little olive oil, cinnamon, and a sprinkle of granulated sugar in a saucepan until the potatoes were a little candied. The flavor and texture was very nice. It made for a different side dish for our supper. My 7 year old was pretty wary of the dark purple and was unwilling to taste.

By: 759beans

759beans — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:03:13 +0000

OHmgtheseweresoooodelicious. i must say, i wasn’t expecting much beyond a gorgeous-looking dish, but the flavor was super. i bought the potatos from the farmer’s market on carroll the other day, not knowing what to do with them. googled “purple potatoes” and your recipe came up. since i trust you, i went for it. you did not let me down. thanks!

By: ms.v.

ms.v. — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:16:12 +0000

So, I thought I bought purple potatoes at the market the other day, came across this recipe, and was pumped. However, as I started to mash the potatoes, I realized that they were purple-SKINNED taters. The fantastic news is that this recipe tastes amazing with regular old new potatoes. In fact, it is now my go to recipe for cooking them! So, if you can’t find the purple ones, the white/red/purple skinned ones will do.

By: Miranda&Ana

Miranda&Ana — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:55:54 +0000

Drop dead gorgeous

By: Bob L

Bob L — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:55:24 +0000

I have fresh purple majesty potatoes that we are digging now. Along with some fingerling’s. Maybe we can ship them to you. We have plenty to sell.
If interested send email to bobthebroker1@hotmail.com
Curtis, Nebraska

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:17:19 +0000

For those who were curious, blue potatoes work great with this; they’re just not as brilliantly bright as Deb’s purple ones. But the lemon juice still spikes the color. We just tried this with some Blue Corolla potatoes. Ultimately, they ended up a nice combo of light purple, deep purple and pink. So even if you can’t track down purple ones, try some of the blue ones and you’ll still be delighted with the presentation and the flavor.

By: Bonnye F

Bonnye F — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:59:26 +0000

Hey ….I am just SMITTEN…..I grew purple potatoes in my garden this year ….My first ever hearing of or seeing them…cant wait to try the recipe.

By: John La Puma

John La Puma — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:28:26 +0000

The purple potatoes look amazing, Deb. This is a great recipe because not only are is it beautiful it is also really high in antioxidants as you mentioned. If you let the potatoes cool a bit the starch in them crystallizes and sugar and insulin levels don’t spike up and the resistant starch seems to help with fat burning up to 24 hours later. Not bad for pretty potatoes. Take a look at http://www.chefmd.com if you are interested in more

By: GiBee

GiBee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:46:21 +0000

This looks delicious! I’m pretty sure that the Peruvians would argue that they were the first to discover the purple potato thousands of years ago!

By: Catharine

Catharine — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:47:37 +0000

Made these delicious potatoes tonight after shopping at our local farmer’s market. They were delicious and my plate of purple potatoes, fresh roasted asparagus from the Delta and wild salmon looked beautiful. The color scheme was amazing!!