Recipe of the week

it' not just eggs that you soak in Brine:

How to make Syracuse Salt potatoes:

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AltasObscura tells the story of how this began:

In the 19th century, Irish salt workers would often bring along sacks of potatoes for lunch. While boiling down brine from Syracuse’s salt springs, workers would add in the small, white potatoes that became the spud of choice for salt potatoes. Soon, the potatoes were a staple.

In 1899, one newspaper boasted, “The salt potatoes of Syracuse rank with the baked beans of Boston, the terrapin of Baltimore, the scrapple of Philadelphia and the frankfurters of Milwaukee.”

yes, we do have potatoes here, and they are small and with a brown skin... I haven't seen them growing here, but like lettuce, strawberries and other cool climate veggies, I presume they are grown in the mountains north of here.

 but they are used as part of a stew like other vegetables.

But now we do see lots of French fries at fast food places, and you can even get mashed potatoes at KFC (along with a serving of rice, of course).

Asian Potato growing information.