Ahhaha! Nothing like having a little hippie girl show up to the party to bring out the cowboy in all the gents! Though as a native Texan, I do need to brandish my finely tuned pit skills to this somewhat discerning audience. Just sayin', ain't no microwave gonna fix your steaks with pretty grill marks on 'em, ya'll.
Purple potatoes and other fun things to do with starches
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Ahhaha! Nothing like having a little hippie girl show up to the party to bring out the cowboy in all the gents! Though as a native Texan, I do need to brandish my finely tuned pit skills to this somewhat discerning audience. Just sayin', ain't no microwave gonna fix your steaks with pretty grill marks on 'em, ya'll.
Looks like the thread is coming full circle back to meat and potatoes, I mean: "Mead and Potatoes"
Vodka
Is neutral spirit, and can be made from anything that can be fermented to ETOH, and distilled. Its simply further "refined" and purified leaving little if any of the original character of the distilled spirit. Whisky, rum, brandy etc can all be further refined to make vodka.
As for potato vodka. Potatoes aren't often used in vodka production anymore, the only reason they every really were was because at some point potatoes were cheaper than grains, but also made lower quality spirits. Today most vodka is made from grains.
Distilling always yields clear liquid, coloring comes either from the aging process in charred oak barrels or just added coloring. So the purple color from those particular potatoes would not carry over.
Is neutral spirit, and can be made from anything that can be fermented to ETOH, and distilled. Its simply further "refined" and purified leaving little if any of the original character of the distilled spirit. Whisky, rum, brandy etc can all be further refined to make vodka.
As for potato vodka. Potatoes aren't often used in vodka production anymore, the only reason they every really were was because at some point potatoes were cheaper than grains, but also made lower quality spirits. Today most vodka is made from grains.
Distilling always yields clear liquid, coloring comes either from the aging process in charred oak barrels or just added coloring. So the purple color from those particular potatoes would not carry over.
Quite true, but I'm not planning on distilling the recipe that I'll ferment (assuming I can find those potatoes, that is!)
Hey Wayne,
I don't know if you've considered growing them yourself or not but you can order seed potatoes online here
http://www.groworganic.com/item_FP806_Organic_Purple_Peruvian_Fingerli.html?welcome=T&theses=6282015
I'm sure there's other suppliers as well out there! Good luck!
I don't know if you've considered growing them yourself or not but you can order seed potatoes online here
http://www.groworganic.com/item_FP806_Organic_Purple_Peruvian_Fingerli.html?welcome=T&theses=6282015
I'm sure there's other suppliers as well out there! Good luck!
Your link's broken, Jenn, so I can't see what you're talking about, but our Costco (near the office here in suburban Denver) doesn't have anything other than the usual white russets, the yukon golds, and red potatoes as of two weeks ago. Our next Costco run will be this coming weekend, and I'll check out what they have at that time.
Thanks for the source, Sasper, but we live on the side of a mountain (one could call it a cliff), so gardening, especially of root vegetables, is difficult. I can get some berry canes and bushes to grow up here amongst the pine trees, but the deer and elk usually get to the fruit before I can!
WayneB-
Were you able to find some of the purple potato's? I ask because I just came from my local farmers market where one of the stands had some. I didn't get the price/lb, but can always look into it more if you would like me too.
Hope all is well!
Michael
Were you able to find some of the purple potato's? I ask because I just came from my local farmers market where one of the stands had some. I didn't get the price/lb, but can always look into it more if you would like me too.
Hope all is well!
Michael
I just saw these last week at whole foods again...thought about posting it, then said, "Nah" to myself. Guess they're in season? are potatos seasonal?
These are seasonal in the sense that they have to be imported from South America (not yet grown to any great extent in this country) and they are harvested just before the onset of the "hard winter." So, Michael, please PM me and let me know where you found them! I may have you pick them up for me (if you wouldn't mind) since I'm still spending much of my time in transit between here and Iowa for work.
And Angel, why not go for it? ;D
And Angel, why not go for it? ;D
Not sure if it's the same species, but I know a farmer near Ottawa who grows the purple ones where there's a bit of mottling to it if you slice them, usually they have purple edges and purple middle with a thin ring of white flesh just under the purple skin. They're a lovely flavour baked and do make a very interesting potato salad but completely lose their colour in a slow-cooker 
Never thought about fermenting them... until now...
Never thought about fermenting them... until now...The ones that I'm after are purple almost completely through, with a few whitish spots in the flesh here and there. They keep their color when baked (or high tech "steam-baked" in a microwave).
