Comments on: Eat This! Salt Potatoes!

By: catfeet

catfeet — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:14:38 +0000

ITA with Sandyj. They have to be the small new potatoes in order to cook properly (some places these are only sold as gourmet – about an inch in diameter) and they aren’t complete without a dish of melted butter. You can make them with table salt, you simply need to add more in. I believe the recipe I’ve got calls for 6 q water & 4-5 C salt.

Both of my grandmothers used to make them – it was a summer and winter staple in the house holds I grew up in (it also helped that one set of g’parents were potato farmers in CNY) In New England, Price Chopper carries the pre-packed bags in the produce section.

By: sandyj

sandyj — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:38:20 +0000

Oh, these are not just State Fair food – we make salt potatoes pretty often in the summer time. It’s more of a summer staple.

Salt potatoes are sold by the bag in the stores here in Syracuse with salt provided. It’s not regular table salt, but it’s also not the large chunky kosher salt. Perhaps it’s a finer kosher salt, I’m not sure (?) – it’s saltier than regular table salt is what I’m trying to say. We serve with just melted butter – yummy.

By: jazzy

jazzy — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:52:03 +0000

I should have elaborated a bit more. I made these potatoes expecting them to have a salty taste to them. They are quite tender, maybe that’s the benefit to cooking them this way? rather than for flavor? Is that how they are supposed to be, or did I maybe do something wrong?

By: jazzy

jazzy — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:32:39 +0000

I tried this recipe earlier this week. They are good, but they just taste like ordinary potatoes to me.