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<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/potato-days/">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p> <p><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dinner-potato-ooil-thyme.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2645" title="dinner - potato, ooil, thyme" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dinner-potato-ooil-thyme.jpg?w=455&h=421" alt="" width="455" height="421" /></a>I love potatoes (nothing new there) and over the last few years we’ve worked out which varieties fair best at our allotment. Red skinned <a href="http://nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/digging-up-treasure/" >Robinta potatoes</a> are our favourite for crispy baked skins and autumn storage and Nicola our early choice for melt in the mouth butter drizzled potato salads (or tossed in olive oil and freshly picked thyme leaves as above) . No doubt you have favourite varieties to recommend but we stick to what works because the cost in time and money is too great if the spuds we gleefully lift are a disappointment. I know we might be missing out on something even better so you’ll appreciate my excitement at attending the annual <a href="http://www.dundrynurseries.co.uk/plist.asp" >Potato Weekend at Dundry Nurseries</a> for the first time this coming Sunday.</p> <p><a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/potatoes-copy.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2646" title="potatoes copy" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/potatoes-copy.jpg?w=133&h=106" alt="" width="133" height="106" /></a>150 varieties of seed potatoes will be for sale by the tuber and veteran potato expert Andy McQueen will be giving talks at 11am and 2.30pm (starts at 9.30, ends at 4.30pm). Don’t fret if you’re not in Gloucestershire, there are <a href="http://www.potatoday.org/potatodays.htm" >other Potato Day events around the UK</a>. If you fancy trying different varieties too check out <a href="http://www.dundrynurseries.co.uk/plist.asp" >Dundry Nurseries ‘tater’base</a> with 100+ varieties for sale loose.</p> <p>If you’ve 5 minutes to spare you might enjoy watching the <a href="http://www.dundrynurseries.co.uk/pete.asp" >‘<em>Dig for Victory</em>‘ video here,</a> created by the Ministry of Food when they realised people would go hungry when Britain joined the Second World War. Gardens, sports pitches and factory grounds, large or small, were given over to <a title="vegetable growing" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/vegetable-growing/">vegetable growing</a> and thus allotments were born. It was estimated that 1.4 million people had allotments by the time the war ended in 1945. <a href="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/i-am-an-energy-food-copy.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2647" title="I am an energy food copy" src="http://nipitinthebud.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/i-am-an-energy-food-copy.jpg?w=455&h=150" alt="" width="455" height="150" /></a></p> <p>Potatoes were promoted as a good source of energy and protein and <a href="http://www.dundrynurseries.co.uk/pete.asp" >Potato Pete’s recipe book was produced</a> to encourage home growing, harvesting and cooking. Recipe’s like <a href="http://www.homesweethomefront.co.uk/web_pages/hshf_recipe_woolton_pie_pg.htm" >Woolton pie.</a> It never really took off with the British public and I can imagine why – the ingredients sound a bit beige even for my liking and without fat or flour to make a pastry topping a potato, <a title="cauliflower" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/cauliflower/">cauliflower</a>, swede and carrot filling topped with a potato crust is not really deserving of the name pie.</p> <p>Posted in <a title="away from the plot" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/away-from-the-plot/">away from the plot</a> Tagged: vegetables <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/nipitinthebud.wordpress.com/2644/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nipitinthebud.wordpress.com&blog=8362095&post=2644&subd=nipitinthebud&ref=&feed=1" /></p> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_26413" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a26413" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a26413" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX26413X5X0XaXarticle_rater_26413Xarticle_loader_26413X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX26413X4X0XaXarticle_rater_26413Xarticle_loader_26413X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX26413X3X0XaXarticle_rater_26413Xarticle_loader_26413X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX26413X2X0XaXarticle_rater_26413Xarticle_loader_26413X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX26413X1X0XaXarticle_rater_26413Xarticle_loader_26413X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_26413" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a26413">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
