Why are new potatoes, New?!
Why are new potatoes, New?
Answers: new potatoes = creamers = baby potatoes = chats = potato nuggets = earlies Notes: The term "new potatoes" is sometimes used to describe all small waxy potatoes, but technically it refers just to immature potatoes harvested in the spring and early summer. You can tell if a potato is truly new by its skin; immature potatoes have flimsy, parchment-like skins that you can peel off with your fingers. New potatoes are prized for their high moisture content and creamy texture, and because they can be cooked whole. They're especially good steamed or roasted. They're more perishable than other potatoes, so use them within a few days after buying them. Substitutes: Larger boiling potatoes, cut into smaller cubes Source(s):
http://www.foodsubs.com/potatoes.html... ask ur mom new potatoes are a generic term for all young and small potatoes.
Most often young red potatoes are labled as "New." small ones usually the red skinned but also in white about 2-3 inch in diameter they have a milder flavour and delicate skin alittle more expensive becuase they are made to be a gourmet item larger potatoes have more starchy texture and tougher skin and are not bite size Here's from the Oxford English Dictionary. The use of "new," meaning "young" in terms of crops/food, dates back to 1905:
new potato (usu. in pl.), one of the earliest potatoes of a new crop New potatoes are called new potatoes because they are the first ones to come out of this years crops. They are not a certain kind of potato and certainly have nothing to do with size. Potatoes are stored for a long time and are sold throughout the year. cause they're "new born" actually harvested early in the
season for the tender skin and sweeter taste -- the ones
that are left to finish up end up being baking taters or whatever "foodieNY" is on the right track. New potatoes are ones that are dug then taken straight to market and bears no relation to the type of potato. Many people mistakenly call small, red skin potatoes "new potatoes" - I have no idea why they do this. Usually small waxy potatoes.