In The Kitchen With April

While there are over a hundred varieties of potatoes in America, there are thousands of ways they can be prepared. Potatoes are broken down into the following categories:  yellow, white, russet, red, blue or purple, fingerling and petite.  Potatoes can be sliced, chopped, diced, cubed or served whole.  They can be boiled, fried, creamed, pureed, or baked. They can be used in soups and stews and casseroles.  When we were small and my mother would be cooking dinner, we would even sneak a few raw ones!  My mother also made an awesome “candy” for us which was basically a boiled potato mashed with powdered sugar, that she would roll out and spread with peanut butter, then roll like a jelly roll and cut into slices.  It was amazing!  We never knew that was poor folk’s food, we just knew it was delicious. I will make the candy one day and post the actual recipe.  In the meantime, here is a great recipe for Oven Roasted Fries that are really good because they are good and crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside.  Go ahead and try them, you won’t regret it.