Salt potatoes!

[savorynotes]

Growing up, my ma often made a side dish called “salt potatoes.” After moving to California, I had no idea that salt potatoes hadn’t made it all the way to the west coast. Even the BF, who grew up in southern New York,

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[misc_negro]

that looks so good.
I mean, we normally have boiled taters, but add salt at the end.
But yeah, very nice looking, thanks for sharing.

[camper4lyfe]

Salt potatoes are nothing like that. When the potatoes dry, they have a delicious salty crust on them. Generally, only minimal butter is needed, and they're even delicious cold as a quick snack.

[cathubodva]

Leftover salt potatoes never make it to being reheated in my house because I always eat them straight out of the fridge.

[savorynotes]

i took the leftovers and smashed them down and ... fried them up in some butter on both sides so they got nice and crispy. dear. lord. send. help. lol

[cathubodva]

I've lived in CNY my entire life and it amazes me that people don't know about salt potatoes. Best potato ever.

[cathubodva]

They're similar but not quite the same - from what I've had patatas canarias are a lot drier than what we central NYers call salt potatoes.

[mahasin]

I literally went "ohhhhh that looks good" outloud, all throaty. I'm pretty sure my cubicle mate now thinks I'm looking at something nsfw.

[savorynotes]

LOL uh oh :)

[theficklecycle]

hahaha, it might as well be nsfw
this is food_porn :P

[corvidophile]

usually i salt my water when boiling potatoes, but not that much. i love anything salty and will have to try that amount next time :D

[savorynotes]

yay!

[suzilem]

Surprisingly, they're not that salty.

(Orleans County here, -- halfway between the Falls and Rochester)