Satsumas and Purple Potatoes

[xstarnostarsx]

There were some satsumas and purple potatoes (seperate of course) available when I went to the store yesterday, so I picked up some of each. I took a satsuma to work with me to try-I did NOT like it "as is". It just seems like something that would go delightfully in a dessert of some sort, but on its own, leaves a lot something to be desired.

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[kastinkerbell]

I'm not going to be helpful, but *just yesterday* I was trying to think of the word satsuma and had absolutely nothing. Couldn't even think of the first letter.
So THANK YOU! My brain can rest now. :)

[xstarnostarsx]

Haha-glad I could be of assistance. I HATE when that happens-you've got the word RIGHT THERE at the front of your brain and your tongue wants to say it but you can't get it together.

[chancetoburn]

i haven't personally used purple potatoes, so i don't know what their texture is like... however, i would probably make something to celebrate their amazing colour. have you thought about some kind of potato bake? i forget the name now, due to the devil that is alcohol, but cutting the potatoes really thin & adding a mixture of cream & milk & allowing it to bake is very sexy... plus you'd have the added greatness of purple!
i think it's some french name. i'll probably remember in the morning ;p
adding onions & garlic would be nice, too. or grating cheese over the top. & it could also be served as the main dish, with a really nice salad on the side.

[raw_earthling]

I think maybe you're thinking of potatoes au gratin...although the demon that is alcohol has taken my brain captive as well. ;) So who knows.

Personally, I love purple potatoes mashed like your ordinary idaho or red potato. But that's not exactly fancy or exotic. They're gorgeous no matter how you use them!

[raw_earthling]

*light dawns* Okay, on second thought, I think scalloped potatoes are what you're thinking of since au gratin potatoes have some sort of cheese in the sauce. My French sucks, so who knows. Either way, I'm sure the purple potatoes will turn out yummy! :)

[foomf]

Satsumas?

You mean, mandarin oranges/tangerines?

Never heard of anytihng else with that name, other than a city in Japan.

(Goes digging.)

Oh, there's also a Satsuma plum. Is that what you meant?

[valerie922]

Purple Potatoes are great smashed with a little butter and goat cheese. Chips are great, too...you can make a multicolored basket of chips with sweet potatoes and yukon golds and beets and taro, like what Terra Chips sells in stores. In Culinary School we did a tri-colored potato terrine for a vegetarian entree that had a custard to bind it, like a gratin, if I remember correctly.

Why not take the satsumas and supreme them (segment with no membranes) in a martini glass and pour sweet dessert wine like Muscat over them? Or maybe plum wine in honor of their origin? When I try new fruits, I like to eat them pretty close to naked so I can get used to what they taste like.

[pumprnickeldono]

Can't help with satsumas, but the purple p[otatoes, well, they're potatoes so the possibilities are endless!! Though, if you boil them (for, example, to make mashed potatoes) the color fades a bit, just fyi. Personally, I like to make potato bread out of them (sadly, the bread was not pyurple :( food coloring, perhaps next time...)