Potato – waxy varieties and their uses
Waxy potatoes are high in moisture and sugar and low in starch, and consequently tend to hold their shape and remain firm when boiled. They are great cooked and served simply with butter and parsley or in a salad. Bintje, desiree, kipfler, patrone, pink fir apple, red pontiac (pictured), Tasmanian pink-eye are all examples of waxy potatoes.
Produce
Asparagus Asparagus - select and store Autumn - fruit, vegies & seafood Basil Beetroot Beetroot - select and store Buffalo Mozzarella Chilli Coriander Eggs Garlic Mushroom Mushroom - enoki Mushroom - oyster Mushroom - select and store Mushroom - shiitake Mushroom - Swiss brown Parsley Potato Potato - maincrop Potato - select and store Potato – early or new crop Potato – floury varieties and their uses Potato – waxy varieties and their uses Pumpkin Spring - fruit, vegies & seafood Summer - fruit, vegies & seafood Tomato Tomato - heirloom Winter - fruit, vegies & seafood
Methods
Asparagus - cook Beetroot - cook Capsicum - peeling and de-seeding Garlic - cooking with Potato - boil or steam Tomato - peeling and de-seeding
Miscellaneous
Approximate metric cup/tablespoon conversions International cup and spoon conversions Metric/imperial volume conversions Metric/imperial weight conversions Oven temperature conversions
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