Brian,
You have a Peruvian view of the potato!
Leo Wesson
www.leowesson.com
On Aug 30, 2013, at 5:48, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tina wrote;
>
>> Girls Raised In The South love GRITS! ;-) Just our name for polenta!
>>
>> Tina
>
> I had to look up grits and polenta in Wikipedia to find out what yo are
> discussing.
>
> Neither word is any part of the vocabulary in New Zealand - practically quite
> unknown.
>
> It seems that they take the place as a staple diet item of potatoes, which
> are
> very much a staple here. I feel deprived if the evening meal doesn't have
> potato - boiled, boiled and mashed, roasted. The best variety is Agria, a
> yellow-fleshed Dutch variety..
>
> When I went skiing in Austria in the early 1960's I was most put out by the
> fact that the evening meals never had potatoes, but always some kind of
> what I now call pasta; which seemed very strange to me.
>
> I'm not quite so stuck in a rut now, and often cook noodles, rice, risotto (
> bought ready to cook in a packet), and spaghetti.
>
> Brian Swale
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