Blue Potatoes?!?!?!?!

That's right, you read it right....Blue Potatoes!!!! The cook at the hotel restaurant that I manage is a regular "Old McDonald" and has tons of animals (that he butchers himself, yuk!) and has a huge garden full of every vegetable you can imagine. Anyway, this year he tried Blue Potatoes. He's always willing to share his home grown goods, so I scored some. He also fried some up as french fries so I could try them, and believe it or not, they taste just like regular potatoes...But they're BLUE!!! It's so weird. So, Monday I really wanted pork chops...and I thought "what better to serve them with, than Blue Potatoes." So I made Blue Mashed Potatoes. They were pretty good. They were just a little bit more grainy feeling, and maybe a little bitter compared to regular "white" potatoes. And let me tell you, they definitely have a cooler presence on your plate!


Peeled, it's almost more purple than blue...

Cut open...this one had a couple of bad spots in it.

Cut up and ready to boil....

Boiled and mashed...

TaaDaa!!! Boneless Pork Chop Dinner complete with Blue Mashed Potatoes, Pork Gravy, and Extra Sweet Corn....Beat that Banquet TV Dinners!!!