Our skin colour varies from creamy-to-white, yellow, red to even purple. We're sold by variety, size and whether we're washed or not. Washed — the soil covering has been washed or brushed away. Unwashed — we're sold with a thin coating of soil. Either way, we may or may not be sold by variety as well.
Small potatoes are sold as cocktails and chats and are usually used whole. New potatoes are thin-skinned, moist potatoes which should be used quickly. Sebago the most common variety — we're an all-purpose potato with smooth, thin, creamy-white skin and white flesh. We're generally round to oval in shape with shallow eyes and are excellent for boiling, mashing and baking and are popular when made into French fries.
Pontiac We have a bright red thin skin which is difficult to peel due to our deep eyes. We're roundish in shape with a moist, white flesh, and deep set eyes. We're excellent for boiling, roasting, baking and for salads as we don't darken after cooking. Desiree We're long and oval with a smooth, waxy, pinkish red skin with creamy-yellow flesh. We're very versatile as we can be baked, boiled, mashed, microwaved, roasted and are also great in salads.
Pink Fir Apple We're a tubular-shaped potato with a pinkish skin and firm, waxy, creamy-white flesh. We originated in France and love to be boiled, baked and microwaved. Kipfler German in origin, we're a long, oval potato with yellow skin and flesh and a really nutty taste. We can be steamed, braised, boiled, microwaved or used in a salad. Pink Eye also known as Tasmanian Pink Eye We're a small, oval to round potato with a creamy skin colour, blushed with purple.
Our eyes are pink to purple and we're most suited to boiling, baking, roasting, microwaving and salads. Russet Burbank also known as the Idaho potato We're a long, large potato with a rough brown skin and white flesh.
We're excellent for making chips and for boiling, baking and roasting. References Agricultural Commodities, Australia Skip to main content. Archived content. See ABS Website for latest information and statistics.
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Follow us on Page tools: Print Page. Next Page. While industry experts insist that all potatoes sold in supermarkets in Australia are a good quality product, they believe that the lack of a national education campaign has not only resulted in the relative poor showing of niche potato varieties but is also partly to blame for the dramatic downfall of potato sales in general.
The decline has been put down to both popular diet books and competition from rice and pasta. According to Paul Graham, from the Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia, the decline in potato sales has been reversed in his state, most likely because of a local industry marketing campaign.
The organisation markets 35 varieties of potatoes. Meanwhile, niche producers keep plugging away too, despite not being able to compete with supermarkets on price. Norman Gair, from Highland Gourmet Potatoes, grows 38 varieties of heritage potatoes, with names like cranberry red, purple congo, and pink fir apple. Why Australia is getting a raw deal on potatoes. Australian unwashed potatoes.
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