General Chat

Is it me or have these potatoes lost their flavour?
They used to be such a treat and taste like no others,but I buy some each year hoping to enjoy them as I used to.
Just had some tonight before I go out,with butter,but alas ...same as the last few years...no flavour...I bought them loose and picked out the ones I wanted,but waste of money as they're always more expensive than others.
Might be my taste buds!!!...age related!!

well they've not been so tasty for the past few years, but this year's seem to be better

I don't think it's your taste buds Brenda, I haven't had any this year but last year I bought some and was very disappointed. They used to be so good.

I agree, I don't think it's your taste buds either.

I, too, have been disappointed with them last year and this. Perhaps it's not worth shelling out the extra money for them after all.

We have only had them twice this year...had them the other night and could tell straight away they were Jerseys (I didn't buy or cook them) but I agree they are not as nice as they used to be

Where did you get them from Jax? I'd like to try them - a greengrocer, supermarket or straight from a farm?

They used to be very tasty and small pots that the skin just rolled off.

Have seen some in the supermarkets described as such but not looking the real deal.

Remember standing at the sink for AGES just preparing em for boiling . These days i just wash pots and steam em in their skins , so much easier

I have to agree that these potates don't taste like they used to. You could rub the skins off and they would be a beautiful clean potato but the ones I have had this year you have to scrape quite hard and there is a lot of 'eyes' in them. They also go green very quickly if not eaten quickly Perhaps it was all the snow they had in Jersey this year.

I have just been told they came from Morrisons JoyLouise

My parents always scrape them and my ex husband wouldn't eat them with skins on...we always cook them with skins on, lifes too short to mess around scraping

I used to enjoy frying sliced left over cold ones in butter aswell

Thanks, Jax.

I'll be buying some tomorrow to try.

Heard this on the radio the other day. The Jersey farmers can no longer put seaweed on the soil for potatoes to fertilise it.

Definitely not like they used to be but...............do you not think they are much bigger than they used to be is it the bigger they are the less taste?? are they growing them bigger on purpose to sell less pots per pound and get more money?? just a thought. If as PatinCyprus says they are not using seaweed well is that not where they got their taste from ? :-|

I definitely don't think they taste like they used to, and as Pat says, this could be that the farmers can no longer use seaweed. The ones I've seen seem so large, too - I struggle to find small ones that you don't need to cut up.
Also, Aldi were selling some for 69p a bag, and they were all green!

Also the awful weather of the last few years has seriously affected the flavour of all roots veg.....

Who remembers the Jersey Nips - they were the really tiny ones. Mum & I loved them....

Found this
http://blog.thompson-morgan.com/your-stories/using-seaweed-when-planting-potatoes/

Just had some. Tasteless :-(


Like everyone else, I used to love the taste of those little potatoes - hot or cold - but it's definitely no longer there. Didn't know about the seaweed though - that's an interesting thought.....

Don't you mean Jersey Mids PP?

Priced in Morrisons at £4 a bag (a kilo), I refused to buy them. Much cheaper but still expensive a few days later I bought some but wish I hadn't -They were tasteless!!!

No Jersey Mids were just that a bit larger but not as big as the Royals and the Nips were really tiny


So we got
Jersey Royals - mixed sizes but not as large as regular spuds
Jersey Mids - more selected to be a more standard mid size new spud
And Jersey Nips - the really small ones

Different sizes and names seemed to disappear with the growing trade with the Supermarkets and their obsessive desire for standardising all they sold. :-)

Mine were loose from Morrisons and I tried to pick the smaller ones,but as you say ,a lot of them were big...they weren't green,but I can see that it might be the seaweed tat gave them the special taste.