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Matthew Fort waxes lyrical about the arrival of new potatoes on the veg garden scene, and offers suggestions for how best to eat these summer treats
Country Life Trending: Kestrel potatoes are one of the best British potato varieties to grow yourself. Credit: Terry Brooks / Getty Mark Diacono runs through his go-to list of British potato varieties to grow — and explains how to help them avoid the dreaded potato blight. For a few years now, most of the potatoes I’ve grown have been nutty, early, French salad potatoes. I love them, but, delightful as this Continental affair has been, it has rather clouded my memory about the pleasure of potatoes from these islands. This year, my hand may be forced: the twin delights of Br...