On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:57:14 +0100, Nick Worley wrote:

"Tim Challenger" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 04:55:52 +0100, Nick Worley wrote:

"Gilly" wrote in message
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Does anyone know what variety of potato is likely to be the one you buy
at
the supermarket - the normal everyday white potatoes in plastic bags for
about 90p or thereabouts for 2.5kg?

I know what you mean.
Very often in the supermarket I see potatoes labelled as "potatoes", but
no
particular variety.
What does that mean? They must be some kind of variety, surely?
Nick

Do you require tomatoes, cucumbers and paprika to be labelled with the
variety?
I think it would be nice. But I'm not going to get my knickers in a twist
because of it.

Having more information about the food we're all eating can't be a bad
thing, surely?

Of course. I agree totally. The point I was trying to make was that it
seems odd to me that we get wound up about the details of not labelling
potatoes when (it seemed to me) nearly everything else didn't have any
variety label anyway.

At my local supermarket here in England, I can get anonymous tomatoes in a
box (simply labelled "tomatoes"), plum tomatoes & cherry tomatoes (on or off
the vine). I have some cherry tomatoes in my fridge now, which are labelled
as the "Conchita" variety. I'd never noticed before that they even had a
variety printed on them. I'll have to check the plum tomatoes next time I'm
there.

That is my experience as well. I'll have to look more closely.

Same goes for the paprikas (we call them red/green/yellow/orange
peppers in England, also known elsewhere in the world as capsicums or bell
peppers). (In England btw, "paprika" only refers to the red spice derived
from red peppers that is used in goulash).

I did know that but I forgot. Doh! I'm so used to the sweet peppers here
being called paprika as well.

As for potatoes, it seems odd to me that next to a big box in my local
supermarket labelled simply "White potatoes", I can get (at various times of
the year) other potatoes which *are* labelled, e.g. Maris Piper, Jersey
Royals, King Edwards, Desiree, Charlotte, etc. So what variety are these
anonymous white potatoes?

no eyed deer.
But that is also useful to know. Unless you're pretty well up on the many
potato varieties, knowing that the potato is white or purple, and is floury
or waxy is what most people really want to know, I think.

--
Tim C.