Tutaekuri

[vilakins]

I bought some Maori potatoes this week. They're not really native, having been introduced from South America by whalers in the 1700s, but they're old Incan varieties: small (about a finger's length), cylindrical, and knobbly, The type I got are a very dark purple--all the way through--and the Maori name for them is 'tutaekuri', printed right there on the packaging. My father spoke Maori and he taught me enough to know what that means: 'dog shit'. And they do look like it too. :-) It's not often you find a product so open about its appearance.

As for taste, they're very nice, like some of the more old-fashioned potato varieties grown in people's gardens, and not at all purple.

Comments

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

...dude. You have purple potatoes.

*moves to NZ*

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Dark imperial purple all the way through. Some of the other kinds are just purple on the outside. These look very cool cut into salad with beans.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

I'm just tickled by the thought of purple mashed potatoes.

[kerravonsen]

It's very Farscape isn't it?

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

It is - something Chiana would cook and serve with a side of crispy grolak.

[kerravonsen]

"Look Chrichton, this is all Earth food! We have mashed Tutaekuri, fried Calamari, stewed Escargots, Borsch soup, Durian and Blood Orange salad, Prune juice... and here I thought that Earth food would have to be as dull as you are."

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yep, I used to put beetroot puice into them as a kid to get that effect. :-P

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

*ROTFL*