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Potatoes
can be prepared in a wide variety of styles. Select from our list of
excellent recipes above to help you best enjoy your tasty potatoes.
Recipe Fixes... The
next time you are baking scones or a cake and discover you forgot
to buy the whipping cream the recipe calls for, substitute
mashed potatoes. <... more >
Some Help in the Kitchen
A few things to keep in mind when you're preparing potatoes...
Handling and Storing Potatoes
Handle Prince Edward Island potatoes gently. Remember,
like other fruits and vegetables, they are perishable.
Potatoes seem hardy and indestructible but
they bruise easily if dropped or when something heavy is placed on them.
When you bring potatoes home, take them out of the plastic bag and
put them in a paper bag. This protects them from light and lets them
breathe.
Store potatoes in a cool, dark, well-ventilated area at temperatures
between 7-10°C (45-50°F). Your kitchen cupboard may be much too warm; an outside
wall or dark closet elsewhere in your home will be cooler and more suitable
for storing potatoes. Never refrigerate potatoes unless they are "New" potatoes.
Cold temperatures can cause dark spots and an unpleasant, sweet flavour when
cooked, while warm temperatures encourage sprouting, shrivelling and loss of
nutrients and moisture.
Preparing Potatoes
Prince Edward Island potatoes are convenient and versatile. Before cooking, wash
gently with a vegetable brush using cool water.
Potatoes contribute many nutrients to our diets. To keep the nutrient content
high:
- Cook potatoes with skins on
whenever possible.
- If peeling, use a vegetable
parer or sharp knife and keep the peeling very thin since some
of the nutrients are found close to the skin.
- Cook whole or in large pieces
for the shortest time possible.
- Use low heat and a small
amount of water.
- Save leftover cooking liquid
for gravy, soups, stews or baked goods.
information and recipes
courtesy of PEI Potato Board
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Learn about different
types of potatoes
The Potato Guide 
Cooking Potatoes
As the official "marketing agents" for Island potatoes, the PEI
Potato Board supplies documentation and information on the preparation
of potatoes.
The Island
For information on the source of our wonderful potatoes, Prince Edward Island,
check out the province's official
government site and its tourism
counterpart. Both sites serve as excellent resources for information on
a wide variety of topics.
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