More Culinary Explorations

I so enjoyed sinking my teeth into the little kumquat orange in a previous blog that I thought I'd continue the trend of experimenting with miniature produce when I happed upon this little feller at Fry's.

Now, it's important to note that I don't typically eat items of a scrotumesque size and texture; however, this nutsy li'l guy is actually a potato and I have YET to meet a potato that I did not like. In fact, I have a ranking system for the different varations of potato. They rank like this:

1. French Fries (mmmm)

2. Potato Chips

3. Potato Salad

4. Mashed Potatoes

5. Small Nutsack Potato

6. Baked Potatoes

7. Scalloped Potatoes

8. Hashbrowns

So, yeah, you can see that the Small Nutsack Potato, whose official name is the "Purple Fingerling Potato," fared pretty well in my rankings. It's actually very tasty!

The Purple Fingerling Potato must be pretty rare because the cashier at Fry's took one look at its freakish appearance and declared: "What IS this?" I said, "Why it's a pickled nad, ole lad." No, I didn't. I really said, "I have no freakin' idea but I'm about to embark on a journey to find out." He couldn't even find a produce code for the little feller so he tossed him in for free. Stupid clerk. That's a good 8 cents out of Fry's pocket.

I'm not sure what normal people do with the Purple Fingerling Potato, but I did what any logical person would do: I nuked him and tossed some bacoes on him. Look how cute he is all dressed up:

I could picture making a few of this as hors d'ouvres for a party. People would be like, "Rocky Mountain Oysters???" and you'd be like, "PSYCHE! They're just Purple Fingerlings!"

In case you were curious, here's what he looks like on the inside.

I am not sure what you're really supposed to do with a fingerling potato, but they are very tasty done up like a grown up baked potato. I can highly recommend the li'l dudes, and who knows, if you go to Fry's, you may up getting them GRATIS!!!

Bonad Appetit!