Heirloom Potato Guide

Bring better color, texture, and flavor to your potato dishes
Heirloom potatoes make the lowly spud exciting!

What is an Heirloom Potato?
Most American producers have rushed to plant (and develop) the fastest growing, highest yield, and longest lasting crops and farm animals possible. As a result, almost all stores offer the same varieties of meats & produce…and they weren’t selected for their taste. Fortunately, in spite of the additional effort required, a few choice farmers have steadfastly remained focused on flavor, keeping the old breeds & species alive. These specialty potatoes are the equivalent of heirloom tomatoes, heritage chickens and kurobuta pork – they are rare and wonderful old treasures of the food world.

We offer a color & texture for every recipe:

	Heirloom Variety:	Appearance:	Application:
	All Blue Potatoes	Purple inside & out	Roast or boil
	All Red Potatoes	Pink/Red inside & out	Roast, steam, or scallop
	Austrian Crescent	Fingerling. Yellow inside & out	Roast, steam, or slice & sautee
	Bintje	Yellow inside & out	French fries
	Desiree	Pink skin, yellow flesh	Boil, mash, or smash
	Maris Piper	White inside & out	Bake, deep fry, or roast
	Mountain Rose	Red, darker than All Reds	Roast, steam, or scallop
	Purple Majesty	Purple, darker than All Blues	Roast or boil
	German Butterball	Yellow inside & out	Mash, roast, or steam
	Red Lasoda	Pink skin, white flesh	Soups or potato salad
	Viking Purple	Purple skin, white flesh	Mash, smash, or bake
	Yellow Finn	Golden yellow inside & out	Mash or fry

Grown on a Small Family Farm
All of our 12 varieties (plus the heirloom potato sampler) are grown by Olson Farms – a small family-run farm committed to using sustainable dry-land farming techniques. They are all washed, sorted, and packed by hand to ensure quality.

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