Which Potatoes Best for Roasties?

[ItsAllaBitNoisy]

I can get:

Golden Wonder
Kerrs Pink
Roosters
"White" Potatoes

I can't stand it when they turn to mush when you par-boil them. One Christmas I ended up mixing the slushy potatoes up with stuffing and baking it. It was lovely, but didn't look the best!

Which spuds can I depend on?

If you steam them to parboil, they hold together better.

And always Maris Piper in this house.

maris piper

King Edwards, and boil for no more than 5min.

Can't get Maris Piper or King Edwards. In Ireland and ordering from Tesco.

Darn it.

Aren't we supposed to be good at potatoes?
(besides the famine stuff obv)

have a look at www.lovepotatoes.co.uk.

I'll try the par-boiling for 5 instead of 10 mins and roast for longer.

Thanks for the replies.

If they collapse on me again I'll do the scrumptious tray bake thing again, and call it something.

www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/rooster/
www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/kerr-s-pink/
www.lovepotatoes.co.uk/golden-wonder/

Thanks BlackYellowRed - I'll check those out.

(I actually make mash every day - but not roast potatoes, so I should know my spuds.)

Ohhh mash every day... mash is my favourite food but nobody else in this house likes it so only make myself a big bowl as comfort food sometimes.

DD loves it thankfully. I sneak a bowl of it with a big knob of butter. 'Tis yum.