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cab



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 09 10:27 am    Post subject: Jersey Royals Reply with quote
    

For those who have ran out of stored spuds, if you are buying them, they're around now.

Desperately expensive though.

When I was a kid there were two sorts available for sale on the markets; Jersey Royals and Jersey Flukes. The latter were always available in smaller numbers, pennies cheaper, but my parents always insisted that they had a better flavour. I can't find any information on what these spuds were.

Anyone know?

marigold



Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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Location: West Sussex
PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 09 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't remember Jersey Flukes, but I do remember Jersey Royals when they were worth buying. Nowadays they seem, like most commercial spuds, to be watered too much so you get more weight and less flavour. Some are probably grown under cover too. I haven't bought any for years as they became disappointing and, IMO, not worth the premium price. Still, maybe I should try some again to confirm or refute my prejudice...

Went



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 09 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

one and the same thing according to Wiki - name shortened
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Royal_Fluke

cab



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 09 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Ian33568 wrote:
one and the same thing according to Wiki - name shortened
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Royal_Fluke


Bizarre, because you could definitely buy spuds labelled as either when I was a kid. I wonder if some market traders simply maintained the old name?

Went



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 09 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

cab wrote:
Ian33568 wrote:
one and the same thing according to Wiki - name shortened
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Royal_Fluke


Bizarre, because you could definitely buy spuds labelled as either when I was a kid. I wonder if some market traders simply maintained the old name?


Or the growers retaining the heritage and better marketing - may have been different sides of the island!

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