Forums: September 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: Potato - Red Potatoes
Created on: 09/22/10 12:27 AM Views: 2282 Replies: 11
kmh258 Joined: 09/22/10 Posts: 2	Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 12:27 AM What nutritional value do red potatoes have for us?
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Susan Levin Joined: 12/26/09 Posts: 1191	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 6:32 AM They are actually good for you! With the skin (always eat the skin), a small red potato has about 120 calories, 3 grams of protein, 2.5 grams of fiber, less than 1 gram of fat, 12 mg calcium, 1 gram of iron, 750 grams of potassium, and 37 grams of folate, The real problem with potatoes in general is not the innocent spud itself, but what people put on it. Susan Levin, MS, RD PCRM Director of Nutrition Education
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2072	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 8:00 AM or what people take off...namely the skins. --Deb
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kmh258 Joined: 09/22/10 Posts: 2	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 9:31 PM Thank you for the information. I was worried that they were in the "white" potato group as the video clip yesterday talked about how good sweet potatoes were vs. white potatoes.
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2072	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 9:48 AM they are in the white potato group. Red (or new) potatoes do tend to be less starchy than the average russet but they are still white potatoes. --Deb
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legnerk Joined: 09/14/10 Posts: 34	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 11:02 AM How often would you all say you eat sweet potatoes? I'm addicted to the things.
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2072	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 11:20 AM In the fall and winter, we eat them about once a week (not counting leftovers that might occur). Spring and summer we don't eat much in the way of potatoes at all. --Deb
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marcia Joined: 01/01/10 Location: Rockford, Il Posts: 101	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:10 PM I like to put salsa on my potatoes.
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revolutionoftheheart Joined: 01/07/10 Location: NYC Posts: 164	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:13 PM Question about sweet potatoes and yams. Are they synonymous? I think not, as I like yams better. "In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought." Isaac Bashevis Singer, author, Nobel Prize 1978
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legnerk Joined: 09/14/10 Posts: 34	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:19 PM revolutionoftheheart wrote: Question about sweet potatoes and yams. Are they synonymous? I think not, as I like yams better. Hmmm, not sure! I'm a huge fan of the butternut squash and sweet potato combo, personally. Roasted with some yummy spices and a little bit of Earth Balance. YUM!
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Bugsmom Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 2072	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM revolutionoftheheart wrote: Question about sweet potatoes and yams. Are they synonymous? I think not, as I like yams better. Technically, they aren't the same. However, the names do get used kind of interchangeably in the US most of the time. Most of what is sold in the US are sweet potatoes. --Deb
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soon2BVeg Joined: 08/24/10 Posts: 225	RE: Potato - Red Potatoes Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 1:12 PM A lot of stores will call the orange ones "yams" and the whiter ones "sweet potatoes." I have tried to argue this with people but they will not listen, so I have given up. Yams are a different tuber atogether and grown in the Carribean and Africa. I also had trouble when trying to buy fennel for the first time, as a lot of the stores label it "anise," which is not technically correct either. Don't make a New Year's Resolution...make a Decision!
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