New potatoes

[adamhartree]

Hi all, I have dug up some of my kestrel potatoes today and boiled them for dinner tonight. They cooked lovely and never broke up however when we ate them they had a weird metallic taste. Does anyone know what this is or am I just weird lol?

[Tripmeup]

Did you leave some of the fork or spade in them
Seriously haven't a clue...can you describe in more detail?

[Potstubsdustbins]

A couple of possible explanations.

Were they subjected to cold? This would make them produce glycoalkaloids to survive, this can give a bitter taste.

Was there any green spots or shading on them? This is solanine and is mostly found in the skin, peeling may be an option.

Colin

[adamhartree]

Hi, they were planted at the end of April and it hasn't been cold sinse then really. Yes there was a couple with green on but not many. However I did boil them whole with the skin on so that may be the case. Thanks for the advice I may have to peel themin the future to see if that helps.thanks

[Potstubsdustbins]

Adam, green spuds are a No! No! they can be poisonous if they are to green. This is usually caused by them being exposed to sunlight.

Colin

[adamhartree]

Hi Colin, there was only 1 or 2 that was green and only ever so slightly, hardly nothing.i know they can be poisones if too green but I'm thinking you would have to eat lots of very green pots for it to do some real damage?.

[Tripmeup]

Hi, they were planted at the end of April and it hasn't been cold sinse then really. Yes there was a couple with green on but not many. However I did boil them whole with the skin on so that may be the case. Thanks for the advice I may have to peel themin the future to see if that helps.thanks

You shouldn't really have to peel new potatoes though, that's part of the joy of new spuds..
Cooking them and then you have skins cracking off them leaving somewhere to hold the bits of butter as you put it on with the salt...ah bliss