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Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Regional Cookery
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Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 15:22:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  9 15:22:47 1983
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	In central NY where I went to college there exists a
regional dish which is very popular with the central NYers.
I would say that most people that visit this
area never even hear about it. The dish is salt potatoes. In
central NY the soil is not well suited for growing potatoes
and the potatoes that are produced are very small. They are
still grown because this is a depressed area and no food is
taken for granted. And besides, they have become a real favorite
with the locals. Salt potatoes are little potatoes that are 
boiled in salt water. You eat them with your hands, dipping
the potato in melted butter before each bite. Delicious!
They are most often seen at the carnival at field days.
The reason they are so great is that they cook up real quick
because the potatoes are so small. If you're ever in central
NY look in the local supermarket for a bag of salt potatoes.
Send me a bag too.
			S.Badian