An appetising read! Thank you. I was struck by the description of your “favoured match,” namely “[l]amb cutlets, British Queens, peas.” Although British myself, and a bit of a foodie, I’d never come across this term as a description of what I took to be a type of potato before. An extended Google search suggests that British Queens might be a variety of seed potato, and I shall go looking for some to try (unless you set me right and tell me they’re something else entirely!
Hello, Michael. Yes indeed, British Queen is a second early potato introduced in - I think - 1898 and named for Victoria who, of course, had been the only British Queen in a very long time. They are a very fine potato and enormously popular in Ireland where they are extensively grown in Wexford (the most south-easterly county - next stop Pembrokeshire). I strongly recommend growing them. Traditionally they are planted on St Patrick's Day, 17 March and should be ready by late June/early July. One of the reasons for this variety's enormous popularity here must be its flouriness; the Irish taste in spuds favours the flowery. Anyway, good luck in securing a supply!
An appetising read! Thank you. I was struck by the description of your “favoured match,” namely “[l]amb cutlets, British Queens, peas.” Although British myself, and a bit of a foodie, I’d never come across this term as a description of what I took to be a type of potato before. An extended Google search suggests that British Queens might be a variety of seed potato, and I shall go looking for some to try (unless you set me right and tell me they’re something else entirely!
Hello, Michael. Yes indeed, British Queen is a second early potato introduced in - I think - 1898 and named for Victoria who, of course, had been the only British Queen in a very long time. They are a very fine potato and enormously popular in Ireland where they are extensively grown in Wexford (the most south-easterly county - next stop Pembrokeshire). I strongly recommend growing them. Traditionally they are planted on St Patrick's Day, 17 March and should be ready by late June/early July. One of the reasons for this variety's enormous popularity here must be its flouriness; the Irish taste in spuds favours the flowery. Anyway, good luck in securing a supply!
Thank you!