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Notes: Every year, Dad would grow acres of potatoes. He seemed to know instinctively when they were beginning to produce. The only surefire way to know that the potatoes are ready to eat, is to pull up a plant or two and see how large they had grown. Once a year, and only once a year, Dad would come into the house with a pail of small baby potatoes, and announce, "The potatoes are growing well, and we will soon have lots of great potatoes for the year."
Mum would throw these baby potatoes, skins and all, into a pot and boil them for supper. Because they were so small and tender, this did not take very long. We would take spoonfuls of these little delights and fill our plates with them. And then the fun began. If the potatoes were very small, we would just throw a dab of butter on them, and a little salt, and pop them into our mouths. The ones that were large enough to cut in half with a knife, would become Potato Sandwiches. We would cut these tiny treasures in half and add a pat of butter on top of each of them. Then, we would put them back together like a sandwich, and pop them into our mouths. Of course, the butter would immediately melt and drip down our hands and chins. Oh, so deliciously messy!
We could only have potato sandwiches once a year. Dad was an excellent farmer, and his potatoes, because of the way he fertilized his garden, always grew voraciously, and the next time he would dig some up for supper, they would be too big for potato sandwiches.
In today's health conscious environment, I do not use salted butter on a regular basis. I always use a much healthier alternative. However, each summer, I go to a farmer's market, and search out baby potatoes. I am not always lucky enough to find them, but when I do, I run to the store, and buy a pound of salted butter to serve with them. Potato Sandwiches simply are not the same with a healthy substitute, but they are well worth the extra calories, cholesterol and taste that only salted butter offers. After all, it is only once a year.
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