Polls can be very useful, interesting, and even important as many a bad poll has seen a change of Prime Minister in Australia the last few years. At The Gurgler we never strive to be useful, interesting and especially important, but we do love a poll.
Our biggest poll is our annual Person of the Year – won in 2015 by Willie Minoga – but one a year is not enough, so we introduce our monthly Pointless Poll. The home of the discussion and voting of the least vital question that requires an answer.
For this time we are doing what we do best, remembering the forgotten, the less interesting things to rate, and there’s nothing less memorable than the old standard Potato. Whilst eating these is quickly becoming the equivalent of Greenhouse Gases with added Ozone layer vanishing thanks to food and health hipsters.
But there’s still a lot to like. Such variety, so versatile, and so many different types with great names, isn’t it about time that the greatest Potato was decided once and for all.
Here’s the rundown of the Top 10 decided by us – why not throw your support behind one or a few. Or choose your own courtesy of the very handy work below by Potatoes South Australia.
THE GURGLER’S LIST O POTATOES.
Carisma
Oval and White – best for Boiling, Mashing, Salads
Coliban
Round and White – best for Boiling, chipping, baking
Desiree
Round – Pink skin and Pale yellow flesh – best for Boiling, Roasting, Mashing, Gnocchi
Eureka
Oval shape and cream skin – best for Mashing, Chipping, Roasting
Kipfler
Cigar shape and yellow skin – best for Baking, Boiling, Salads
Mozart
Oval and red skin with white eyes – best for Mashing, Baking
Pontiac
Round and red skin/white flesh – best for Boiling, Chipping, Baking
Royal Blue
Oval and blue-purple skin – best for All Purpose
Sebago
Long oval shape and White – best for everything
White Star
Oblong shape & cream smooth skin – best for Mash, Boil, Roast, Fry
