More Than Just a Side Dish

Surprising stories from a giant celebration of the humble tattie: the 2024 Borders Organic Gardeners' Potato Day.

Every year, a thousand or so potato-philes travel to the Kelso Showgrounds to source the varieties they love best. Forget your Maris Pipers, BOG Potato Day has almost 100 varieties - each one with a unique history, flavour and character. 

I learn why it's worth growing your own, tales of the breeders and gardeners who have saved the potato from being lost, and which is best: mash, roast, boiled or chips. 

I discover that there is far more to the potato than meets the eye....

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Find out more at BordersOrganicGardeners.org

Thank you to Keith Knight, John Marshall and Alan Romans, for sharing your passion for potatoes.

 

This podcast was founded by the Borders Good Food Partnership with support from the Scottish Borders Council and the Scottish Borders Climate Action Network.

 

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