I prepared them the way my mother always did with little, tender potatoes. I halved them, dotted them with butter, sprinkled them with salt, pepper, paprika, and dill weed and baked them at 350 degrees for an hour.
But I saved my favorites of the bunch for seed for next year's potatoes. I saved the nicest looking ones. After all, this IS Darwinian evolution that I am pursuing. I'll pass on the nicest looking, tastiest potato genes I can find. Those "seed" potatoes will go in a paper bag marked "SEED POTATOES" to rest in the bottom drawer of the refrigerator until next Spring.
If you happen upon a tasty potato at the farmer's market, you can do the same thing. As long as it is organically grown (NOT sprayed with an agent that retards sprouting), that potato can be saved and used for seed in your own garden next spring. Just put a nice example (or three) of that potato in a paper bag, mark it as "seed", put it in the bottom drawer of your refrigerator, and wait for Spring.
Save the Best. Eat the rest. Welcome to Gardening.
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