Kennebec potato
Solanum tuberosum 'Kennebec' · Root vegetable
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Kennebec is the classic American all-purpose white potato — a large, smooth, pale-tan-skinned tuber with white flesh and a medium-starch flesh that fries into long, crisp, golden chips. Bred by the USDA in the 1940s, it is the potato behind many a roadside fry stand and the home gardener's reliable workhorse.
Picking a good onedrag
Freshly liftedSprouting and green
Cured and dormantBuy the sackThe keeper — roast, mash, fry, bake, anything
SkinSet firm, dry, matte
FleshFirm right through
EyesDimpled but dormant
SmellFaint, almost nothing
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What you get from one
75%
Edible part
213 g · peel and eyes out
284 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below about 4°C starch turns to sugar, so it fries dark and bitter. Warming partly helps.
95–99%
Humidity
Steady
Airflow