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| Venezia and Blue Belle Potatoes in their packaging |
Being
a student is hard especially that money is limited and everyone wants a bit of
luxury every once in a while. However I started to use coupons and loyalty
schemes to get the best value for money. I have to admit that Tesco's is my
favourite for that because you get coupons often for various items you purchase
and your own points to spend in store. Recently I heard of tesco orchard which
is a scheme giving coupons to people to review finest range (more about that in
my previous post) so I signed up and received my first item to review which is
a tescos finest potato range including blue belle, exquisa, venezia and elfe
type.
The
first problem I had was getting the product! I searched in 6 tesco stores and
to my disappointment could not find it so easily. Finally once I found the
potatoes I have purchased two bags; blue belle and venezia each at £1 a bag. I have to say by
looking at the picture from the letter I thought the packaging was a mixture of
paper bag and plastic making it look eco friendly but it was just a plastic
bag. I would recommend tescos to consider changing the packaging however that’s
a minor advice.
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| Venezia |
The venezia
potato is a small, round and yellow potato with a very clean and smooth
skin. I’ve decided to power boil them and then roast in goose fat with a
sprinkle of salt, pepper, parsley and garlic.
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| Roasted Venezia Potato |
The outcome:
Mellow, sweet and buttery potatoes that melt in your mouth. I loved the skin
especially that the taste reminded me of popcorn (?). These are definitely my
new favourite;-)
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| Blue Belle potatoe |
Blue
belle however are a huge chunky
potatoes with a brilliant bright purple streaks coming through it. I decided to
mash these with loads of butter and some milk.
The outcome: Brilliantly
buttery and smooth potatoes which are perfect for mashing with no shadow of a
doubt. I found them absolutely amazing, so definitely get a bag for yourself!
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| The finished product |
Personally
my perception was that potato is a potato but I couldn’t be more wrong! I
enjoyed these with my boyfriends family and his mother who never eats potatoes
thought that venezia ones were lovely, which was a real shock! About two or
three days after I tried these I caught myself thinking of when I will
re-purchase because even though potatoes don’t seem to be a fascinating food
this range brings another perception and dimension to potatoes. I will definitely
repurchase and I highly recommend these to all of you!!
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