PHOTOGRAPH: ANDREW MONTGOMERY
The new potatoes are coming. Buttery little buried treasures, dug up for our salady pleasure, bringing with them hope, vitamin C and spring sunshine.
But if you’re anticipating that pleasure and you receive your vegetables in a parcel on your doorstep each week, you might need to check your order because one of the veg box companies sells its boxes with a potato-free option. There’s no carrotfree option or low-onion option. But the people have spoken, and the people do not necessarily want weekly potatoes, because the people simply cannot get through that many potatoes. Not when they’re only eating them on ‘cheat days’. Potatoes. Fresh from the ground.
Reserved as treats! This is where we are.