Better late than never, Mallorcan potatoes on sale in Britain
A lack of sun hits crop
It was a question of better late than never! Mallorca potatoes have finally arrived in Britain, which is their key export market, but this year the crop was hiy by an almost unbelievable problem for an island known for its weather....a lack of sun.
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tranq tranquerIf you can't find them in Mallorca, maybe not looking in the right place. If all else fails, you can find them in England. So, maybe you can get the British shop to import them as good old British spuds. Famous quote on TripAdvisor UK "Majorca" forum: "Can you take eggs on the plane?". Suggests a certain aversion to "foreign" eggs... Yet the eggs you get in Tesco likely come from Spain or elsewhere anyway. Like spuds, for example. But as long as there's a Union Jack on it, it's probably ok.
I have mentioned this recently in another article about Sa Pobla potatoes and, for some reason, received a lot of ‘Thumbs downs’. A large percentage of the potatoes from Sa Pobla are grown under contract for Tesco. Tesco actually supply the seeds to the Sa Pobla farmers to grow the potatoes for them. I know this because a friend of mine works for the Consell de agricultura y pesca and specialises in this area.
Stan The ManWot ? You mean none of our spuds in the bit with sharia courts and good football teams.
Should read " the Suthern area --"
TwinkleTopsTotally agree the Sa Pobla spuds are needed all over this Island. But, in the past as soon as they are ready. They send them to the UK to try and beat the Jersey Royals supply. Even Mallorca Spuds were only marketed in the southern are of the U K.
Morgan WilliamsThanks for the heads up on Agromart as we now have one close by. Years ago I used to go looking for Sa Pobla spuds and was told they all go to England because they fetch more money selling there. I don't understand your second paragraph. Sa Pobla has been sending spuds to the UK since Adam was a boy. Brexit may have made the regs more difficult but it won't stop people buying them.
TwinkleTopsI always buy Sa Pobla spuds when available. Mercadona usually has them. Even Lidl sometimes does. Agromart always seems to have them. I suspect the British shop wouldn't carry them because they're not British. But once they arrive in England, they're no longer foreign, so maybe the British shop could import Sa Pobla spuds from England? (But with a union jack on the label of course).
It'd be nice if they were more readily available in local supermarkets.