Purple Potatoes are healthier for you than white Potatoes because Purple Potatoes are higher in antioxidants, minerals, nutrients and Vitamins.
Regular Potatoes such as white potatoes are still very healthy for you but eating more purple or blue potatoes can give you more health benefits.
Blue potatoes taste slightly different than regular potatoes.
The taste of a blue potato is a slightly rich and nutty taste and the blue potato also has more starch in them than regular potatoes.
Blue Potatoes are perfect for making mashed potatoes with because they soften much faster than regular potatoes do because of the starch content.
Also the blue potatoes hold together better when making Potato Salad too.
Blue Potatoes are higher in antioxidants than regular potatoes too.
Blue Potatoes which are also known as Purple Potatoes are Native to South America.
The original blue or purple potatoes originated from South American and then were brought further into the USA.
Blue Potatoes are much more healthier and contain more antioxidants than regular potatoes do as well.
The skin of the blue potatoes are edible just like regular potato skin is edible.
If you eat the blue potatoes skin you get more nutrients, vitamins and minerals and you get more health benefits from the blue potato when you at both the potato and skin.
I eat the blue potatoes with skin on them and they taste really good.
I never peel the skin from any type of potato as doing so just gets rid of some of the healthy nutrients, vitamins and minerals that are in the potato and skin.
All those healthy foods and nutrients are needed for staying healthy.
The blue potatoes come in a variety of different types.
The most common blue potato is the Vitelotte potato which was cultivated and grown specifically to be blue.
Blue potatoes are also known originated in the United States from Cornell University where they were first grown and cultivated to be blue.
Another name for blue potatoes is Adirondack Blue.
The Adirondack Blue potato is the variety of potato that has blue flesh and skin with a slight purple tint, released by Cornell University potato breeders Robert Plaisted, Ken Paddock, and Walter De Jong in 2003.
There are some other varieties of blue potatoes but the Adirondack Blue Potato is the most common.
I've tasted blue potatoes and to me they don't taste any different than white potatoes do.
The blue potatoes also have more antioxidants in them than other potatoes so blue potatoes are supposed to be healthier for you than regular potatoes.