Jersey Royals

I had horrible J Royals from Waitrose last year. Expensive and awful. I emailed and complained. Sent a pic of the bag and got a refund and hardly an apology.. I told them I thought the Jersey farmers must be laughing all the way to the bank

The previous weeks I bought theor Majorcan new potatoes which were fabulous. And had the slightly sandy outer texture.

and cook for 50 minutes at least on a rolling boil

50 minutes?

Surely not!

Should that read 15 minutes?

Asda have had them in for the last few weeks. For some reason they are displayed amongst the citrus fruits rather than other potatoes, so I was lucky to spot them. They are very tasty, I keep boiling up a pan full, coating in butter and eating them cold through the day, like sweets. Not healthy but they won't be available for long.
As with all potatoes I transfer them from plastic to a paper bag and store in the dark.

Aldi have them. Wondering if they actually grow them in Jersey any more, seems to be an awful lot of them from such a small island!

We bought a plastic bag of them in tesco. Two days later they had turned green. Rubbish.

NO, Wheniwasyourage- you are not getting old! I too have noticed that the Jersey Royals dont taste as good as they used to- i loved these always, and when we were kids(im 62 now) my mum would scrape at the skin and boil them and they tasted absolutely lovely, put a small knob of butter on- like food for the Gods- but now there seems to be hardly any flavour/taste to them🫤I got some from M&S which were a bit better than other supermarkets (tried a few) but not quite how they used to be...

REKA- is it only 1kg in a one bag then? OMG they are expensive.😁

I cant justify that cost as there is only me likes them.One son wont touch veg and other only loves mash.You dont nash new potatoes, especially not jerseys at that price!😆

Loved Jersey Royals, but they don’t have the taste they had years ago.

Organic Jersey royals available in Riverford boxes currently.

Does any one remember Jersey mids? They were much smaller and so delicious!

Calendargirl

^and cook for 50 minutes at least on a rolling boil^

50 minutes?

Surely not!

Should that read 15 minutes?

Nope, 50 minutes any less and they’re still slightly hard.

I've just checked the Ocado site and they sell several different brands, including M&S. So I guess you'd be able to get them in larger M&S stores?

They had the loose ones in my local Tesco yesterday.

Thanks for the suggestions sadly none in my Tesco

They are on Amazon for a good price, as part of their Morrisons grocery shopping items.
If you spend 60 on an order of shopping, its free delivery.

So, presumably they are in "real" morrisons shops?

We got beautiful mucky loose ones in Sainsbury's.

Don't bother with Tesco's Jersey Royals. I bought a small bag of their "finest" a couple of weeks ago but they were awful, dry and a bit powdery. I'm a long time Tesco shopper btw. I was so disappointed, especially as I don't eat potatoes often, that I bought a few seed potatoes, Pentland Javelin, and put them in big pots.
If you have a local market, why not try there?

They taste nothing like they used to, to me anyway, and I’ve bought them from various places. Apparently the Jersey farmers used to spread seaweed on as a mulch but had to stop when we left the EU. I just buy new potatoes that look ok and they taste as good as Jersey Royals. Or have we just lost some sense of taste?!

midgey

Does any one remember Jersey mids? They were much smaller and so delicious!

I remember Jersey Mids. My mum always bought them when they were in season. They were delicious! Like Royals it even better

Have you tried ordering through Riverford? Theirs are pretty good.

Lived in Jersey in the Seventies next to a Potato Farm. Most Jersey potatoes at that time were sold loose in the UK covered with some of the soil they were grown in.

The earliest ones were often called Jersey New Potatoes.

Memory Lane. Delish with a knob of butter

I saw some in Waitrose a few days ago. They looked good and I was tempted - until I saw the price.

Cook them for about 15 to 20 minutes depending on size. They are delicious hot with butter and mint or cold with a little mayonnaise or vinaigrette.

I bought 2 bags from Morrisons last week, they were quite large and tasted good.