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Kennebec Potatoes

Inventory, 50 lbs : 0
This item was last sold on : 03/27/20

• 48 Featured Restaurants

• 6 Recipe Ideas

• 1 Shares

Description/Taste

Kennebec potatoes are medium to large in size and are long and ovate in shape with rounded ends. The potatoes have a slightly lumpy and lopsided shape, and the thin skin has a white base and is layered with shades of cream, brown, and tan. The skin's texture is semi-rough with shallow eyes and brown spots speckled across the skin. The flesh is soft ivory, firm, and starchy with minimal water content. Kennebec potatoes offer a rich, earthy, and notably nutty flavor.

Seasons/Availability

Kennebec potatoes are available year-round, with peak season in the late summer through early winter.

Current Facts

Kennebec potatoes, botanically classified as Solanum tuberosum ‘Kennebec,’ are one of the most commonly grown white potato varieties in the United States. While they can be used for an assortment of culinary applications, they are most widely distributed to processors to be made into potato chips and French fries. Today there are a number of different chipping potatoes sold under the Kennebec name such as Chipetas, Atlantics, and Pikes.

Nutritional Value

Kennebec potatoes contain potassium, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin C, and fiber.

Applications

Kennebec potatoes are best suited for cooked applications such as baking, mashing, or roasting, but their best virtues are displayed through frying. They can be used to make any number of fried potato preparations such as steak fries, hash browns, shoestring potatoes, French fries, potato skins, chips, and Hasselback potatoes. Kennebec potatoes also maintain their shape when cooked, perfect for potato salads, curries, soups, and stews. Companion ingredients include bacon, creamy and sharp cheeses, garlic, caramelized onions, savory herbs such as thyme, parsley, and sage, spices such as paprika and dill, and the zest and juice of a lemon. Kennebec potatoes will keep up to a month when stored in a cool and dry location away from direct sunlight.

Ethnic/Cultural Info

In the 1980’s, the name Kennebec became more of a broad term for a variety of different chipping potatoes. Since its arrival on the potato market, the Kennebec is used predominately by potato chip companies in the United States and Canada. In the United States, the famous California burger chain, In-N-Out, has used Kennebec as their go-to French fry potato and the restaurant Claim Jumper has the potato featured in their cheddar cheese soup. In recent years, Kennebec potatoes have also caught the attention of chefs and restaurants and are now being sought out for their nutty flavor and superior frying qualities.

Geography/History

The Kennebec potato is a hybrid variety created in the greenhouses of the Plant Industry Station at Beltsville, Maryland in 1941. In 1948, it was released to the commercial market by the USDA and named Kennebec, after a famous river in Maine. Kennebec potatoes are widely available in Canada and the United States today and remain a popular fresh market, frying, and chipping potato.

Featured Restaurants

Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.

Bagby Beer Company	Oceanside CA	760-505-3445
Barleymash	San Diego CA	619-276-6700 x304
Catania La Jolla	La Jolla CA	619-295-3173
Coin-Op Game Room	San Diego CA	818-448-0129
Craft and Commerce (Sekscobra Inc.)	San Diego CA	619-962-5935
The Original 40 Brewing	San Diego CA	619-206-4725
The Haven	San Diego CA	619-964-3778
The Field Irish Pub & Restaurant	San Diego CA	619-232-9840
Smoking Gun	San Diego CA	619-276-6700
Grass Skirt	San Diego CA	858-412-5237
Stout Public House	San Diego CA	619-702-7933
Trust Restaurant	San Diego CA	609-780-7572
Kettner Exchange	San Diego CA	312-415-5455
The Holding Company	San Diego CA	619-665-1251
Dija Mara	Oceanside CA	760-231-5376
Sublime Ale House-San Marcos	San Marcos CA	760-510-9220
Gaslamp Union Kitchen & Tap	San Diego CA	619-795-9463
The Tavern	Coronado CA	602-628-5890
Miho Gastrotruck	San Diego CA	619-867-4295
Sheraton Carlsbad (20/20)	Carlsbad CA	760-827-2400

the other 28...

The Balboa Bar & Grill South	Chula Vista CA	619-349-2109
Sheraton La Jolla	San Diego CA	858-453-5500
Stake Chophouse & Bar	Coronado CA	619-522-0077
Le Parfait Paris- Downtown	San Diego CA	619-245-4457
Great Maple	San Diego CA	619-255-2282
Doods Foods-The Tin Can	San Diego CA	818-335-3485
Hotel La Jolla & CUSP	La Jolla CA	858-459-0261
Knotty Barrel	San Diego CA	619-269-7156
Little Lion	San Diego CA	619-519-4079
Tribute Pizza	San Diego CA	858-220-0030
Et Voilà! French Bistro	San Diego CA	619-209-7759
Iron Pig Alehouse	San Diego CA	619-885-3718
Cody's at the Cove	La Jolla CA	858-459-0040
Hotel Del Coronado Serea Restaurant	Coronado CA	619-435-6611
Gravity Heights Restaurant and Brewery	San Diego CA	858-551-5105
The Lion Share	San Diego CA	619-564-6924
Barrel Republic Carlsbad	Carlsbad CA	619-204-5945
Knotty Barrel- Rancho	San Diego CA	858-484-8758
Royale	San Diego CA	512-230-9524
Larsen's Steakhouse - La Jolla	San Diego CA	310-407-9937
Blind Lady	San Diego CA	619-255-2491
The Compass	Carlsbad CA	760-434-1900
Mr A's	San Diego CA	619-239-1377
Small Bar	San Diego CA	619-795-7998
Hotel Palomar-Salt Box	San Diego CA	619-515-3003
Qero	Encinitas CA	760-753-9050
Harbor Breakfast	San Diego CA	619-888-6586
The Farm Golf Club	Rancho Santa Fe CA	858-756-5585

Recipe Ideas

Recipes that include Kennebec Potatoes. One

is easiest, three is harder.

Make It Simple Sister		Fresh Kennebec Chips
Th Earthy Delights Blog		French Fries, Done Right
Savory Nothings		Baked Potato Wedges
The Whole Gang		Hand Cut Oven Fries
The Earthy Delights		French Fries, Done Right
Edible Aria		Wild Alaskan Halibut Chowder

Recently Shared

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Hayward Farmers Market Wisconsin, United States
About 257 days ago, 7/15/19
Sharer's comments : New Potatoes, ready for garlic scapes, grill & dill.