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The British potato season begins in April with waxy Jersey Royals, which continue into June. Other early potatoes, including waxy salad varieties, start to appear in May. Duke of York (1942) come into season in September and last through to April, but the main potato season begins in October. These potatoes are available until early spring - but beware that, towards the end of storage in March, the starch in potatoes turns to sugar, so chips made from stored varieties will tend to be soggy but sweeter.

Despite this humble tuber's popularity, shoppers have generally been offered very little choice about what types of potato to choose from. Supermarkets and some farmers' markets are increasing their range of old and new potato varieties, with myriad tastes and textures. Whichever you buy, they should be firm and well-shaped with no eyes or green patches.

The British tend to prefer white-fleshed tatties, whereas the Dutch and Spanish like yellow-fleshed potatoes, but colour makes little difference to the taste. Once cooked the texture of potatoes can range from smooth, waxy-textured flesh perfect for salads to floury-textured flesh ideal for fluffy mashed potato, so it's important to know what type of potato you've bought before you decide how to cook them.

Potatoes can be stored in hessian or paper sacks; just remove any moist mud from them to prevent mould from forming. Store in a cool, airy, dark place, such as a larder or a shed.

The following cooking methods suit different potatoes best:

Baking - Cara, Golden Wonder, Marfona, Estima

Boiling - Cara, Estima, Pink Fir Apple, Saxon, Nadine, Vivaldi, Yukon Gold

Chips - Estima, Maris Piper, Pentland Dell, Sante, King Edward, Golden Wonder

Mashing - King Edward, Pentland Squire, Pentland Dell

Roasting - Cara, Wilja, Pentland Dell

Salad - Charlotte, Ratte, Jersey Royal, Pink Fir Apple, Vales Emerald

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Air fryer baked potato

Air fryer chips

Air fryer fish and chips with tartare sauce

Air fryer loaded jacket potatoes

Air fryer sausage bake

All-day breakfast frittata

Aloo baingun (veggie potato and aubergine curry)

Aloo chaat

Aloo gobi and jeera rice

Aloo gobi tawa burgers

Aloo paratha

Aloo tikki

Aloo tikki chaat

Aloo tuk

American layered salad

Ants climbing trees with soya mince

Artichokes Romana style

Aubergine curry

Aubergine, new potato and summer bean white curry with katta sambol

Auvergne brunch

Buyer's guide

Storage

Preparation

Varieties of potato

Floury potato

Waxy potato

Typically made with potato

Champ

Fritters

Jacket potato

Mashed potato

Potato rösti

Potato salad

Roasted vegetables

Other root vegetable

Beetroot

Carrot

Cassava

Celeriac

Jerusalem artichoke

Parsnip

Swede

Sweet potato

Turnip

Yam

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