Thursday, April 21, 2011

On Cooking Potatoes

No matter how hard you scrub, potatoes will never lose
that dirty color.  You could skin them,
but see, the skin has a huge amount of iron.
Iron deficiency anemia affects an estimated 60 percent of women worldwide,
so keep the skin on. 
(that is not to say that dried, fried potato skins in a greasy bag
is good for you at all)
Keep the skin on, the color isn't dirt
I don't think.  Maybe the dirt just became part of the potato,
but anyway, you can't scrub it away,
but slice it open
and it sits on a plate,
the crumbly buttery insides
steaming like a fat clam.
That's when you have
a real baked potato. 


-Citron

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