| 词汇 | new potatoes |
| 词源 | new potatoes. Small, often thin-skinned red potatoes, so called because they are often the first of the season. They are also called “salad potatoes,” because they are frequently used in potato salad, and “salt potatoes,” because they are boiled in salt- ed water. Another interesting potato term, not often heard any- more, is the 19th-century expression shadow potatoes for potato chips. |
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