La Bonnotte: The World's Most Expensive Potatoes
Katherine / 
21 Jun,2016
Think of the most expensive foods in the world. You might think of White truffles, Saffron, maybe Kobe beef from Japan.
But would you ever think: potatoes? Of course not.
It’s not just the world’s most expensive potato; it’s one of the world’s five most expensive foods. It’s called La Bonnotte and it grows only on the French Isle of Noirmoutier.
The potato’s flavor is said to be both earthy and salty, owing its complexities at least partially to the presence of algae and seaweed in the soil.
the flavour of the sea that makes the Curriculum Saporis able to command the exorbitant price of 500 Euros per kilogram: if you think it sounds excessive, you need to keep in mind the way it’s grown and harvested. Obviously the limited land space in which it has to grow plays a big part: of the island’s 550 hectares dedicated to agriculture, the Bonnotte potato occupies only 5%. But the price is so high because of the harvesting method: to guarantee the quality of the product, fragile and delicate as it is, the Bonnotte must be picked one by one, and strictly by hand.
Delivery of the potatoes to market should also be done on the same day throughout the world. This is to maintain both the integrity and freshness of the potato and ensure a uniform taste when eaten throughout the world.
Cultivated potatoes can be traced back to about 8000 BC to 5000 years in the southern region of Peru. Native to South America in the Andes of Peru and Chile area. Andes, 3800 meters above Lake Titicaca may be the first potatoes were cultivated out of place. Dating back about 7,000 years ago, an Indian tribe to migrate from the eastern Alpine Andes near Lake Titicaca in the camp to hunters and gatherers, they first discovered and consumption of wild potatoes.
The most important potato cultivars are tetraploid species. Tetraploid potato cultivars to spread around the world, originally from South America in 1570 Columbia introduced to Europe will be short-day type of Spain, through artificial selection, became the long-day type.
I had to ask about the best way to cook them. He said, without so much as a moment’s hesitation: steam them. Well, do you have any idea about how to cook the world's most expensive potatoes?
I had to ask about the best way to cook them. He said, without so much as a moment’s hesitation: steam them. Well, do you have any idea about how to cook the world's most expensive potatoes?
