OK, just a quick note about potatoes. I know, potatoes? What’s interesting about them, anyhow? Well, in the US, I was accustomed to my Idaho Russets – kind of all-purpose potatoes, you know? Here there are MANY more choices…. and they’re all different taste and textures. Pretty cool. But I noticed something odd.
You know how when you keep potatoes just a bit past their prime, they’ll begin sprouting??
These are the sprouts I’m accustomed to seeing….. kind of pointy and long?
Hmmm… my potatoes here didn’t exactly look that way – they sprouted some alien-looking ball-shaped pods of some sort!
What the heck???
Freakishly round, I didn’t quite know what they were, afraid it was some weird Middle-Eastern mold spore or something…. but nah…. it was just a sprout!
My goodness…. weird looking, aren’t they?
Nope…. not some exotic mold spore, just a dang sprout. Funny-looking, though!
OK, crisis averted. I popped those puppies off, peeled, boiled, mashed and seasoned them and we ate them for supper… just another tiny view of my new Middle Eastern life, huh??
Debbie Moves to Dubai 
I bet the plants are HUGE!
You know, I honestly have no clue. But those were some seriously odd-looking sprouts!
Funnily enough I was just talking to my husband yesterday about potatoes! I was telling him I had got some New Potatoes and he did not know what I meant. I tried to Google what they are called in the US but did not find anything. Maybe, Baby Potatoes? I don’t know – but, you’re right about the sprouting sprouts out of your potatoes – very unusual!
Molly @ The Move to America
Welcome to Bahrain Debbie, I guess those potatoes are starting to look a little old! Maybe you could try planting one and see what happens! 🙂