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Swift

Swift potatoes (early)

First early, ready in June, and there is absolutely nothing like digging your first potatoes of the year. Small, thin-skinned, and they taste like actual potatoes in a way that supermarket ones simply don't.

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in the kitchen

Crushed new potatoes with mint butter

Boil until tender, crush lightly with a fork, then toss with mint-flecked butter and flaky salt. The skins are so thin they almost dissolve. June on a plate.

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