It takes 10 years to invent a new variety of potato. The tasting, which is one step in the process, comes the 4th year. How does one become a luxury potatoes ? In fried, steamed, mashed… potato is eaten with various sauces. The United Nations Economic Commission published Thursday on the occasion of the International Year of the potato, a recipe book on 200 ways to cook it. .

But how to turn ordinary potato to potato official? 10 years are needed for the development of a new variety of potato. The process begins by defining a goal that looks do we? Once this specific purpose, we must find two parents have between them devised two qualities to achieve the desired result. After the marriage of two plants, seeds from the flower are planted the following year. All plants are emerging as potential varieties. But selecting a tough, operated by a specialist, leaving little chance of survival.

The potato has no right to make mistakes. The tubers which pass through the cracks of the coach are experimentally grown in open fields, from the fourth year by farmers working in the research program on the potato. The research station is the most famous French installed Bretteville du Grand Caux, Seine Maritime. A dozen geneticists test the culinary qualities of the new varieties developed in the station. Among them, Frederique Aurousseau, which at certain times of the year eat potatoes four times a day between meals: 10:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 17:00.

The potato does not develop as the wine aromas and must swallow it to fully appreciate the taste, she says. To evaluate the varieties, the team simply notes the potato on a scale of one to ten to say whether it is good or not. The tuber witness, who serves as the basis for rating is an old variety: Bintje. The gestation of a new variety of potato in the tenth year ends before the jury in charge of the listing official. Sign of recognition, registration also allows the station to receive royalties on each plant sold and finance and its future research.

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