Comfort from the earth

Potatoes, golden fried, crispy outside, melting inside. Soft and creamy, mashed with milk and black pepper. Small, boiled and pale, with poppy seeds, sesame oil, boiled eggs and chopped tomatoes. Stewed and warm, on the verge of being tipped into the chicken casserole.

Sweet potatoes, deep orange, caramelised after an hour in the oven and oozing honey scent. Shredded and turned into exotic chips. Pearly white and stuffed into pastry for childhood cakes.

Spuds, patates, pommes-de-terre, potatoes, potah-toes, the most earthy food, the most homely food :)