You are right, Marilynn. I can remember my cousin (1st-once removed) bringing a 50-pound sack of DeMerchant potatoes every time he came for a visit to our area. Also, a sack to my grandparents and aunt and uncle. Probably others that I didn't know about, too. Cousin Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes > Ben: Can't beat free. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Barr" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:13 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes > > >> Sorry Marilynn, >> But being from Maine, I've got to go with MAINE grown potatoes and >> bagged here in this great state by Maine potatoe growers. >> Once in a while though, I do have to sneak across the border to New >> Brunswick where I have a lot of relatives who grow potatoes. >> Cousin Ben from North-central Maine where the colored leaves have >> begun >> to fall >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marilynn Masten" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:58 AM >> Subject: [ARMSTRONG] Potatoes >> >> >>> Being from Idaho, I thought I should jump in although, if you notice, I >>> am >>> so reticent, I usually stay out of conversations! In Idaho, we have >>> large >>> structures in which the freshly harvested potatoes are stored. These >>> are >>> temperature controlled and out of sunlight. My brother-in-law used to >>> give us sacks of potatoes when we visited. Yum!! I won't buy potatoes >>> in >>> the store unless they say "Idaho" on them and if they say "Packed in >>> Twin >>> Falls, ID," I pass because that probably means they were grown in maybe >>> Washington (Apples, remember?) and only packed in Twin Falls which is >>> not >>> a potato growing area. Eastern Idaho is where the goodies are. >>> Marilynn >>> IBSSG >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >