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Bufet potato

Orís, Osona, Barcelona

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Bufet potato

Food and drink · Orís, Osona, Barcelona

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The patata del bufet is a traditional Catalan produce with two varieties: the white one, the majority, and the purple or bufet negra one, arising from a mutation of the first that was preserved by local farmers; the white variety may derive from a French variety created in Brittany in the 19th century. It is a late variety, with a growing cycle of more than 150 days, thin skin and very buttery white flesh, cooked with the skin on or under embers. It is grown in an area running from Osona to the Garrotxa, the Ripollès, the Cerdanya, the Urgell and the Solsonès, and is sold mainly within that same area, particularly during the Mercat de la Patata del Bufet of Orís, held every October since 1994. It has been recognized by the slow food movement.

Photo: Mutari 19:14, 16 September 2007 (UTC) (Public domain)

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