Ask Ottolenghi: does it really matter if a potato is floury or waxy? | Ask Ottolenghi

Yes it does – especially if you want fluffy mashIt drives me nuts when a recipe calls for Yukon gold, russet, waxy or floury potatoes. Here in Spain, we just have potatoes. How can I tell if it’s floury, waxy or whatever? And does it really matter that much? Nicola, Barcelona, SpainSuch a great question, and one whose answer requires more words than space here allows! The short answer is, yes, it does matter, because there is such a difference between one type of potato and the next.