Yes I would say boilded (as freshly dugged as possible) with a little salt and mint in the water. Serve with butter....mmmmmm

Alternative would be to steam Hank... personally I would never add salt or mint to new potatoes as I want to taste the actual potato but - each to his own. If you do boil watch well, they will cook much more quickly than shop bought tatties.

Thanks for the replies, on the internet boiling times varied from 8 mins to 24, which fooled me completely. It'll be my son's job anyway and he's quite confident as usual.

Once water comes to the boil 8 mins max I'd say... It also depends on how many people you re cooking for.

The easiest thing to do is to stick the point of a knife into one when you think they might be done. If it's soft it's done, if its hard it isn't. As potatoes vary a bit I've found this is foolproof. And if you cook them all at once of course you should cut the bigger ones so they are all more or less the same size.

Thanks Sue and MG, simple isn't it when you know how.

Happy to help Hank

Well Hank, now you know how to cook potatoes you might end up in the kitchen all the time!

No thanks Sue, I'll see to the garden, house maintenance and the golf course, and my son is very welcome to the kitchen.