Potato, the number one vegetable and number one in taste, holds a special place in the lives of all of us. Sometimes it is used extensively as a vegetable and sometimes as a snack. Generally, potato is eaten throughout the year because its cost is low and it fits with every dish. At present, its price in retail is Rs 10 to 15 per kg and throughout the year it is sold at a maximum of Rs 20 to 50, but do you know that there is a variety of potato (Most Expensive Potato), which The most expensive comes at the price of gold and silver.
grown in france
The name of this variety of potato is Le Bonnotte, which is grown in France. The price of one kilo of potatoes is so high that it can provide the ration for a middle class family for the whole year. It is sold at a price ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 90,000 per kg. The surprising thing is that despite it being so expensive, there is a queue of people to buy Le Bonotte. The reason for this is its low production. It is produced throughout the year only between May and June. Even if its price skyrockets, people are always ready to buy it and eat it.
There would be only 100 tonnes of potatoes
What makes the taste of this extraordinary variety of potato different is its special kind of cultivation, which is done on only 50 square meters of sandy land. To grow it, seaweed is used as fertilizer. It is traditionally cultivated on the French island of Noimortier off the coast of the Loire region of the Atlantic Ocean. After cultivation, about 2500 people remain engaged for seven days to pick potatoes. Out of a crop of 10,000 tonnes of potatoes, only 100 tonnes are La Bonette.
These potatoes are very soft
Now if we talk about the taste of La Bonette, it has the taste of lemon along with salt and walnuts, which is not found in any other potato. They are very soft and delicate. It is said that it is usually prepared by boiling. It is served with butter and sea salt. They are small in size and no bigger than the size of a golf ball. Their pulp is creamy white. Their price varies every year depending on availability, but till now they have been sold between Rs 50,000 to Rs 90,000 per kg.