best potatoes for roasting

[Linda51]

which are the best potatoes to get the perfect roast potato.

[WendyS]

Red skinned potatoes. The white ones are pretty hopeless. Parboil for about 5 - 7 minutes, drain & rough up the skins with a fork. Put in fresh dripping, duck or goose fat preferably (or olive oil or lard) and cook until crispy

[ermintrude35]

..I like to use King Edwards..par boil for 10 mins. drain and return to the saucepan and give a good shake to "rough up" the edges... heat up your prefered fat in a roasting tin BEFORE adding the spuds...gently drop the spuds in , sprinkle with sea salt and rosat in a hot oven , shaking the tin every now and again...

[les saisies]

Maris Piper or King Edward.

Trust me; i'm in the Greengrocery trade.

[nfn]

maris piper without a doubt. they also make the BEST chips in the world, it's what chippy's use!

[funnywebsite]

False ones. I can't stand my own.

[heathersweat]

most red skin spuds desiree, are a good choice make sure your fat is smoking hot, and personally, like dripping, not this pouncy olive oil