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Red Bliss
B tier
Red Bliss is a round red-skinned, white-fleshed waxy potato that holds shape for boiling, potato salad, and steaming on steam tables. Thin bright skin looks festive in a bowl of cold salad and needs little peeling. Low starch means creamy slices rather than fluffy mash—over-mashing turns pasty and gluey. Boil with skins on; dress while warm so seasoning sticks. Also good roasted at high heat for blistered skins. A US market staple among reds, sometimes sold simply as “red potatoes” without the cultivar name on the bag.
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Round red table potatoes became American garden staples.
Red Bliss branding standardised red waxy retail potatoes.
Deli potato salads institutionalised Red Bliss use.
Red Bliss remained the default US red boiling potato.