Purple Potatoes

I have a few pet peeves...I don't like the word "moist" (gagging as I type this), people who drive too slow on the highway and I will not eat anything blue. Blue is not a food color. People always say to me "but what about blueberries?". Have these people ever eaten a blueberry? First off, it's skin borders on the purple side and the inside resembles anything but the color blue. But I digress, back to the purple potato and lets be clear on this, it is PURPLE. I will admit, it was worrying me a little bit prior to cutting into one of these amethyst toned tubers. What if, when that knife slit the first potato open and all I saw was a sea of blue potato flesh, what would I have done? Rushed to the closest store and replaced the horrid BLUE potato with something more color "safe"? Broken one of my all time foodie rules and choked down the Sapphire spud? Luckily, to my excitement, it was as purple as the day is long. Which contrasted so nicely to the green of the celery that came to the party. The "party" being the bowl of purple potato salad that I whipped up with the 6 or so potatoes I purchased. My new friend, the Garlic scape also joined the gang in the bowl. Ms. Mayo graciously brought the white wine vinegar to the party and as usual, Mr. Dijon showed up with that crazy couple, Salt and Pepper! I might just have to call this my Purple Party Potato Salad from now on! Seriously though, the salad came out great and not to show favoritism but my new buddy, the garlic scape really added a nice flavor. It gave a slight garlic and onion flavor without being too intense. The mildness of the white wine vinegar didn't over power the dressing and added a nice soft tang. Honestly, other than the fun color that these potatoes offer, I was unable to distinguish much of a difference from many of the other varieties of potatoes but I did love the way the colors melded together for this dish and think it would look great on the picnic table this summer!