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National Potato Day – August 19, 2021
https://nationaltoday.com ^ | August 19, 2021 | Staff

Posted on 08/19/2021 5:32:18 AM PDT by Red Badger

National Potato Day is August 19, so if you like spuds, this one’s for you! Never celebrated this tasty tot before? Good news, we have the lowdown on how to do things up right with facts and links to turn you from couch potato to party animal.

Potatoes have been a popular food for centuries so it’s about time we recognize this versatile and ap-peeling favorite. Mashed, smashed, chipped, or covered in cheese, potatoes can be eaten with just about every meal — or as a meal! — making these starchy veggies a delicious and easy way to get iron, potassium and vitamin c. The puns are just baked right in! Now just fry and stop us from telling you the whole scoop on what makes National Potato Day so …spudtacular.


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To: gundog

21 posted on 08/19/2021 6:25:42 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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22 posted on 08/19/2021 6:29:22 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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23 posted on 08/19/2021 6:30:41 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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24 posted on 08/19/2021 6:30:48 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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25 posted on 08/19/2021 6:34:51 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: Red Badger

A russet potato costs about 20 cents. There are 1-2 potatoes in a $3.56 (Walmart) bag of Lays chips. Fry your own chips.

A small sized McDonald’s fries costs $1.39 and is about equal to 1 small potato. Again, fry your own.


26 posted on 08/19/2021 6:53:25 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: bgill

We ‘air fry’......................


27 posted on 08/19/2021 6:55:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Bernard

Invest in a $10 curly vegetable slicer and have curly fries anytime you wish.


28 posted on 08/19/2021 6:59:16 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Red Badger

RUFFLES, sour cream and cheddar, run a good
second place.

When younger, Dad taught us children that a meal was
never a meal until the potatoes were served.


29 posted on 08/19/2021 7:00:13 AM PDT by V K Lee (Resist, we will! Remember, we must!)
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To: Red Badger

Its Biden day!!! Oh wait... that’s an insult to actual potatoes.


30 posted on 08/19/2021 7:12:21 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Red Badger
When I worked at a food stand in an amusement park when I was a teen, we called it a "gronker". Same oil for fries, onion rings, chicken, fish...

The chicken sort of tasted like chicken. So did the other stuff.

31 posted on 08/19/2021 7:29:21 AM PDT by Bernard (The very best scientific articles always contain this phrase: “My personal intuition has been…”)
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To: Red Badger

The link that I was looking for is no longer there, but this is close: http://potatoes.colostate.edu/programs/potato-breeding/resource-center/

Scroll down to Venkata Charepallia.

You can duckduckgo purple potatoes cancer for more info.


32 posted on 08/19/2021 7:29:54 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Bernard

The restaurant that I worked in also had breakfasts. When the early morning crowd got going, the cooks would start cooking bacon in the deep fryer instead of the grill.

The fries started tasting like BACON!..................


33 posted on 08/19/2021 7:32:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Thank you! I'll make sure the FR Garden Gang knows of this important day!


34 posted on 08/19/2021 7:32:52 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Red Badger

Joe Biden is the perfect representative for
National Potato Day.

President Potato head.


35 posted on 08/19/2021 7:33:05 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: gundog

LOL! Gawd, how I love that movie! :)


36 posted on 08/19/2021 7:34:15 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: ryderann

THANKS!...................


37 posted on 08/19/2021 7:34:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Liz; Red Badger

I second that Smashed Taters are awesome! Easier to make than potato skins, for sure.

I nuke Red Potatoes, smash them on a cookie sheet, drizzle with EVOO, add S&P and crumbled Blue Cheese. Warm through in the oven as directed.

My back hurts just KNOWING how many potatoes I still have in the ground to dig! I think I’ll just have Beau do it with the backhoe like he did last year when he was being lazy. But, it worked! :)


38 posted on 08/19/2021 7:37:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Red Badger
Fries that taste like bacon - now that is a real treat.

The only thing better than Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp is Bacon-Wrapped Bacon!

39 posted on 08/19/2021 7:57:03 AM PDT by Bernard (The very best scientific articles always contain this phrase: “My personal intuition has been…”)
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40 posted on 08/19/2021 7:58:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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