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I’d be willing to htake in a refugee, should the famine continue.
Posted on 09/09/2021 8:16:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai
2021’s mild summer has another victim: the humble potato chip.
As if the 2021 winter couldn’t get any worse, it’s now hitting us in the chip pocket.
Because of 2021’s constant rainfall and general poor weather, Switzerland’s potato harvest is disappointing.
When combined with a 30 percent increase in demand due to people sitting at home eating chips rather than going to restaurants, a chip shortage looms in Switzerland.
Chips manufacturers do not have enough potatoes — and will need to import at least 20,000 tonnes from abroad. […]
“Climate change can generally endanger the availability of agricultural raw materials,” she (Anita Binder, press spokesperson for Zweifel) said. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.ch ...
Do they still have the Saint Bernards with liquor barrels under their collar?
OH NOOOOOEZ !!!
This would make some great radio and TV commercials.
Very humerous.
“When they’re gone, they’re GONE!!”
I just learned another worthless factoid that Switzerland even grows potatoes, let alone they now have a shortage for making chips.
They grow potatoes in Switzerland?
Who knew?
The Irish feel their pain.
Like Neil in Topper?
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All the russet or Kennebec potatoes they want. Let me know. Kennebec are the best frying potatoes, so many others are classified as “chippers.”
I’d be willing to htake in a refugee, should the famine continue.
Mostly carbs, they’ll be fine without them.
Oh Well, at least they still have plenty of chocolate.
They still have Heidi...
Running out of chips is unacceptable. 😣
Very sorry, but afaik the liquor barrels on the collars of the rescue-dogs are a cute little fairytale.
They woud, for the most part, be an impediment for the dog as it struggles to dig the victim of an avalanche out of the snow.
This is what these dogs can do. Thanks to their acute sense of smell they are able to locate people who are covered by a snow layer several feet thick.
NOOOOOO! Not potato chips!
Don’t worry, Ma’am.
I bet the Swiss will, before long, follow fellow Freeper Fungi’s advice and buy the excellent American potatoes he has been mentioning :-)
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