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the United Nations named 2008 the International Year of the Potato, calling the vegetable a "hidden treasure".
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I loved potato bread when I was younger, this actually might not be a bad idea. Whole countries have lived off potatoes.
3 posted on
04/14/2008 10:13:41 PM PDT by
utherdoul
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
As wheat and rice prices surge, the humble potato -- long derided as a boring tuber prone to making you fat -- is being rediscovered as a nutritious crop that could cheaply feed an increasingly hungry world.
Until the enviro-idiots decree that potatoes are best used to make some biofuel. The negative impact on the world of environmental know-nothings babbling about "sustainable energy sources" can't be overstated.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
My mother used to call me her “potato baby” because I loved potatoes raw or cooked. Even now, I’m in 7th heaven with just a baked potato smothered in “Promise” type of margarine with 0 trans fat and a lovely garden salad. Makes me hungry when I think about. Another cheap veggie is celery.
5 posted on
04/14/2008 10:22:25 PM PDT by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; GOP_Raider; Chief Engineer; Delphinium; EternalVigilance; Keyes2000mt; ...
(Though most Americans associate potatoes with the bland Idaho variety, they actually come in some 5,000 types.)
Oh, no he di'int!
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7 posted on
04/14/2008 10:27:34 PM PDT by
GOP_Raider
(Let's Get Cup Crazy! Let's Go Sharks!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Did Germany attempt to make fuel out of potatoes during WWII? I will be planting 36 hills of Red Gold Potatoes tomorrow (Tuesday). It's a new variety from Johhny’s selected seeds...
8 posted on
04/14/2008 10:42:37 PM PDT by
tubebender
(Why am I dressed up like a Pirate serving chowder and ice tea...)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Potatoes are one of the yuck foods. If I never saw another one for the rest of my life it would be too soon. Feed me rice any day of the year.
9 posted on
04/14/2008 10:43:48 PM PDT by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Democrats spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I guess the UN can find something by burying it’s head in the ground.
23 posted on
04/14/2008 11:29:16 PM PDT by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
30 posted on
04/15/2008 1:24:53 AM PDT by
raygun
(24.14% of the Voting Age Population elected Slick (The Cigar) Willey to a second term.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Even though the potato emerged in Peru 8,000 years ago near Lake Titicaca My favorite lake name.
34 posted on
04/15/2008 1:53:45 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I have a restaurant, and we often do purple potatoes.. I had several customers ask me why I dyed the potatoes.. go figure, like I have time to dye potatoes.. They are seeter than regular ones, we roasted them with other baby winter vegetables and served them with a roast pork with a Grand Marnier Sauce. OMG was that good!
37 posted on
04/15/2008 10:01:33 AM PDT by
oswegodeee
(Dee ( Born and raised in the south, with a gracious attitude ))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
This spud’s for you - BTTT.
58 posted on
04/15/2008 2:02:16 PM PDT by
OB1kNOb
(I don't want to stay young forever. I could not stand being stupid that long.)
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