The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News

This thread reminds me of one of my favorite tuber jokes


What do you get when you cross a penis and a potato

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A Dick-tator  [/move]

Chris O’Dowd’s Dog, Potato, Sings "The Office" Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKmkh5L7B8w

You know where has some damn epic fries… Gyroland on Rockville Pike. So good friends.

Also, the best Greek food I've had in many years.

A woman orders 1kg of sweet potatoes; instead receives a single, gigantic, mutant sweet potato. Twitter rofls.

https://twitter.com/khaleesi_101/status/1255817022551863296

Heilung4eva wrote:
A woman orders 1kg of sweet potatoes; instead receives a single, gigantic, mutant sweet potato. Twitter rofls.

https://twitter.com/khaleesi_101/status/1255817022551863296

I've never been a delivery grocery guy until this recent pandemic and I've had some pretty epiq lols when I order three lbs of bananas and end up with three single bananas, or a a pound of kiwis and receive one. The end.

Blursday, wrote:
Fun fact…did you know that Sweet Potatoes are not even a Potato!
They are a root vegetable that belongs to the morning glory family.
also are botanically very distinct from yams as they are sometimes called here

Do we need to set up a Sweet Potato/Root Vegetable thread as I think people clearly think it's ok to talk about sweet potatoes here
do I need to get Kosmo involved!

Heilung4eva wrote:
Chris O’Dowd’s Dog, Potato, Sings "The Office" Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKmkh5L7B8w

Do you know what else isn't a potato?  A dog named Potato.  Do we need a separate "Dogs Named Potato" thread?

Heilung4eva wrote:

Heilung4eva wrote:
Chris O’Dowd’s Dog, Potato, Sings "The Office" Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKmkh5L7B8w

Do you know what else isn't a potato?  A dog named Potato.  Do we need a separate "Dogs Named Potato" thread?

DON'T YOU TAKE THE NAME OF THAT SWEET PUPPER IN VAIN!!

Portage La Prarie (Manitoba), home to the world's largest Coca-Cola can, is forced to cancel their annual potato festival, and plans a benefit concert in it's place.

Heilung4eva wrote:

Justin wrote:


With no fries sold, Dutch farmers face billion kilo potato pile

FYI it's not just a dutch problem: A generous sacrifice: Washington farmers donating surplus of potatoes to those in need

1. Bake potatoes
2. Sweet potatoes
3. Green potatoes

hutch wrote:
1. Bake potatoes

Is this a typo or do you actually call it this?

I am not Sidehatch so it’s not a typo

hutch wrote:
1. Bake potatoes
2. Sweet potatoes
3. Green potatoes

Incorrect.

1. Hasselback
2. Tater Tots
3. Hash Browns

hutch wrote:
I am not Sidehatch so it’s not a typo

"Bake potatoes" is weird as hell, man.

hutch wrote:
I am not Sidehatch so it’s not a typo

ouch
but I can't seem to track down the Bake varietal or preparation style?

https://www.potatogoodness.com/potato-types/

hutch wrote:
1. Bake potatoes
2. Sweet potatoes
3. Green potatoes

also…this green potatoes thing concerns me

Green potatoes
Potatoes will often go green when they're not stored properly and they're exposed to light. This is due to formation of chlorophyll (which is found in all green plants), however the green colour is a useful indicator that levels of certain toxins that are harmful to humans, known as glycoalkaloids, may be increased.


additionally, #2?
is this just a random list of foods as #2 is not a potato

You know what I mean!!!!

hutch wrote:
You know I am mean!!!!

FTFY

so what is a green potato?
did you mean green tomato?

A green potato is a rotten potato that can kill you