National Potato Month (USA)

 

 National Potato Month! 

(A Research from USA)

It is said that September is the national month for potato.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, potatoes are the most popular veggie in America ... hands down. Unfortunately that is a greasy hand because most of our processed potatoes end up like French fries!

The USDA demands regular American munches of more than 140 pounds of potatoes annually. That’s 50 pounds more than the consumption of each tomato, a second veggie. And that second position is confusing because tomatoes are actually fruit!

Although we love potatoes, we are not a top dog when it comes to potato consumption. We end up somewhere about 7th place; top honors go to our German friends who annually eat 200 pounds each!

On average, Americans eat more than 50 pounds [16 kg] of fried French each year. That comes out of the more than 2 million tons of poor potatoes that meet their death with shoelaces or julienned ones and get into hot boiling oil!

By the way, France and Belgium are at war over which country has developed the French fries. Belgians say their street vendors sold "Belgian refrigerators" in push carts before the French adapted the concept in the mid-19th century. My kids don’t care who made the gazinga - they’re just thankful that someone had the idea to sail to America with a non-secret fries recipe!

TAKING POTATOES: About one in 14 potatoes grown in the U.S. It ends like McDonald's fries! The fast food giant has no beef and the fact that it delivers more than 1/3 of all refrigerators sold in U.S. restaurants.

Okay, here's a potato mystery that has been plaguing me for a long time: a tuber, or a tuber ... that's the question. What a sigh! Being regarded as Shakespeare's motionless food, however, I thought I was going to hit the famous Bard line with my report on potatoes. For those of you who thought the tuber was a river float on a rubber dot, I offer this nugget: The part of the potato plant we eat is called the tuber. And the tuber is actually an extended underground stem. Each potato plant produces a number of clusters that can come in a variety of colors. The most common are the red and white varieties.

ADDITIONAL INCLUDING: Gambling unknowingly ...

o Potatoes are about 80% water, 20% solid.

o Henry Spalding planted the first potatoes in Idaho in 1837.

o The Guinness Book of Records states that the largest potato ever produced - an 18-pound monster, 4-ounce monster - was raised in England in 1795.

o Potatoes were introduced in 1853 at a fashion resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, after railway commander Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt complained about his overcrowded fried potatoes and sent them to the kitchen. Despite his miserable visitor, Chef George Crum cut a slice of potato, dipped it in hot oil, and added salt. Vanderbilt loved "Saratoga Crunch Chips" and the rest is history.

Potatoes are the second most consumed food in the United States, following only dairy products.

Despite its popularity, poor potatoes suffer poorly. But hit hard with anything and then the wrong food! In fact, potatoes are one of the most nutritious foods you can eat. One of the medium potatoes has fewer calories than grapefruit, more potassium than bananas, and more iron than any other vegetable. Potatoes are also high in fiber, and they are loaded with complex carbohydrates. Best of all, potatoes are fat-free and do a great variety of things.

 Why are potatoes called spuds? One theory is that the term refers to a shovel that can be used to dig potatoes. Spud can also refer to a wooden container in which filters could place small potatoes when sorting large ones. Summary of these unwanted veggies: SPUD representing some potato under development.

 For the best-looking baked potatoes, pierce the potatoes with a fork, and for the length and crossing. Squeeze the potatoes at both ends and it will "bloom." Never use a knife to open baked potatoes; softens the face and transforms the typical green texture of the baked Idaho spud.

No one is going to change the repetitive saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away," but there are a lot of "Old Potato Tales" about the power of potatoes. Get on these ...

Potatoes in your pocket will cure rheumatism and eczema!

 Potatoes should be applied to sore muscles and ulcers to relieve pain. If you have a wart, smear it with sliced ​​potatoes, and bury the potatoes in the ground. As the potatoes rot in the ground, your wart will disappear. 

 Handling peeled potatoes on the same side as a bad tooth can heal the tooth as soon as the potatoes fall off.

But pregnant women can be advised to fight their potato cravings. Otherwise the baby will be born with a big head, the legend says!