The potato

What do you really know about this amazing vegetable?

✅ There are more than 4 000 varieties of potatoes around the world. They are classified by shape, skin color and use.
✅ Unlike that plucked carrot or bunch of dead grapes, a potato is still alive when you buy it. That's why you're supposed to keep them cool and dry - warmth and moisture can cause the spuds to start sprouting.
✅ A sweet potato isn’t actually a potato Sorry, but these vegetables aren’t part of the potato club. They’re distantly related but come from different families. So, there you have it. The sweet potato is full of lies.
✅ In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. NASA and the University of Wisconsin created the technology with the goal of feeding astronauts on long space voyages.
✅ You can live off potatoes. Yes. The US Department of Agriculture has stated that “a diet of whole milk and potatoes would supply almost all of the food elements necessary for the maintenance of the human body.” This makes potato a near perfect food.

To learn more visit Potato goodness page.

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