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Posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:45:15 2024 Thank you Wikipedia Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by Native Americans independently in multiple locations, but later genetic studies traced a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia. Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the S. brevicaule complex. Many varieties of the potato are cultivated in the Andes region of South America, where the species is indigenous. The Spanish introduced potatoes to Europe in the second half of the 16th century. They are a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world's food supply. Following millennia of selective breeding, there are now over 5,000 different types of potatoes. Over 99% of potatoes presently cultivated worldwide descend from varieties that originated in the lowlands of south-central Chile. The importance of the potato as a food source and culinary ingredient varies by region and is still changing. It remains an essential crop in Europe, especially Northern and Eastern Europe, where per capita production is still the highest in the world, while the most rapid expansion in production during the 21st century was in southern and eastern Asia, with China and India leading the world production of 376 million tons (370,000,000 long tons; 414,000,000 short tons) as of 2021. The English word "potato" comes from Spanish patata (the name used in Spain). The Royal Spanish Academy says the Spanish word is a hybrid of the Taíno batata (sweet potato) and the Quechua papa (potato). The name originally referred to the sweet potato although the two plants are not biologically closely related, despite their similar appearance. The 16th-century English herbalist John Gerard referred to sweet potatoes as "common potatoes" and used the terms "bastard potatoes" and "Virginia potatoes" for the species now known as potato. In many of the chronicles detailing agriculture and plants no distinction is made between the two. Potatoes are occasionally referred to as "Irish potatoes" or "white potatoes" in the United States to distinguish them from sweet potatoes. Which one and style is your favorite, and don't say "Couch Potato"
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Posted by Avid Reader* on Tue Jan 16 07:50:16 2024, in response to The potato... Photos, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:45:15 2024.* I like Chips Mashed Baked French fries home fries Tater Tots Hash brown Nuked (like boiled) couch
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Posted by Avid Reader* on Tue Jan 16 08:31:01 2024, in response to The potato... Photos, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:45:15 2024.* Scalloped Potatoes ROASTED Mashed Baked
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Posted by Jeff Rosen* on Tue Jan 16 12:15:43 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:50:16 2024.* Roasted? Latkes? Blintzes? Knishes? What about sweet? I don't like sweet potatoes either.
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Tue Jan 16 12:43:28 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:50:16 2024.* You forgot fermented...as in Vodka!
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/* on Tue Jan 16 13:27:27 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Jan 16 12:43:28 2024.* VODKA IN THE MOUTH KILLS A TOOTHACHE
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Posted by Jeff Rosen* on Tue Jan 16 13:41:03 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Jan 16 13:27:27 2024.* I thought you never drank.
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/* on Tue Jan 16 13:53:27 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by Jeff Rosen on Tue Jan 16 13:41:03 2024.* NO WHEN I HAD ROTTEN TEETH SOAK IT THEN SPIT IT OUT NO SALLOW
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Re: Favorite Potato Chips
Posted by chicagoMotorman* on Tue Jan 16 13:59:32 2024, in response to The potato... Photos, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:45:15 2024.* Here's mine.
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Jan 16 14:03:00 2024, in response to The potato... Photos, posted by Avid Reader on Tue Jan 16 07:45:15 2024.* One photo of several potatoes versus several photos of single potatoes.
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Re: Favorite Potato Chips
Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Jan 16 14:05:59 2024, in response to Re: Favorite Potato Chips, posted by chicagoMotorman on Tue Jan 16 13:59:32 2024.* Never heard of Jay's. Been stuck with Lay's locally here, but I'm open-minded on this score. This is what you'd most commonly see in Dublin, Ireland.
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Tue Jan 16 14:26:53 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Jan 16 13:27:27 2024.* Gotta remember that. But no spitting allowed!
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Re: Favorite Potato Chips
Posted by https://salaamallah.com/* on Tue Jan 16 14:53:48 2024, in response to Re: Favorite Potato Chips, posted by chicagoMotorman on Tue Jan 16 13:59:32 2024.* HOW ABOUT PRINGLES
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Tue Jan 16 15:02:24 2024, in response to Re: Favorite Potato Chips, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Jan 16 14:53:48 2024.* Help yourself!
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Posted by https://salaamallah.com/* on Tue Jan 16 15:47:46 2024, in response to Re: Favorite Potato Chips, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Jan 16 15:02:24 2024.* WTF
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Posted by BILLBKLYN* on Tue Jan 16 17:52:00 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Jan 16 14:26:53 2024.* Spitters are quitters!
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Jan 16 22:18:46 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Jan 16 12:43:28 2024.* Most vodka is made from grains. Perhaps you're thinking of poteen?
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Posted by Avid Reader* on Wed Jan 17 08:30:26 2024, in response to Re: The potato... Photos, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Jan 16 13:53:27 2024.* Thats what she said!
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Re: The potatoes…Photo, Lobo Photo
Posted by Avid Reader* on Wed Jan 17 08:40:23 2024, in response to Re: The potatoes…Photo, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jan 16 14:03:00 2024.* One photo of several potatoes versus several photos of single potatoes. Similar to Canis Lupis and dog breeds, the first known potatoes have brought forth a large variety. The spice of life!
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