The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News

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just a reminder that Thursday, March 23, is National Chip & Dip Day

also happens to be national puppy day, but isn't everyday puppy day? I mean is there a day we don't love and adore puppies?

I mean, the lack of a puppy thread would suggest otherwise.

so there are a few Skinny Puppy threads....but this one dates from 2003
https://forum.930.com/index.php?topic=9843

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"At the age of 29, Brown walked away from football’s fortunes and – along with his wife, Tay, and their growing family – entered a new set of trenches. Or, as he put it, “I was being called to a different field.”

That field turned out to be a humble 1,000 acres in North Carolina that Brown named First Fruits Farm. It is a plot of land he has been working for nearly a decade as a sweet potato farmer."

https://www.agriculture.com/news/the-sweet-potato-whisperer

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via OG 9:30 club boardie and potato-slicing extraordinaire, J Kenji Lopez Alt:

How to chop a potato without it sticking to your knife

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From the "I think they might be missing something" file:

Make the easiest potato salad of your life by skipping the potatoes

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When the headline gives away the story:

For a tasty summer salad, top redskin potatoes with light Caesar dressing

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Stress tests lead to 'glow in the dark' potatoes in effort for better crops

https://www.kjzz.com/news/offbeat/stress-tests-lead-to-glow-in-the-dark-potatoes-in-effort-for-better-crops

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Julian's France: The most expensive potato in the world

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Researchers Identify Gene for Self-Compatibility in Potato

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How could you name your company this
hybrid potato breeding company Solynta

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Julian's France: The most expensive potato in the world

I feel like you’ve posted about this potato varietal before.

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Repetition is the heart of invention.

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Happy french fry day my potato loving peeps

get em while they are hot
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2021/07/13/fry-day-2021-free-fries-mcdonalds-wendys-deals-freebies/7881367002/

seriously...cold fries are probably worse than accepting a friend request from Julian

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seriously...cold fries are probably worse than accepting a friend request from Julian

"Hello, 911? Please send help, I have been the target of of a drive-by shooting."

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Is it really still potato salad if you put apples in it?

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A man who was stabbed in Harlem nearly two weeks ago is alive after a New York City police officer used packing tape and an empty potato-chips bag to treat the man’s wound before medics arrived.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/19/potato-chips-tape-cop-new-york/