It´s Ms Potatohead to you!
The spud, the tater, the murphy, the pratie, the purdie and the more common name for it -
potato or Solanum tuberosum if you want to be like that... We find many names for those we love.
If I were to start my very own religion based on this starchy tuber I would become rich as hell, because my parish would have roughly 4,7 million members, and that is estimated for this republic alone.
I thought the Swedish people consumed potatoes like there is no tomorrow with an average consumption of 50 kg/per/year... but over here it is consumed like there is not even going to be an afternoon, with 85 kg/per/year.
Hash browns for breakfast, a bag of crisps with the sandwich at lunch and then dinner with mash, chips or crisps.
Roasted, boiled, fried and baked... this little dirty delicious turd is being worshipped like the Kardashians with its very own website and a name giver of a freaking amusement park!
I don´t think I can love this country more than I already do.
So, what is the IT thing about potatoes? Time for Zandy´s school of total nonsense learning -
the best kind there is!
Once upon a time, about 8,000-5,000 BCE, in a kingdom of Peru, the tayto was discovered and in a blink of an eye life had more meaning and all was well for a veeeery long time...
until one day when evil came to town...
Some Spanish 16th century asshole dudes, who thought that what is yours is now mine (very, very mildly speaking) stole the potatoes and brought it back to the "civilised" world.
Another dude, an English fella called Walter, got hooked on the stuff and introduced it to Ireland in 1589.
The spud quickly became a factor as it spread all over the globe. In the 19th century it was practically worth its weight in gold. During the Alaskan Klondike gold rush the value of nutritious food with vitamin C was higher than gold that, back then, grew on trees, so to speak.
But these wickedly, awesome potatoes contains a shit load more of magical powers such as vitamin B6, potassium, copper, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, low in calories, high on fiber, fat and cholesterol free, making people prettier, smarter, healthier and stronger and became the first vegetable to be grown in space in 1995.
Now, to all of you that for some reason has taste buds that can't stand this gastronomical wonder, here are some surprising uses for it that does not involve digestion:
1. Create a decorative stamp
2. Clean up the silverware
3. Remove rust
4. Shine your shoes
5. Lose those puffy eyes
6. Make vodka!!!
7. Make a hot compress for those office desk shoulders.
See, there is no excuse not to love this murphy into wedges. So, on October 7, when it has its own national day, lets join in on a salute and shout:
Hip, hip, Pota, pota, pota...... to!!!
potato or Solanum tuberosum if you want to be like that... We find many names for those we love.
If I were to start my very own religion based on this starchy tuber I would become rich as hell, because my parish would have roughly 4,7 million members, and that is estimated for this republic alone.
I thought the Swedish people consumed potatoes like there is no tomorrow with an average consumption of 50 kg/per/year... but over here it is consumed like there is not even going to be an afternoon, with 85 kg/per/year.
Hash browns for breakfast, a bag of crisps with the sandwich at lunch and then dinner with mash, chips or crisps.
Roasted, boiled, fried and baked... this little dirty delicious turd is being worshipped like the Kardashians with its very own website and a name giver of a freaking amusement park!
I don´t think I can love this country more than I already do.
So, what is the IT thing about potatoes? Time for Zandy´s school of total nonsense learning -
the best kind there is!
Once upon a time, about 8,000-5,000 BCE, in a kingdom of Peru, the tayto was discovered and in a blink of an eye life had more meaning and all was well for a veeeery long time...
until one day when evil came to town...
Some Spanish 16th century asshole dudes, who thought that what is yours is now mine (very, very mildly speaking) stole the potatoes and brought it back to the "civilised" world.
Another dude, an English fella called Walter, got hooked on the stuff and introduced it to Ireland in 1589.
The spud quickly became a factor as it spread all over the globe. In the 19th century it was practically worth its weight in gold. During the Alaskan Klondike gold rush the value of nutritious food with vitamin C was higher than gold that, back then, grew on trees, so to speak.
But these wickedly, awesome potatoes contains a shit load more of magical powers such as vitamin B6, potassium, copper, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, low in calories, high on fiber, fat and cholesterol free, making people prettier, smarter, healthier and stronger and became the first vegetable to be grown in space in 1995.
Now, to all of you that for some reason has taste buds that can't stand this gastronomical wonder, here are some surprising uses for it that does not involve digestion:
1. Create a decorative stamp
2. Clean up the silverware
3. Remove rust
4. Shine your shoes
5. Lose those puffy eyes
6. Make vodka!!!
7. Make a hot compress for those office desk shoulders.
See, there is no excuse not to love this murphy into wedges. So, on October 7, when it has its own national day, lets join in on a salute and shout:
Hip, hip, Pota, pota, pota...... to!!!
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