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My Name is Potato

WCityMike — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:26:17 -0800

"My Name is Potato," Rita Pavone (1977) (SLYT). Previously in the comment section of Mefi (here too), but bizarrely fun enough to be worth a SLYT FPP. Animation done by Guido Manuli at the Bruno Bozzetto studio. "No, I'm an American potato!" [pulls out guns from underneath hat and starts shooting wildly in the air]

The New England Tomato Famine

electroboy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:46:29 -0800

Late blight, the fungal disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine may destroy this years tomato crop in the Northeast and Midatlantic United States. Late blight thrives in the cool, wet weather the Northeast has been experiencing this season. The fungus is hitting organic farmers particularly hard due to the expense and relative ineffectiveness of organic fungicides. Late blight infections of both tomato and potato crops have been reported in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. Infected plants appear to have been originally distributed from big box garden centers, with some blaming Bonnie Plants, a large nursery with greenhouses in 38 states. Bonnie Plants claims it was a victim of the disease and that they're being scapegoated due to the timing of their voluntary recall. Trey Pitsenberger aka The Blogging Nurseryman pointed out that whoever is to blame, the problem was exacerbated by the multistate distribution of plants, rather than sourcing from local greenhouses. Whereas John Mishanec of Cornell University says: "Farms are inspected, greenhouses are inspected, but garden centers aren't, and the people who work there aren't trained to spot disease." More on late blight, from Cornell's Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Mr. Potato Head

gman — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:16 -0800

Portraits painted on potatoes by Lebanese artist Ginou Choueir.

What Mary Ann Learned on the Island

webhund — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:25:07 -0800

Mary Ann, rescued from the Island, retires to Idaho and shills for the Idaho Potato Board. As no one thought to grab the potato peeler from the Minnow's galley, she learned to do without. [SLYT]. Oh, she still has the hots for the Professor's spud. (0:55)

How to bake a potato

Citizen Premier — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:28:31 -0800

How to bake a potato. I've got mine in the oven right now.

What did the Potato say to the Onion…

French Fry — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:32:04 -0800

Potato and Onion are the stars of their very own Web Comic! It started with an off-color quasi joke and never let up. They Dressed Up Wore Disguises, Got a hip new look and even fought zombies… With Zombies!

Linoleum Block Printing

The Deej — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:24:40 -0800

We probably all remember potato printing from grade school. Some of us graduated to linoleum block printing. Others take linoleum block printing to a whole new level. (Direct links to Mary Mark's archives and her article about her technique.)

Just when you thought you knew everything about potatoes

SharQ — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:06:22 -0800

Upon trying to find out how long it takes to bake a potato, I stumble across how to bake a potato dot com. In great detail, with pictures and explanations, the web master takes us through the process of baking a spud.

Of course, there are loads of other resources out there, on baking in the microwave, in the oven, on the barbie or by using potatoes in a variety of other ways. And if that doesn't satisfy your curiosity, Google should (2).

You say poTAYto, I say poTAYto too actually.

DeepFriedTwinkies — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:58:54 -0800

People either love them or they hate them. In our spuddish history, we have fought wars and named queens. Canadians build monuments, Americans misspelle.
They entertain us, they destroy our livers, sometimes they go BOOM! In some parts of the world, they're famous.
Solanum Tuberosum forever.

At least they'll know what to serve it with

fenriq — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:56:01 -0800

China's Latest Innovation: Fish Wine
The French used grapes, Russians fermented potatoes, Koreans put ginseng in their drink and Mexicans distilled cactus plants to make fiery tequila.
Now China has made wine out of fish.

$8,000 Mr. Potato Head

ZippityBuddha — Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:28:32 -0800

It takes more than 40 hours to cover Mr. Potato Head with more than 23,000 Swarovski® crystals in 14 different colors.

Bonsai Potato

mr_crash_davis — Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:53:04 -0800

Bonsai Potato is "the art of nurturing the artistic vision of a potato through various forms of encouragement and manipulation."

dabitch — Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:08:14 -0800

You can get cancer from everything. Now even the good old spud carries a warning, discovered by the potatoloving swedes.

plinth — Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:53:50 -0800

Sure, spud guns have been done, but sometimes we need reminders of the awesome power of a flying tuber. I prefer this design, as it is powered by compressed air, whereas a buddy of mine just finished a device he calls "The Judge" powered by Acetylene and O2.