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Hot Potato: The Game Show.
posted by clavdivs at 11:54 PM PST - 15 comments

Did it begin here? Well, however it began it’s not stopping.
posted by fallingbadgers at 10:38 PM PST - 4 comments

The 20 Potato a Day Diet versus the Nearly All Potato Winter by Carol Deppe [more inside]
posted by aniola at 9:59 PM PST - 6 comments

“Why did we make fun of Dan Quayle for misspelling the word ‘potato’ when we should have made fun of him for arguments like this?” Mike and Sarah of the You're Wrong About podcast talk about how a real vice president blamed a fictional single mom for causing one of the most divisive events of the 1990s. The "P" stands for "potatoe."
posted by AlSweigart at 9:51 PM PST - 9 comments

No time to travel 1800 light years to visit the potato shaped exoplanet WASP-103b? No problem, the ringed, potato shaped dwarf planet Haumea is only 50 AU away at its farthest. Assuming a perfectly spherical potato of diameter 48mm, that's only 1.5583333e+14 potato-widths distant from home.
posted by sainttoad at 9:08 PM PST - 2 comments

On 5.6.22 I watched this video, and I went down the Potato Rabbit Hole.... Welcome to your Potato Recipe Post! Here you find all Potato Recipe, forever, for all good of humanity, forever, because, potatoes. So, this is a good video to watch, because I came across so many other ways of making potatoes, and was reminded of fabulous potato dishes.
posted by winesong at 8:18 PM PST - 11 comments

Due to a potato shortage, Burger King Japan is offering crunchy ramen instead of fries with burgers
posted by olopua at 8:03 PM PST - 5 comments

Popato [more inside]
posted by nouvelle-personne at 7:59 PM PST - 4 comments

If - like me - you've gained a few pounds/kilograms/stone just from reading MetaFilter this week*, maybe you'd like to consider something more healthy for a change? [more inside]
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:56 PM PST - 9 comments

Meet Joe Potato, P.I. More about Joe.
posted by vrakatar at 7:17 PM PST - 3 comments

While most people think of Ireland when they think of potatoes, Lithuanian cuisine features the tuber most heavily. The nation is so potato obsessed that a Peruvian potato farmer can feel right at home. Try cepelinai, the stuffed potato dumpling named after Graff von Zeppelin, often termed the country's national dish. Try this kugelis, a savory potato cake. (Or this one, or this one, or the Kugelis Cook-Off winner - there are as many kugelis recipes as there are Lithuanian families). Perhaps a flatter potato? Bulviniai blynai is a tasty potato pancake. But that bar food that looks like French fries is actually fried rye bread (kepta duona).
posted by rednikki at 7:11 PM PST - 6 comments

Barbecue, bake, broil, boil, fry...
posted by blue shadows at 6:26 PM PST - 3 comments

Solid Potato Salad [more inside]
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 5:45 PM PST - 5 comments

An Oral History of the Gobbledok

And thus Australia met the Gobbledok: a ravenous extra-terrestrial who, to some witnesses, is still synonymous with Smith’s potato chips, and an icon of millennial Australiana. From 1987 to 1994, his rubber face and pot belly featured in a healthy handful of prime-time TV commercials that were charming, bizarre or downright terrifying, depending on who you ask. But to ad man John Finkelsen, this snack-happy critter was simply ‘the perfect consumer’.

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posted by zamboni at 3:35 PM PST - 6 comments

A Cat's-Eye View of Japan Globe-trotting wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Iwago Mitsuaki [portfolio], offers the best of a vast collection of cat footage he took in Japan. On this unique trip around the country, discover the lesser-known charms and customs of regions through the eyes of cats! A collection of beautiful and soothing 5-minute cat videos.
Potato tax.
posted by heatherlogan at 3:29 PM PST - 2 comments

And not just ANY porato-- an AMERICAN potato (though the song is in Italian). In light of the recent Potato Posting Pandemonium, here's a fun little 1977 animated music video from Italian pop star Rita Pavone, who had a minor hit in America in 1965 with "Remember Me"
posted by KingEdRa at 3:26 PM PST - 4 comments

Canadian Potato Museum "may be the least exciting-sounding museum in the world." Get your picture taken with the world’s largest potato sculpture! [more inside]
posted by metaname at 3:13 PM PST - 6 comments

BACH: Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565 by Edson Lopes on classical guitar - this was transcribed and arranged by the artist [more inside]
posted by pyramid termite at 2:49 PM PST - 7 comments

Did You Know Harley-Davidson Tried To Trademark Their Exhaust Sound? [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 1:56 PM PST - 18 comments

Here is Cheryl Wheeler singing about potatoes to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance but first she explains why this is actually more difficult than it sounds.
posted by bondcliff at 1:50 PM PST - 3 comments

A quick one today, but no less incredible - LOOK AT THIS FACE! [more inside]
posted by tiny frying pan at 1:47 PM PST - 7 comments

Who made the potato popular in France? Largely, it was Antoine-Augustin Parmentier! At a time when the potato was feared and despised, he used a variety of novel marketing schemes to change the public perception: bouquets of potato flowers for the queen, lavish potato dinners for dignitaries and a potato field under armed guard. His name lives on in potato dishes named after him and a Paris Metro stop.
posted by snofoam at 1:23 PM PST - 11 comments

From deepest 1980, an SNL "Bad Playhouse" about women and potatoes: The Great Mr. Potato Head Famine Segment begins at 47:00.
posted by the sobsister at 1:15 PM PST - 2 comments

Will meetup with you all at the six-ton potato hotel set on 400 acres of land.
posted by sammyo at 12:58 PM PST - 3 comments

This is my sampler playlist of 12 potato songs from Spotify. They span many musical genres from folk to dance, rap, R&B and early jazz. Some are by musicians you may have heard of like Tyler The Creator, Louis Armstrong, Skunk Anansie, Slim Gaillard, Ike & Tina Turner, Mr Scruff and Jake Xerxes Fussell. Musical acts named Potato include Potato, Potato, Potato, Potato and Potato Potato. [more inside]
posted by Paul Slade at 12:48 PM PST - 13 comments

Bluegrass Potatoes – What Are They? (and How to Play Them) on mandolin (David Benedict: What are taters?), banjo (Banjo Ben Clark: Banjo Potatoes– Kick off them fiddle tunes with some spice!), and guitar (How to Kick Off Fiddle Tunes on Guitar with Potatoes! ). [more inside]
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:17 PM PST - 6 comments

The automobile driver's license plate began as a simple way to identify vehicles. However, in 1928, not long after they were developed, officials in one state had the bright idea to use them to promote their state's industry on vehicles roaming the US. The design sparked both controversy and a crime spree as tourists began stealing the unique number plates. [more inside]
posted by Superilla at 12:08 PM PST - 11 comments

Hastings, Florida, a formerly incorporated community in St. Johns County, is the “Potato Capital of Florida.” [more inside]
posted by saladin at 12:06 PM PST - 2 comments

...boiled them for twenty of their minutes, then smashed them all to bits” snarked the aliens in one of the most successful UK TV ad campaigns, for Cadbury's Smash (1973-92), an instant mashed potato food with the slogan 'For mash get Smash'. The jingle writer did not spend a lot of time composing the tune. Models of the alients/robots were made from stolen car parts. With aliens voiced by Peter Hawkins (who also voiced the daleks and cybermen from Doctor Who, and Zippy from Rainbow), the product could also be used to make bread, and joined a range of iconic British convenience foods. Other instant mashed potatoes are available.
posted by Wordshore at 11:32 AM PST - 15 comments

You could consider the potato, but wouldn't you rather have poutine? Or even better: poutine râpée!! Or perhaps Poutine à trou? Or go to the Acadian Kitchen? Or ...
posted by Melismata at 11:29 AM PST - 20 comments

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History provides a quick introduction to the genera we know as yams, sweet-potatoes, and potatoes. [more inside]
posted by eotvos at 11:09 AM PST - 3 comments

Folklore. Warring narratives. Murky origin stories. Documenting the true history of fry sauce can feel as muddled as the condiment itself. But, I wanted the truth. And so I set out to discover the genesis of Utah’s favorite condiment. [more inside]
posted by inflatablekiwi at 11:02 AM PST - 22 comments

Meet Bryan Wada, third generation potato farmer, hailing from southeastern Idaho. He learned to love the soil from his grandfather and father. As an immigrant from Japan, Frank started his family and farm along the California coastline until the tragic events of Pearl Harbor. Japanese-American citizens were forced away from the coast by the attack. The Wadas relocated to southeastern Idaho in 1943. The family’s business has grown there, from a 100-acre sharecropper farm to a 30,000-acre business that grows 450 million pounds of potatoes each year. [more inside]
posted by flug at 11:01 AM PST - 1 comments

At first Ewan Bremner initially had no interest in playing a supporting role in Trainspotting and told his agent to turn it down. He was the only one of the cast from Edinburgh and played Renton in the play. He realized Ewan McGregor was perfect as Renton, so Bremner played Daniel Murphy, better know as Spud. So why is he called Spud anyway? [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha at 10:45 AM PST - 6 comments

The tomato took a circuitous route to becoming the most popular garden plant in the United States. Originally cultivated in South and Central America 7000 years ago, the tomato quickly spread throughout the world by the 16th century. [more inside]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 10:36 AM PST - 2 comments

"I want people to look at me as an autistic person and say, “You are not like me, and that is fine, and you are still a person.” That, to me, is the ultimate goal of all disability activism: to create a kinder world where there is no standard for what being a “real person” entails and basic respect is afforded to everyone because of their intrinsic value as a living being."
posted by curious nu at 10:30 AM PST - 17 comments

William Whitson breeds, propagates, and sells propagules of minor-in-the-US crops, especially ulluco, mashua, yacon, oca, and Andean potato. If you're interesting in growing them, Cultivariable might be able to sell you seeds, tubers, or tissue culture plantlets. He also has a pleasant forum with a lot of cultivation advice and a podcast on freelance plant breeding. Previously, in a comment.
posted by clew at 10:09 AM PST - 4 comments

You might know by now that the potato was first domesticated around the shores of Titicaca, but did you know that most of the potatoes eaten around the world today originate further south, on the island of Chiloé in southern Chile? And that they have 300 named varieties in a large range of colors? Or that they make all kinds of things with them like Chapalele and Milcao? Or that to properly appreciate them, you really need to be enjoying a huge amount of fish, seafood, pork, chicken and sausage from a hole in the ground?
posted by signal at 9:55 AM PST - 7 comments

Home Grown figurines by Enesco are animal-vegetable, bird-fruit, and other creatures, including such marvels as a zucchini frog, mushroom snail, and pear-penguins. [more inside]
posted by readinghippo at 9:31 AM PST - 5 comments

No microwave? No range? No grill? No propane, wood, coal, kerosene or cow chips? Not even a lighter? NO PROBLEM! Nature has ensured you were born with all you need to cook healthy, delicious potatoes! As early as the 1930s, scientists began the first steps down this critical scientific path, and potatoes were there! Surely, as they took those first stumbling steps on the road to the future, these early potato cooking pioneers could scarcely have imagined the scientific and technological marvels their primitive research would one day make possible!
posted by Naberius at 9:30 AM PST - 4 comments

The current Kettle Chips product line features 24 different chip varieties including classics like Honey Dijon and Backyard Barbecue and newer varieties like Pepperoncini and Truffle & Sea Salt. If none of those tickle your fancy, perhaps you'd enjoy Cape Cod Chips, Utz's Dirty and Zapp's lines, Frito-Lay's Miss Vickie's brand, or even Saratoga Chips. Or, if none of these grab you, you could always make your own. [more inside]
posted by box at 8:07 AM PST - 39 comments

A couple years ago, through Ask a Manager comment threads (previously), I learned about the Job Accommodation Network which has a giant organized list of accommodations an employer could make, sorted "by disability, by limitation, by work-related function, by topic, and by accommodation". It's also a useful source of ideas if you're interested in better accommodating yourself as a self-employed freelancer, or supporting your family, friends, or volunteers. [more inside]
posted by brainwane at 7:28 AM PST - 6 comments

Garfield, June 9, 1979
posted by chavenet at 6:57 AM PST - 21 comments

Potatoes have inspired a surprising amount of poetry. Some are justly famous, like Pablo Neruda's "Ode to the Potato". Others are... really bad. Really really bad. [more inside]
posted by kyrademon at 5:18 AM PST - 13 comments

F.D Signifier has a two-part video series on the manosphere. Part 1, Dissecting the Manosphere, covers white male intersectionality, edgelords, nihilism, ideal hegemonic masculinity, patriarchal dividend, aggrieved entitlement, and the contrasts between the white and black manospheres. Part 2, Connecting the Manosphere, covers Gary Vee, Fresh and Fit, Jordan Peterson, spree shooters, Eren Yeager, and what the left needs to do better. If you'd rather read than watch videos, he has a reading list: [more inside]
posted by clawsoon at 4:50 AM PST - 5 comments

The legacy of one persistent public scribbler - a tale of determination and self-determination in Hong Kong. Louisa Lim [author's website] chronicles her and Hong Kong's obsession with one stubborn graffiti "artist." Archived link
posted by Glomar response at 3:54 AM PST - 11 comments

... when you grasp the sense in which your situation is completely hopeless, instead of just very challenging, you can unclench. You get to exhale. You no longer have to go through life adopting the brace position, because you see that the plane has already crashed. You're already stranded on the desert island, making what you can of life with your fellow survivors, and with nothing but airplane food to subsist on. And you come to appreciate how much of your distress arose not from the situation itself, but from your efforts to hold yourself back from it, to keep alive the hope that it might not be as it really was. From Oliver Burkeman's newsletter, The Imperfectionist. [more inside]
posted by Bella Donna at 3:12 AM PST - 29 comments