Eat more 'taters

mitch_mckee · 04-15-2008, 12:56 PM

"LIMA (Reuters) - As wheat and rice prices surge, the humble potato -- long derided as a boring tuber prone to making you fat -- is being rediscovered as a nutritious crop that could cheaply feed an increasingly hungry world."

As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground | International | Reuters

KGunner · 04-15-2008, 01:02 PM

Previous generations of Irish would frequently survive on meals of nothing but potatoes their whole lives, eating sometimes up to 10 pounds of them a day with little more than salt and buttermilk.

LarryO1970 · 04-15-2008, 01:03 PM

Good find Mitch ...

This may be rude... but I'll say it anyway. Send potatoes to Africa... that ought to feed and not only put some weight on the people there... but give them something they can grow and cultivate on their own... without relying on constant emergency food aid. Countries that provide that food aid will need to keep what they have at some point... to feed their own.

mitch_mckee · 04-15-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KGunner

Previous generations of Irish would frequently survive on meals of nothing but potatoes their whole lives, eating sometimes up to 10 pounds of them a day with little more than salt and buttermilk.

Lol!! sounds like how I grew up. We would grow almost an acre a year just for our own.

andrew cochran · 04-15-2008, 01:07 PM

Nice idea about sending them seed potatoes!

Ferroflame · 04-15-2008, 08:34 PM

I love me some 'taters!

squirrelbaster · 04-15-2008, 11:13 PM

thinkin im going to fry up some in the mornin!

Big Dog · 04-16-2008, 05:25 AM

The only bad thing about taters is they require more work to store long term. Need to be canned, rather than storing dry.
I do have many cans of taters put back, JIC. Need to grow my own.

Taters and beef - that's a meal!

JMcDonald · 04-16-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KGunner

Previous generations of Irish would frequently survive on meals of nothing but potatoes their whole lives, eating sometimes up to 10 pounds of them a day with little more than salt and buttermilk.

Couldn't one easily survive on a pound a day, especially being in famine?

mitch_mckee · 04-16-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Dog

The only bad thing about taters is they require more work to store long term. Need to be canned, rather than storing dry.
I do have many cans of taters put back, JIC. Need to grow my own.

Taters and beef - that's a meal!

No need to can potatoes. We just stored them in a cool, dark, cellar that was free of any water. They kept from Sept. thru May. Much easier than canning.

squirrelbaster · 04-16-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mitch_mckee

No need to can potatoes. We just stored them in a cool, dark, cellar that was free of any water. They kept from Sept. thru May. Much easier than canning.

+1 taters last a long time!

KGunner · 04-16-2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JMcDonald

Couldn't one easily survive on a pound a day, especially being in famine?

If you were working in a farm for 14 hours a day every day would you be able to survive on a pound a day? I know I wouldn't, and I'm skinny! Plus, when the blight hit Ireland, there were no potatoes left, no potatoes=no food=2 million deaths from starvation. Yet they were still forced to export over 80% of their food and livestock to Britain.

andrew cochran · 04-16-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by squirrelbaster

thinkin im going to fry up some in the mornin!

They sure do tast good that way.

mitch_mckee · 04-16-2008, 02:47 PM

I tried this once but didn't get a good yield. I'd like to give it another go.

Potatoes in Tires

Rex in OTZ · 04-24-2008, 08:26 PM

I live in the Arctic and we pay allot for taters,
"damn frozzen ground doesent thaw out soon enough to plant em"
2% milk costs $9.48/gal
gas costs $5.35/gal
it costs over $8500 to ship a standerd vehicle here
shopping out of town and getting those low out of town prices they gig a fella with the shipping.
as a treat the kids love a good tater soup and have been known to eat croned beef with taters & turnips

mitch_mckee · 04-24-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rex in OTZ

I live in the Arctic and we pay allot for taters,
"damn frozzen ground doesent thaw out soon enough to plant em"
2% milk costs $9.48/gal
gas costs $5.35/gal
it costs over $8500 to ship a standerd vehicle here
shopping out of town and getting those low out of town prices they gig a fella with the shipping.
as a treat the kids love a good tater soup and have been known to eat croned beef with taters & turnips

I might consider the shipping cost for my family and I to a much warmer clime.

LiveToShoot · 04-24-2008, 08:47 PM

Beings I'm living in Idaho, taters are mighty popular here. My wife uses them in a variety of ways in our meals, nearly every day...

Plus, from the LDS Cannery, you can purchase very high quality Idaho potatoes in a flaked version, packaged in #10 cans, which last long and work great in food storage. For short-term storage, they have potato pearls and they are very tasty.

mitch_mckee · 04-24-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveToShoot

Beings I'm living in Idaho, taters are mighty popular here. My wife uses them in a variety of ways in our meals, nearly every day...

We'uns here in Tennessee appeiciate the 'tater growin' goin' on in Idaho.

SwedeSteve · 04-25-2008, 12:56 AM

billy just uses them as a silencer! I, would curl up and die without spuds!!

Capt'n Mil Coll · 04-25-2008, 03:11 AM

Baked taters, boiled taters, fried taters, mashed taters, julienne taters, scalloped taters, taters au gratian, twice baked taters, cheesy taters, garlic taters, french fried taters, hash brown taters, tater tots, ranch fry taters, curly fried taters, tater chips, tater puffs, stuffed taters, bacon cheese taters, tater salad, tater soup, duchess taters, cottage fry taters, mashed tater casserole, mustard sauce taters, new taters, roasted taters, shoestring taters, saucy taters, tater patties, austrailian taters, chips taters, irish taters, and Billys favorite...blowed up taters.

and thats all I gots to say about that Forrest.

John McCain likes Ol Grandad.
Barack Obama a Manhattan with extra bitters
Hillery Clinton likes Old Crow straight up.

04-15-2008, 01:03 PM	#3
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,819	Good find Mitch ... This may be rude... but I'll say it anyway. Send potatoes to Africa... that ought to feed and not only put some weight on the people there... but give them something they can grow and cultivate on their own... without relying on constant emergency food aid. Countries that provide that food aid will need to keep what they have at some point... to feed their own. __________________ "Guess what?! I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!" Last edited by LarryO1970; 04-15-2008 at 01:05 PM.

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04-15-2008, 11:13 PM	#7
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04-16-2008, 05:25 AM	#8
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,205	The only bad thing about taters is they require more work to store long term. Need to be canned, rather than storing dry. I do have many cans of taters put back, JIC. Need to grow my own. Taters and beef - that's a meal! __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

04-16-2008, 02:47 PM	#14
mitch_mckee Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,085 Images: 3	Tire taters I tried this once but didn't get a good yield. I'd like to give it another go. Potatoes in Tires

04-15-2008, 12:56 PM	#1
mitch_mckee Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,085 Images: 3	Eat more 'taters "LIMA (Reuters) - As wheat and rice prices surge, the humble potato -- long derided as a boring tuber prone to making you fat -- is being rediscovered as a nutritious crop that could cheaply feed an increasingly hungry world." As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground \| International \| Reuters

04-15-2008, 01:02 PM	#2
KGunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 425	Previous generations of Irish would frequently survive on meals of nothing but potatoes their whole lives, eating sometimes up to 10 pounds of them a day with little more than salt and buttermilk.

04-15-2008, 08:34 PM	#6
Ferroflame Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 379	I love me some 'taters!

04-24-2008, 08:26 PM	#15
Rex in OTZ Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kotzebue, Alaska Posts: 439	Kid's love them $11/ 10# bag taters! I live in the Arctic and we pay allot for taters, "damn frozzen ground doesent thaw out soon enough to plant em" 2% milk costs $9.48/gal gas costs $5.35/gal it costs over $8500 to ship a standerd vehicle here shopping out of town and getting those low out of town prices they gig a fella with the shipping. as a treat the kids love a good tater soup and have been known to eat croned beef with taters & turnips

04-24-2008, 08:47 PM	#17
LiveToShoot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 2,062	Beings I'm living in Idaho, taters are mighty popular here. My wife uses them in a variety of ways in our meals, nearly every day... Plus, from the LDS Cannery, you can purchase very high quality Idaho potatoes in a flaked version, packaged in #10 cans, which last long and work great in food storage. For short-term storage, they have potato pearls and they are very tasty. __________________ "Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." -Unknown Last edited by LiveToShoot; 04-24-2008 at 08:58 PM.

04-25-2008, 12:56 AM	#19
SwedeSteve Bullet Maintenance !! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The anchor point, Alaska Posts: 10,262 Images: 1	billy just uses them as a silencer! I, would curl up and die without spuds!! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-25-2008, 03:11 AM	#20
Capt'n Mil Coll Military Rifle Collector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 2,255 Images: 10	Baked taters, boiled taters, fried taters, mashed taters, julienne taters, scalloped taters, taters au gratian, twice baked taters, cheesy taters, garlic taters, french fried taters, hash brown taters, tater tots, ranch fry taters, curly fried taters, tater chips, tater puffs, stuffed taters, bacon cheese taters, tater salad, tater soup, duchess taters, cottage fry taters, mashed tater casserole, mustard sauce taters, new taters, roasted taters, shoestring taters, saucy taters, tater patties, austrailian taters, chips taters, irish taters, and Billys favorite...blowed up taters. and thats all I gots to say about that Forrest. John McCain likes Ol Grandad. Barack Obama a Manhattan with extra bitters Hillery Clinton likes Old Crow straight up. __________________ Let's light this fuse and see what happens!