OT. National Tater Day

Although I love potatoes, I rarely eat them. I'm much more likely to eat bread.

This reminds me of a lecture I heard from Bruce Ames over thirty years ago mentioning that a potato had been developed that was totally resistant to all pests and diseases that effected potatoes but also could not be eaten.

As far as I am concerned, it is always Tata Day. There are way more than 4000 varieties of Tatas. A day without some form of Tata is disappointing.

Oh wait...did I read that wrong?

You need to be more specific.

Pizza:

I often bake yams or sweet potatoes but very rarely get white potatoes unless I'm making stew or colcannon. When someone recently asked if I were a meat and potatoes person I answered 'mostly meat'. I do eat veggies just not potatoes.

Everybody's different. I'd say I'm a vegetable person, but I classify potatoes as a starch (just like bread or pasta). Not a vegetarian, but a couple of ounces of meat is usually enough for me, and I do a fair number of meatless meals. I like to see a lot of vegetables on the plate.

I did vegetables and fish for a few years. I didn't have a problem with it but after my annual physical showed me borderline low on hemoglobin I went back to heme sources. My timing was bad with Bloomberg advising us to eat lentils rather than $10 a pound hamburger.

I am wondering where it April Fools line is in this one. 4000?

Any high fat and low carb variety for us T2's?

Have not touched a potato for eight years now. (I enjoy keeping my toes.)

Vegi's is my downfall. I love them too much and I am limited on how many of them I can yet.

I am still thinking April Fools joke somewhere

So Sweet potatoes use to be called "Taters"

Peanut use to be called "goober peas"

After all they are legumes and not nuts. Ever had boiled peanuts? I think you have to be born and bred in Alabama to get into them.

I caught a show on the History channel while doing my rehab that was about the inventors of candies one being Reese's peanut butter cups. Reese had worked for Hershey and went off on his own in 1923. Hershey eventually bought the company.

The interesting part was in 1923 peanut butter was a specialty item, not the ever present commodity it is today. Kellogg was one of the earliest producers and got a patent in 1895. He ran a sanitarium and promoted vegetarianism. Peanut butter was a way to get protein in a vegetarian diet.

Sorry, wokies, George Washington Carver did not invent peanut butter.

Just another evil white racist...

Goober Peas - Classic Comical Confederate Civil War Song