Everything You Need to Know About Potatoes Video

Potatoes are humble. Think about it. They don’t call a lot of attention to themselves. When have you ever encountered a flashy potato? Potatoes are quiet. Potatoes are reliable, and potatoes taste good. Which is why we love them so much. Do you love spuds, too? Sit back and enjoy five starchy stories, including one about a chef who invented potato chips out of spite and another about the world’s most expensive potatoes.

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when you're really hungry the first thing that usually comes to mind is carbs carbs carbs carbs so we put together some of our favorite starchy potato a stories to fill you up deep in the heart of the Andes Mountains one man is growing lots and lots and lots of potatoes no Casati Houlihan coma money no Conda no Palin come in kpop Neto esta casa protrusion dos bar act on toast no Papa Panov suit inta William shaky poker cozy hockety pockety palma making advances Dance Moms [Music] Jericho no casita Kanata pradana responsible to awaken potatoes originated along the southern border of Peru close to 8,000 years ago Julio lives near where potato growth first thrived in one of the most remote locations in the country mocha the energy common era Campesina Pampa Corelli martin into cusco 1st annual art room mill origins nivel de Mer alturas lettuce lettuce man compare intact the portico Julio's family has lived in the region for generations and thanks to the lands microclimate he's able to grow his unique potatoes in high quantities Julio is always experimenting with new farming techniques and relies on other native potato farmers to create his new strains opposite Robin como arranger symbolic token Angelyn and website can be a memorial and cambium in German as well as cotton Marissa pony [Music] the Commission says de diario even mañana Dolphy in the third club the same choppa choppa Sancho but Gustavo no comma master muscle mean to Kathleen of among Gustavo Minmatar says not pro be propitiated nathaswaram on Tonto repeat Lancaster repeats unmanly [Music] potatoes are not only a staple in Julio's diet they are the backbone of Peruvian cuisine which is why Julio wants to push the boundaries of potato farming and continue his family's legacy mocha mocha ethical honesty honorable people Cherokee Papa Terry Romney just be touching me man watching remember the creation of the potato chip is a rather snarky surprising an idiosyncratic story when french fries made their way to America they soon became a restaurant mainstay many restaurants serve fries as their signature dish believe it or not they were once considered very hoity-toity in 1853 George Crum was a chef at the moon's lake house in Saratoga Springs New York their signature dish was none other than moons fried potatoes or as the aristocrats would say potatoes served in the French manner one day just like any other a customer some believed to have been Cornelius Vanderbilt himself ordered fries upon being served Cornelius scoffed and sent them back he deemed the fries soggy and not crispy enough this insanity continued a few more times until Crum lost it I mean he really lost it he fired back cutting the potatoes paper-thin and frying them up you see back in 1853 eating with your hands was a major faux pas making crumbs revenge even more diabolical by cutting the potatoes paper-thin there would be no way that Cornelius could use his fork forcing him to use his hands crumbs plan backfired and kind of as the patrons dug in with both hands and loved them Saratoga chips were born they became a Saratoga dining staple soon thereafter they took the world by storm Crum himself even opened his own restaurant with baskets of chips displayed on each and every table welcome to Rochester New York the home of Kodak Eastman situated on Lake Ontario and creator of the finest delicacy in all the land that my friends is the garbage plate and let me tell you it is awards my name is Alex Tahoe my grandfather invented the original garbage plate called Hobson potatoes and my father perfected the real garbage plate at this point you're probably wondering what this so-called garbage plate is I'll tell you what garbage plate is let me handle this garbage plate starts with your choice of sides from home fries french fries macaroni salad or beans and you pick your feet hot dogs hamburgers cheeseburgers whatever's under money and you add your toppings from mustard onions and hot sauce ketchup and right out is optional then I had two pieces of Italian bread and butter and you're all set to go over the years we've had a lot of different kind of garbage plates we actually had our sardine plate years ago I don't see you can get much crazier than sardines [Music] the best part of this business is of course the customers without them would be nothing the place was established to give people a lot of food in a reasonable price for years people have come in here hungry and didn't have any money my father always affected them that's really sweet Alex but let's get back to the garbage because I'm really wondering how many calories are in a plate I really don't know 3,000 I don't think I guess I'd have to be a nutritionist to tell you but I will say this is the only place you get a garbage plate and the other plate in Rochester is a copycat we trademarked it so no it's rolled fingers trademarking garbage genius it's Thanksgiving turkey stuffing mashed potatoes but the one thing that is always stood out is a bit head-scratcher sweet potato casserole we're pretty sure sweet potatoes and marshmallows weren't at the original Thanksgiving so what happened sweet potatoes have been around forever and marshmallows this sticky gooey mess actually comes from a plant and has been around since ancient Egypt a delicacy only pharaohs could eat okay fast-forward to the 20th century marshmallows were a big deal expensive and essentially the crystal of sweet treats and not only that but they were even handmade marshmallows became a mainstay for highfalutin housewives see back then housewives would have to make whipped cream or even meringue by hand but the marshmallows were a modern time-saver the first recipe that paired sweet potatoes and marshmallows appeared in 1918 in a trade journal cleverly named sweet potatoes and yams as marshmallows grew in popularity and began being mass-produced more and more recipes began implementing them as an everyday ingredient nowadays marshmallows are generally reserved for campfires and hot chocolate and this non-traditional traditional favorite whether you like your sweet potatoes on a marshmallow or plain happy Thanksgiving [Music] Safran beluga caviar truffles and bonnet potatoes are just some of the world's most expensive foods weight potatoes is that right guys it says here on the script potatoes potato seriously welcome to na Monte air a tiny island off the Atlantic coast of France this is the only place you can find the king of potatoes his majesty love bomb mount but if you want to eat them fresh you've got to be quick as they're only available for ten days a year this is Rudy he's a potato farmer so what makes the unload of the wanti heir so special for these Smuts sedessa Mustafina as for premium [Music] ah sweet little girl is a doctor Anatole no idea I'm on the subliminal letter in fact the new definition all the farmers on the island are part of cooperative they do with treating cleaning selling and sending all over Europe [Music] Nicolas is the director he makes sure everything runs smoothly he really loves these potatoes Odie Odie Timo Bernhard namuci hello sorry hello Elly fragile NEPA mechanism sipoc Saco do sombrio de l'homme c'est la la la I called Aleppo not Sofia Dutchman Dylan aunt Sophie unique most residual now I hope you're sitting down because in 1996 these pricey potatoes fetch at auction and insane amount drumroll roughly 500 dollars per pound luckily for me nowadays bonnet potatoes aren't going to break the bank fetching more like $5 per pound which is still a lot for a bag of potatoes sail upon the terribly shell see a unison total my Zetas have a artisanal they don't the politics of shared unfair since confessor other on our love world of constitutive on table a pass to Apollo visual we will assist you don't appear across its own event Abu Dhabi once the harvest is complete an annual bonnet festival is held here the golden potatoes are traditionally served with grilled sardines so holiday taste see soprano built-in pommes de terre a vicar and grassy fir from the Terre des hommes you were in severe shipping manner was most paper mache rigor llamo whiskey natalenko dzasta home many only fipronil CD jewel hypocrisy hadouken activity name so there we have it the king of potatoes thank you your majesty [Music]