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Where did the name spud come from?
The Irish named potatoes 'spuds' after the spade they used to dig them with.
What are small potatoes called?
spuds
Another name for sweet potato?
Potatoes are also call common potatoes, Irish potatoes and spuds(slang). Yams can be called Greater Yam, Asiatic Yam, White Yam, Winged Yam, Water Yam. Nigerians call the yam adamwanga.Note: Sweet potatoes are not yams.
Potatoes form under the ground and are called?
Spuds
What does the name Spuds mean?
It's a nickname for potatoes, that derives from the short (spade) tool that was used for hand-digging potatoes out of the ground.
What are spuds in Ireland?
Potatoes. The word comes from the dutch word spyd which was the type of spade used plant seed potatoes. To describe spuds as potato chips or crisps is just a little used modern etymological slang extention of the meaning.
Why do british people call french fries chips?
I've always thought it was because the pieces of potatoe are "chipped" off the whole. We were always told to "chip the spuds" (what we call potatoes) when we were having "chips" for tea !
What are some traditional Irish dishes?
one of them is ham and cabbage and of course the spuds!
How many potatoes are grown in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania farmers grew about 10,000 acres of potatoes in 2009, producing 294.5 million pounds of "spuds".
Why are potatoes nick named spuds?
After a tool called the "spud", which was once used in potato planting.
Are there 285 nz farmers growing spuds?
One source states 130 farms growing potatoes.
What has the author Brenda Bell written?
Brenda Bell has written: 'Spuds' -- subject(s): Cookery (Potatoes)
